TRIGGERING A REFRESH OF DISPLAYED CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20140101586A1
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Kienzle, Matthias
• Granted Patent: US 9,430,123 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

The present disclosure involves methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a generic refresh of displayed content on computing devices, e.g., handheld devices. In one aspect, a method comprises displaying on a screen of the device a content area and a tab area comprising at least one tab. The content area is being refreshed upon receiving an activation of the tab followed by a command associated to a dragging of the tab towards a center of the screen followed by a command associated to a release of the tab, wherein the command associated to a dragging of the tab towards the center of the screen is received while receiving the activation of the tab. In some instances, the refreshing of the content area causes the content area to display updated web content associated to the tab.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a processor-readable medium coupled to the processor having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

displaying on a screen of the device a content area and a tab area comprising at least one tab;

refreshing the content area upon receiving an activation of the tab followed by a command associated with a dragging of the tab towards a center of the screen followed by a command associated with a release of the tab, wherein the command associated with a dragging of the tab towards the center of the screen is received while receiving the activation of the tab.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the activation of the tab causes the content area to display web content associated with the tab, and wherein the refreshing of the content area causes the content area to display updated web content associated with the tab.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the command associated with a dragging of the tab is disabled if no updated web content associated with the tab is available.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a handheld device, the screen is a touch screen, and wherein the activation, the command associated with a dragging of the tab and the command associated with a release of the tab are touch-based commands.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the activation of the tab includes holding the tab, and wherein the command associated with a dragging of the tab includes holding the tab while dragging the tab.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein upon the activation of the tab, an indicator pops up which indicates that the tab is to be dragged to refresh the content area, and wherein while receiving the command associated with a dragging of the tab towards the center of the screen, the indicator indicates that the tab is to be released to refresh the content area.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the tab is not a part of the content area and is located at a bottom of the screen.

8. A method, comprising:

displaying on a screen a content area and a tab area comprising at least one tab;

refreshing the content area upon receiving an activation of the tab followed by a command associated to a dragging of the tab towards a center of the screen followed by a command associated to a release of the tab, wherein the command associated to a dragging of the tab towards the center of the screen is received while receiving the activation of the tab.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the activation of the tab causes the content area to display web content associated with the tab, and wherein the refreshing of the content area causes the content area to display updated web content associated with the tab.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the command associated with a dragging of the tab is disabled if no updated web content associated with the tab is available.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the method is implemented on a handheld device, the screen is a touch screen, and wherein the activation, the command associated with a dragging of the tab and the command associated with a release of the tab are touch-based commands.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the activation of the tab includes holding the tab, and wherein the command associated with a dragging of the tab includes holding the tab while dragging the tab.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein upon the activation of the tab, an indicator pops up which indicates that the tab is to be dragged to refresh the content area, and wherein while receiving the command associated with a dragging of the tab towards the center of the screen, the indicator indicates that the tab is to be released to refresh the content area.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the tab is not a part of the content area and is located at a bottom of the screen.

15. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:

displaying on a screen a content area and a tab area comprising at least one tab;

refreshing the content area upon receiving an activation of the tab followed by a command associated to a dragging of the tab towards a center of the screen followed by a command associated to a release of the tab, wherein the command associated to a dragging of the tab towards the center of the screen is received while receiving the activation of the tab.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the activation of the tab causes the content area to display web content associated with the tab, and wherein the refreshing of the content area causes the content area to display updated web content associated with the tab.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the command associated with a dragging of the tab is disabled if no updated web content associated with the tab is available.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the method is implemented on a handheld device, the screen is a touch screen, and wherein the activation, the command associated with a dragging of the tab and the command associated with a release of the tab are touch-based commands.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the activation of the tab includes holding the tab, and wherein the command associated with a dragging of the tab includes holding the tab while dragging the tab.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein upon the activation of the tab, an indicator pops up which indicates that the tab is to be dragged to refresh the content area, and wherein while receiving the command associated with a dragging of the tab towards the center of the screen, the indicator indicates that the tab is to be released to refresh the content area.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein upon releasing the tab to refresh the content area, additional dragging of the tab is disabled until the content area is refreshed.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the tab is not a part of the content area and is located at a bottom of the screen.

23. A method implemented on a handheld device, comprising:

displaying on a touch screen of the handheld device a web content area and a tab area comprising multiple touch-sensitive tabs, wherein the multiple tabs are not a part of the web content area and are located at a bottom of the touch screen;

receiving a touch-based activation of one of the multiple tabs triggering the web content area to display web content associated with the tab and triggering an indicator to pop up on the touch screen indicating that the tab is to be dragged to refresh the web content area;

receiving, while still receiving the touch-based activation of the tab, a touch-based command associated with a dragging of the tab towards a center of the touch screen, wherein during the receiving of the command the indicator indicates that the tab is to be released to refresh the web content area; and

refreshing the web content area upon receiving a touch-based command associated with a release of the tab.