RESPONSE TO USER INPUT BASED ON DECLARATIVE MAPPINGS

• US 20120147031A1
• Filed: 12/13/2010
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Luengen, Ross, Zou, Song
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,395 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/37 Details of the operation on graphic patterns G09G5/38 takes precedence

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that enable direct response to user input, e.g., in accordance with storyboards. For instance, applications can predefine storyboards which describe output in terms of received input. The predefined storyboards can be used externally and independently from the applications to process user input on behalf of the applications.

Claims

1. A method facilitated by at least one processor of a computing system, comprising:

receiving, from an application, a set of declarative mappings describing output based upon input;

receiving user input directed to the application; and

generating output, on behalf of the application, in response to the user input based on at least one declarative mapping from the set of declarative mappings.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a touch manipulation via a touch interface and further comprising determining whether the touch manipulation is associated with a declarative mapping in the set of declarative mappings.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising forwarding the user input to the application in response to the user input not being associated with the set of declarative mappings.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the output comprises:

identifying an input manipulation represented by the user input; and

selecting, from the set of declarative mappings, at least one declarative mapping that is associated with the input manipulation.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a set of values associated with the input manipulation based on the user input.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining, based on the at least one declarative mapping, a set of output parameters for the set of values associated with the input manipulation.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising generating an output transform based on the set of output parameters including generating a manipulation on at least one of a region or an object of the application.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the output to a graphics subsystem configured to display the output on a display.

9. A direct manipulation subsystem integrated into an operating system, comprising:

an input component configured to receive at least one declarative mapping from at least one application and user input corresponding to at least one touch manipulation of a touch interface; and

an output transform component configured to create at least one output transform based upon the at least one declarative mapping, wherein the at least one output transform represents at least one response to the user input.

10. The subsystem of claim 9, further comprising an input evaluation component configured to determine that the user input corresponds to a touch manipulation for which a declarative mapping of the at least one declarative mapping has been received.

11. The subsystem of claim 9, further comprising a manipulation analysis component configured to identify a set of values associated with the user input.

12. The subsystem of claim 11, further comprising a parameter determination component configured to derive at least one output parameter of the at least one output transform, and, based on the at least one declarative mapping, obtain a set of output parameters corresponding to the set of values associated with the user input.

13. The subsystem of claim 9, wherein the at least one declarative mapping includes a plurality of functions that map a set of input parameters of the user input to a set of output parameters specifying an output for a response to the user input.

14. The subsystem of claim 9, wherein the output transform component is further configured to generate the at least one output transform independently of the application to which the user input is directed.

15. A system, comprising:

a direct manipulation component configured to receive a set of declarative mappings from an application and touch input for the application from an operating system of the system, wherein the direct manipulation component derives output that responds to the touch input, independently and on behalf of the application, in accordance with the set of declarative mappings.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the set of declarative mappings is associated with a type of touch manipulation.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the set of declarative mappings is associated with a region of a display to which the application renders application content.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the direction manipulation component is configured to apply the output to the application content to a display space region associated with the set of declarative mappings.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the direction manipulation component is configured to provide the output to the operating system to instruct a graphics processing unit to apply an output transform specified in the output.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the set of declaration mappings includes respective declarative mappings for a set of characteristics of the touch input.