SNAP TO CENTER USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION

• US 20130154957A1
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Locker, Howard, Cromer, Daryl, Perrin, Steven R.
• Application Number:
  US13/331,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20130154957A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• 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

Systems, methods and products directed toward snap to center user interface navigation are presented herein. One aspect includes executing an ultra-mobile user interface displayed on a display device accessible by an information handling device, the ultra-mobile user interface being comprised of one or more landing zones; ascertaining a user selected position within the ultra-mobile user interface based on user input communicated through one or more input devices operatively coupled with the information handling device; and selecting one of the one or more landing zones determined to be in closest proximity to the user selected position. Other embodiments are described herein.

Claims

1. An information handling device comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory storing program instructions accessible by the one or more processors;

a display device accessible by the one or more processors;

wherein, responsive to execution of the program instructions accessible by the one or more processors, the one or more processors are configured to;

execute an ultra-mobile user interface displayed on the display device, the ultra-mobile user interface being comprised of one or more landing zones;

ascertain a user selected position within the ultra-mobile user interface based on user input communicated through one or more input devices operatively coupled with the information handling device; and

select one of the one or more landing zones determined to be in closest proximity to the user selected position.

2. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the ultra-mobile user interface comprises a user interface optimized for an ultra-mobile information handling device having finger touch screen input.

3. The information handling device according to claim 2, wherein the information handling device comprises a conventional computing device form factor.

4. The information handling device according to claim 2, wherein the information handling device comprises an ultra-mobile information handling device comprising an emulated conventional input device.

5. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more input devices comprise a mouse input device.

6. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more input devices comprise a touchpad input device.

7. The information handling device according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a direction of movement of user input communicated through the one or more input devices; and

selecting another of the one or more landing zones in the direction of movement of user input.

8. The information handling device according to claim 7, further comprising determining one of the one or more landing zones which is a closest object in the direction of movement of user input based on a straight line approximation.

9. The information handling device according to claim 1, further comprising activating a selected landing zone responsive to detecting removal of user input from the one or more input devices.

10. The information handling device according to claim 1, further comprising mapping the one or more input devices to the ultra-mobile user interface.

11. The information handling device according to claim 10, further comprising displaying an indicator on the display device responsive to detecting user input on the one or more input devices, the indicator being configured to indicate an area of the ultra-mobile user interface corresponding to a location of the user input on the one or more input devices.

12. A method comprising:

executing an ultra-mobile user interface displayed on a display device accessible by an information handling device, the ultra-mobile user interface being comprised of one or more landing zones;

ascertaining a user selected position within the ultra-mobile user interface based on user input communicated through one or more input devices operatively coupled with the information handling device; and

selecting one of the one or more landing zones determined to be in closest proximity to the user selected position.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the ultra-mobile user interface comprises a user interface optimized for an ultra-mobile information handling device having finger touch screen input.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information handling device comprises a conventional computing device form factor.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information handling device comprises an ultra-mobile information handling device comprising an emulated conventional input device.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the one or more input devices comprise a mouse input device.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the one or more input devices comprise a touchpad input device.

18. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

determining a direction of movement of user input communicated through the one or more input devices; and

selecting another of the one or more landing zones in the direction of movement of user input.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising determining one of the one or more landing zones which is a closest object in the direction of movement of user input based on a straight line approximation.

20. The method according to claim 12, further comprising activating a selected landing zone responsive to detecting removal of user input from the one or more input devices.

21. The method according to claim 12, further comprising mapping the one or more input devices to the ultra-mobile user interface.

22. The method according to claim 21, further comprising displaying an indicator on the display device responsive to detecting user input on the one or more input devices, the indicator being configured to indicate an area of the ultra-mobile user interface corresponding to a location of the user input on the touchpad input device.

23. A program product comprising:

a storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising;

program code configured to execute an ultra-mobile user interface displayed on a display device accessible by an information handling device, the ultra-mobile user interface being comprised of one or more landing zones;

program code configured to ascertain a user selected position within the ultra-mobile user interface based on user input communicated through one or more input devices operatively coupled with the information handling device; and

program code configured to select one of the one or more landing zones determined to be in closest proximity to the user selected position.