GESTURE INPUT FOR ITEM SELECTION

• US 20150286346A1
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Liu, Agnes, Song, Albert, Neumann, Guilherme
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,461 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Many applications may display information through lists. For example, an email application may display a current visual interface comprising a list of emails. A gesture input may be received for an item within the item list. Responsive to receiving the gesture input, the item may be selected. In an example, the item list may be transitioned into an editing mode based upon the gesture input. While in the editing mode, context indicators (e.g., indicating whether an email item has been read or is unread) may be modified (e.g., shrunk) and/or selection indicators may be displayed for items within the item list. A selection indicator may be selected to select a corresponding item. In this way, gesture input (e.g., single gesture) may be used to select items and/or to transition the item list into the editing mode without transitioning away from the item list.

Claims

1. A method for item selection, comprising:

displaying a current visual interface comprising an item list; and

responsive to receiving gesture input associated with a first item of the item list, selecting the first item.

2. The method of claim 1, the selecting comprising:

selecting the first item within the current visual interface without transitioning away from the current visual interface.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to receiving the gesture input associated with the first item, transitioning the item list into an editing mode.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising:

receiving a selection input of one or more items within the item list while the item list is within the editing mode, resulting in one or more selected items; and

performing An action upon the one or more selected items.

5. The method of claim 4, the action comprising at least one of a delete action, a mark as read action, a move to destination action, or an item action.

6. The method of claim 1, the displaying a current visual interface comprising:

displaying a context indicator for a second item within the item list; and

responsive to transitioning the item list into an editing mode based upon the gesture input, modifying the context indicator to create a modified context indicator displayed for the second item.

7. The method of claim 6, the context indicator indicating whether the second item is read or unread.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to receiving the gesture input associated with the first item, modifying a display position of the first item from an original display position to a modified display position based upon a gesture direction of the gesture input.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to receiving the gesture input associated with the first item, displaying action text for the first item.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to receiving the gesture input associated with the first item, displaying an action graphic for the first item.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising:

maintaining display of the item list through the current visual interface during the gesture input.

12. The method of claim 3, comprising:

responsive to transitioning the item list into the editing mode, displaying an editing task bar within the current visual interface.

13. The method of claim 6, comprising:

responsive to transitioning the item list into the editing mode, displaying a selection indicator with the modified context indicator for the second item.

14. The method of claim 8, comprising:

responsive to identifying a gesture release, returning the first item to the original display position.

15. A system for item selection, comprising:

an interface management component configured to;

display a current visual interface comprising an item list; and

responsive to receiving gesture input associated with a first item of the item list;

transition the item list into an editing mode.

16. The system of claim 15, the interface management component configured to:

display a context indicator for a second item within the item list; and

responsive to transitioning the item list into the editing mode, modify the context indicator to create a modified context indicator displayed for the second item.

17. The system of claim 15, the interface management component configured to:

maintain display of the item list through the current visual interface during the gesture input.

18. The system of claim 15, the interface management component configured to:

responsive to receiving the gesture input associated with the first item, display at least one of action text or an action graphic for the first item.

19. The system of claim 15, the interface management component configured to:

responsive to receiving the gesture input associated with the first item, modify a display position of the first item from an original display position to a modified display position based upon a gesture direction of the gesture input.

20. A nontransitory memory device storing instructions that, when executed on a processor of a server, cause the server to perform operations for item selection comprising:

displaying a current visual interface comprising an item list, the item list comprising a first item and a second item;

displaying a first context indicator for the first item;

displaying a second context indicator for the second item; and

responsive to receiving gesture input associated with the first item;

selecting the first item;

transitioning the item list into an editing mode;

modifying a first display property of the first context indicator;

modifying a second display property of the second context indicator;

displaying a first selection indicator for the first item; and

displaying a second selection indicator for the second item.