USER INTERFACE

• US 20120094723A1
• Filed: 12/04/2011
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neonode Smartphone LLC (Aequitas Technologies, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Neonode, Inc.
• Inventors: Goertz, Magnus
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,993 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code which, when executed by a mobile handheld device that has a touch sensitive display, instructs the device (i) to display a notification of an incoming phone call, and (ii) to accept the call in response to a mufti-step operation comprising an object touching the touch sensitive display, and the object gliding along the touch sensitive display in a specific direction.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code which, when executed by a mobile handheld device that has a touch sensitive display, instructs the device (i) to display a notification of an incoming phone call, and (ii) to accept the call in response to a multi-step operation comprising an object touching the touch sensitive display, and the object gliding along the touch sensitive display in a specific direction.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the program code instructs the device (iii) to disconnect the call in response to a multi-step operation comprising an object touching the touch sensitive area, and the object gliding the object along the touch sensitive display in a direction opposite to the specific direction.

21. A computer readable medium storing computer program code, which, when executed by a mobile handheld device that has a touch sensitive display, instructs the device (i) to display a representation of a function in the touch sensitive display, (ii) to display a plurality of icons in the touch sensitive display, each icon representing an application, in response to a multi-step operation comprising an object touching the touch sensitive display at a location where the function representation is displayed, and the object gliding along the touch sensitive display away from the touched location, and (iii) to activate one of the applications in response to a tap on its icon.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the plurality of applications includes a lock device application.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the plurality of applications includes an alarm clock application.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the device comprises a clock, wherein the plurality of applications includes an application for setting the time for the clock.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the plurality of applications includes an application for configuring a background picture for the touch sensitive display.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the plurality of applications includes a help application.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the device is alternately used by at least two users, and wherein the plurality of applications includes an application for configuring the unit for each user.

28. A computer readable medium storing computer program code, which, when executed by a mobile handheld device having a touch sensitive display, instructs the device (i) to display a list of files of a first type, and (ii) to change the list to display files of a second type in response to a tap on the display. .

29. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein the computer program code instructs the device to (iii) display a representation of a file type, and wherein the device changes the list in response to a tap on the representation of the file type.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein the files of the first type are data files, and the files of the second type are application files.

31. A computer readable medium storing computer program code, which, when executed by a mobile handheld device that has a touch sensitive display, instructs the device to (i) to display a data input keypad for a user to enter data, and to display a text field for entered data, (ii) to display representations of a plurality of applications, and (iii) to activate one of the applications and to have the application use the entered data, in response to a tap on its representation.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the plurality of applications includes a telephone application that uses the entered data as a telephone number.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the plurality of applications includes a text messaging application that uses the entered data as a text message.

34. The computer readable medium of claim 33, wherein the text messaging application is a short messaging service (SMS) application.

35. The computer readable medium of claim 33, wherein the text messaging application is an e-mail application.

36. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the plurality of applications includes a contact list application that stores the entered data as retrievable contact information.