Touch event processing for documents

• US 8,411,061 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bolsinga, Gregory Dennis, Omernick, Tim, Williamson, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Jr., Kenneth B
• Application Number:
  US13/464,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20120221929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-178, 178/18.01, 200/512, 340/407.1
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

One or more touch input signals can be obtained from a touch sensitive device. If the touch input signals are associated with one or more regions of a web page displayed on the touch sensitive device, a touch event associated with the regions of a web page is processed by the web page. Otherwise, the touch events can be processed by an application (e.g., a browser).

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at a multi-touch capable device including a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory storing a document that includes instructions for processing one or more touch events and one or more gesture events;

receiving touch input signals associated with multiple concurrent finger touches on one or more elements of the document displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

processing the touch input signals to determine if the touch input signals are associated with a touch gesture made with respect to one or more elements of the document; and

if the touch input signals are associated with a touch gesture, forwarding a gesture event to the document for further processing by executing the instructions stored in the document.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the touch input signals are not associated with a touch gesture, processing the touch input signals with a browser.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture event comprises two or more touch events.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture event is associated with attributes, in the document, that define event actions.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the attributes are inserted in one or more HyperText Markup Language (“

HTML”

) tags associated with the one or more elements.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein processing the gesture event associated with the one or more elements of the document comprises processing the gesture event based on the HTML tag associated with the one or more elements of the document.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture event includes a sequence of touch events that include a touch start event, one or more touch move events and a touch end or touch cancel event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture corresponds to at least two or more finger touches that occur at substantially the same time.

9. A computer system, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors; and

memory storing a document, including instructions for processing one or more touch events and one or more gesture events, and one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

receiving touch input signals associated with multiple concurrent finger touches on one or more elements of the document displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

processing the touch input signals to determine if the touch input signals are associated with a touch gesture made with respect to one or more elements of the document; and

if the touch input signals are associated with a touch gesture, forwarding a gesture event to the document for further processing by executing the instructions stored in the document.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

if the touch input signals are not associated with a touch gesture, processing the touch input signals with a browser.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the gesture event comprises two or more touch events.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the gesture event is associated with attributes, in the document, that define event actions.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the attributes are inserted in one or more HyperText Markup Language (“

HTML”

) tags associated with the one or more elements.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein processing the gesture event associated with the one or more elements of the document comprises processing the gesture event based on the HTML tag associated with the one or more elements of the document.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the gesture event includes a sequence of touch events that include a touch start event, one or more touch move events and a touch end or touch cancel event.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the gesture corresponds to at least two or more finger touches that occur at substantially the same time.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by a computer system with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving touch input signals associated with multiple concurrent finger touches on one or more elements of the document displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

processing the touch input signals to determine if the touch input signals are associated with a touch gesture made with respect to one or more elements of the document; and

if the touch input signals are associated with a touch gesture, forwarding a gesture event to the document for further processing by executing the instructions stored in the document.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

if the touch input signals are not associated with a touch gesture, processing the touch input signals with a browser.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the gesture event comprises two or more touch events.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the gesture event is associated with attributes, in the document, that define event actions.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the attributes are inserted in one or more HyperText Markup Language (“

HTML”

) tags associated with the one or more elements.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions for processing the gesture event associated with the one or more elements of the document include instructions for processing the gesture event based on the HTML tag associated with the one or more elements of the document.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the gesture event includes a sequence of touch events that include a touch start event, one or more touch move events and a touch end or touch cancel event.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the gesture corresponds to at least two or more finger touches that occur at substantially the same time.