Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for User Interface Screen Navigation

• US 20120011437A1
• Filed: 07/08/2010
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: James, Bryan J., Fino, Jorge, Wood, Policarpo Bonilla Jr., Lee, Jeffrey Theodore
• Granted Patent: US 8,972,903 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method of navigating between user interface screens, including displaying a third user interface screen in a plurality of user interface screens that also includes a first and a second predefined user interface screen, the third user interface screen being other than the first and the second predefined user interface screen; detecting a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while displaying the third user interface screen, and in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display, replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the first predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a first finger gesture, and replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the second predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a second finger gesture that is a reverse of the first finger gesture.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display configured to separately display a plurality of user interface screens, including a first predefined user interface screen and a second predefined user interface screen;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a third user interface screen in the plurality of user interface screens, the third user interface screen being other than the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen;

detecting a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while displaying the third user interface screen; and

in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display;

replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the first predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a first finger gesture; and

replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the second predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a second finger gesture that is a reverse of the first finger gesture.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first predefined user interface screen is a home screen.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the second predefined user interface screen is a media playback screen.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user interface screens is hierarchically ordered, with one or more user interface screens between the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen.

5. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display;

replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of a fourth user interface screen in the plurality of user interface screens, the fourth user interface screen being other than the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen, when the detected finger gesture is a third finger gesture other than the first finger gesture and the second finger gesture.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein:

the plurality of user interface screens is hierarchically ordered, with one or more user interface screens between the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen; and

the fourth user interface screen is hierarchically adjacent to the third user interface screen in the plurality of hierarchically ordered user interface screens.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the third finger gesture is an M-finger gesture and the first finger gesture and the second finger gesture are N-finger gestures, where M is an integer and N is an integer other than M.

8. The device of claim 5, wherein the third finger gesture is a single-finger gesture and the first finger gesture and the second finger gesture are two-finger gestures.

9. The device of claim 5, wherein:

the first finger gesture is a two-finger swipe gesture in a first direction;

the second finger gesture is a two-finger swipe gesture in a direction that is opposite the first direction; and

the third finger gesture is a single-finger gesture.

10. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

in response to detecting the first finger gesture, displaying a first animation transitioning from the third user interface screen to the first predefined user interface screen; and

in response to detecting the second finger gesture, displaying a second animation transitioning from the third user interface screen to the second predefined user interface screen.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein:

the first animation includes user interface screens along a hierarchical path between the third user interface screen and the first predefined user interface screen; and

the second animation includes user interface screens along a hierarchical path between the third user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen.

12. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

displaying the first predefined user interface screen;

detecting the second finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while displaying the first predefined user interface screen; and

,

in response to detecting the second finger gesture while displaying the first predefined user interface screen, replacing display of the first predefined user interface screen with display of the second predefined user interface screen.

13. The device of claim 12, including instructions for:

in response to detecting the second finger gesture while displaying the first predefined user interface screen, displaying a third animation transitioning from the first predefined user interface screen to the second predefined user interface screen.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the third animation includes user interface screens along a hierarchical path between the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen.

15. The device of claim 1, including instructions for:

displaying the second predefined user interface screen;

detecting the first finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while displaying the second predefined user interface screen; and

,

in response to detecting the first finger gesture while displaying the second predefined user interface screen, replacing display of the second predefined user interface screen with display of the first predefined user interface screen.

16. The device of claim 15, including instructions for:

in response to detecting the first finger gesture while displaying the second predefined user interface screen, displaying a fourth animation transitioning from the second predefined user interface screen to the first predefined user interface screen.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein:

the fourth animation includes user interface screens along a hierarchical path between the second predefined user interface screen and the first predefined user interface screen.

18. A method, comprising:

at a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display configured to separately display a plurality of user interface screens, including a first predefined user interface screen and a second predefined user interface screen;

displaying a third user interface screen in the plurality of user interface screens, the third user interface screen being other than the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen;

detecting a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while displaying the third user interface screen; and

in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display;

replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the first predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a first finger gesture; and

replacing display of the third user interface screen with display of the second predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a second finger gesture that is a reverse of the first finger gesture.

19. A graphical user interface on a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a plurality of separately displayed user interface screens, including a first predefined user interface screen, a second predefined user interface screen, and a third user interface screen, the third user interface screen being other than the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen;

wherein;

a finger gesture is detected on the touch-sensitive display while the third user interface screen is displayed; and

in response to detection of the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while the third user interface screen is displayed;

display of the third user interface screen is replaced with display of the first predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a first finger gesture; and

display of the third user interface screen is replaced with display of the second predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a second finger gesture that is a reverse of the first finger gesture.

20. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display configured to separately display a plurality of user interface screens, including a first predefined user interface screen and a second predefined user interface screen, cause the device to:

display a third user interface screen in the plurality of user interface screens, the third user interface screen being other than the first predefined user interface screen and the second predefined user interface screen;

detect a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display while displaying the third user interface screen; and

in response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display;

replace display of the third user interface screen with display of the first predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a first finger gesture; and

replace display of the third user interface screen with display of the second predefined user interface screen when the detected finger gesture is a second finger gesture that is a reverse of the first finger gesture.