Changing of list views on mobile device

• US 8,669,945 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Coddington, Nicole
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin M
• Application Number:
  US12/437,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20100283743A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,769 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 715/862, 715/863, 715/864
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming

Abstract

Various embodiments related to a hand-held mobile computing device are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a hand-held mobile computing device having a touch-sensitive display forming a surface of the hand-held mobile computing device configured to receive touch input. The hand-held mobile computing device further comprises a processor and memory comprising code executable by the processor to display a scrollable list of items in a first content viewing mode having a first set of content for each of the items in the scrollable list, to detect a dynamic multi-touch gesture over the scrollable list of items, and to change the scrollable list of items to a second content viewing mode responsive to detection of the dynamic multi-touch gesture, wherein the second content viewing mode comprises a second set of content for each item in the scrollable list of items.

Claims

1. A hand-held mobile computing device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display forming a surface of the hand-held mobile computing device;

a processor; and

memory comprising code executable by the processor to;

display a scrollable list of items in a first content viewing mode having a first set of content for each of the items in the scrollable list, wherein the first content viewing mode comprises a linear list layout of the items;

detect a dynamic multi-touch gesture over the scrollable list of items; and

responsive to detection of the dynamic multi-touch gesture, change the scrollable list of items to a second content viewing mode having a second set of content for each item in the scrollable list of items, wherein the second set of content is different from the first set of content, and wherein the second content viewing mode comprises a grid layout of the items.

2. The device of claim 1, where the memory further comprises code executable by the processor to detect a second dynamic multi-touch gesture over the items in the second content viewing mode, wherein the second dynamic multi-touch gesture comprises a pinch gesture, and to change from the second content viewing mode to the first viewing mode if a change in distance between two touch inputs used for the pinch gesture is greater than a threshold change.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the dynamic multi-touch gesture comprises a stretch gesture, and wherein the code is executable by the processor to change the scrollable list of items to the second content viewing mode if a change in distance between two touch inputs used for the stretch gesture is greater than a threshold change.

4. The device of claim 1, where the items are calendar items and the first set of content includes a date of the week and a date of the month for each calendar item, and the second set of content includes a date of the month in a month grid layout.

5. The device of claim 4, where the first set of content and the second set of content are displayed at a same zoom setting.

6. A hand-held mobile computing device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display forming a surface of the hand-held mobile computing device;

a processor; and

memory comprising code executable by the processor to;

display a graphical user interface on the touch-sensitive display;

display on the graphical user interface items in a first content viewing mode visualizing a first set of content for each of the items, wherein the first content viewing mode comprises a linear list layout of the items;

detect a dynamic pinch gesture over the items in the first content viewing mode;

responsive to detection of the dynamic pinch gesture, change the first content viewing mode to a second content viewing mode visualizing a second set of content for each of the items, wherein the first content viewing mode and the second content viewing mode each comprise one of a discrete number of content viewing modes, wherein the second set of content is different from the first set of content, and wherein the second content viewing mode comprises a grid layout of the items;

detect a dynamic stretch gesture over the items in the second content viewing mode; and

responsive to detection of the dynamic stretch gesture, change from the second content viewing mode to the first content viewing mode.

7. The device of claim 6, where the items are calendar items and the first set of content includes a date of the week and a date of the month for each calendar item and the second set of content includes a date of the month in a month grid layout.

8. The device of claim 6, where the code is configured to detect the dynamic pinch gesture if a change in distance between two touch inputs is greater than a pinch threshold change, and where the code is configured to detect the dynamic stretch gesture if a change in distance between two touch inputs is greater than a stretch threshold change.