Displaying lists as reacting against barriers

• US 8,677,283 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2009
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Fong, Jeffrey C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Linh K
• Application Number:
  US12/603,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20110093812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,609 Days
• Field of Search: 715784-789, 715/810, 715/863, 715/716, 715/829, 715/830, 345/173
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A first set of entries in a list having multiple entries is displayed. Different ones of the multiple entries are displayed as the list is scrolled through in response to a first user gesture. Additionally, in response to the first user gesture when a second set of entries at an end of the list is being displayed, the second set of entries is displayed in a manner in which the second set of entries appear to react against (e.g., bounce or compress) against a barrier at the end of the list. Furthermore, in response to a second user gesture when the second set of entries is being displayed, the first set of entries at the beginning of the list is displayed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a first set of entries at a beginning of a list, the list having multiple entries, at least some of the entries of the list not being displayed as the first set of entries;

displaying different ones of the multiple entries as the list is scrolled through in response to a first user gesture;

displaying, in response to the first user gesture when a second set of entries at an end of the list is being displayed, the second set of entries in a manner in which the second set of entries appear to react against a barrier at the end of the list, reaction against the barrier at the end of the list comprising displaying the entries at the end of the list and displaying the entries at additional locations relative to the barrier to give the appearance of motion to the user; and

displaying, in response to a second user gesture when the second set of entries is being displayed, the first set of entries at the beginning of the list, the first set of entries having not been displayed when the second user gesture is made, wherein the second user gesture being configured to cause display of the first set of entries without requiring the user to execute multiple scrolls.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first user gesture comprises dragging a finger less than a threshold distance on a touch input panel, and wherein the second user gesture comprises dragging a finger at least the threshold distance on the touch input panel.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein displaying the second set of entries in a manner in which the second set of entries appear to react against a barrier at the end of the list comprises displaying the second set of entries in a manner in which the second set of entries appear to bounce against a barrier at the end of the list.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein displaying the second set of entries in a manner in which the second set of entries appear to react against a barrier at the end of the list comprises displaying the second set of entries in a manner in which the second set of entries appear to compress against a barrier at the end of the list.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the list is separated into multiple portions, the method further comprising:

displaying, in response to the first user gesture when a third set of entries at the end of a first portion of the multiple portions is being displayed, the third set of entries in a manner in which the third set of entries appear to react against a barrier at the end of the first portion; and

displaying, in response to the second user gesture when the third set of entries at the end of the first portion is being displayed, a fourth set of entries at the beginning of a second portion of the multiple portions.

6. A method as recited in claim 5, the method further comprising:

displaying, in response to a third user gesture when a fifth set of entries at the beginning of the first portion is being displayed, the fifth set of entries in a manner in which the fifth set of entries appear to react against a barrier at the beginning of the first portion; and

displaying, in response to a fourth user gesture when the fifth set of entries at the beginning of the first portion is being displayed, a sixth set of entries at the end of a third portion of the multiple portions.

7. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the third portion precedes the first portion in the list, and the first portion precedes the second portion in the list.

8. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the first user gesture comprises dragging a finger less than a threshold distance on a touch input panel, and wherein the second user gesture comprises dragging a finger at least the threshold distance on the touch input panel.

9. A method as recited in claim 8, further comprising changing the threshold distance in response to a user request to change the threshold distance.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the list comprises a song list, each of the multiple entries comprises a song, the beginning of the list is a top of the song list, and the end of the list is the bottom of the song list.

11. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the list is displayed and scrolled through vertically.

12. A method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

displaying, in response to a third user gesture when a third set of entries at a beginning of the list is being displayed, the third set of entries in a manner in which the third set of entries appear to react against a barrier at the beginning of the list; and

displaying, in response to a fourth user gesture when the third set of entries is being displayed, the second set of entries at the end of the list.

13. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to:

display a first set of entries in a list, the list having multiple entries wherein at least some of the multiple entries are not displayed as the first set of entries;

determine, in response to a request to scroll through the list, whether a second set of entries at the end of the list is being displayed as the first set of entries;

scroll, in response to the request to scroll through the list, the list in a requested direction to display additional entries of the multiple entries if the second set of entries at the end of the list is not being displayed as the first set of entries;

display, in response to the request to scroll through the list, the second set of entries as reacting against a barrier at the end of the list if the second set of entries at the end of the list is being displayed as the first set of entries and the request is a request to scroll forward through the list, reaction against the barrier at the end of the list comprising displaying the entries at the end of the list and displaying the entries at additional locations relative to the barrier to give the appearance of motion to the user; and

display, in response to a request to jump to the beginning of the list, a third set of entries at the beginning of the list, the third set of entries not having been displayed at the time the request to jump is received;

the request to jump to the entries at the beginning of the list being executed through a single user action that generates the request.

14. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 13, wherein to display the second set of entries as reacting against a barrier at the end of the list is to display the second set of entries as bouncing against a barrier at the end of the list.

15. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 13, wherein the multiple instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

determine, in response to the request to scroll through the list, whether the third set of entries at the beginning of the list is being displayed as the first set of entries, wherein to scroll the list is to scroll the list in the requested direction if the second set of entries at the end of the list is not being displayed and the third set of entries at the beginning of the list is not being displayed; and

display, in response to the request to scroll through the list, the third set of entries as reacting against a barrier at the beginning of the list if the third set of entries at the beginning of the list is being displayed.

16. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 13, wherein the request to scroll through the list is a first user gesture of dragging a finger less than a threshold distance on a touch input panel, and wherein the request to jump to the beginning of the list is a second user gesture of dragging a finger at least the threshold distance on the touch input panel.

17. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 13, wherein the request to scroll through the list is a first user gesture of dragging a finger on a touch input panel for less than a threshold amount of time, and wherein the request to jump to the beginning of the list is a second user gesture of dragging a finger on the touch input panel for at least the threshold amount of time.

18. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 13, wherein the list comprises a list of programs that can be run by the one or more processors.

19. One or more computer storage media as recited in claim 13, wherein the list comprises a list of images.

20. A method in a computing device, the method comprising:

displaying a first set of entries in a list, the list having multiple entries wherein at least some of the multiple entries are not displayed as the first set of entries;

in response to a request to scroll forward through the list, determining whether the first set of entries are at the end of the list, and

scrolling forward in the list to display additional entries of the multiple entries if the first set of entries are not at the end of the list, and

displaying the first set of entries as bouncing against a barrier at the end of the list if the first set of entries are at the end of the list, the bouncing against the barrier at the end of the list comprising displaying the entries at the end of the list and displaying the entries at additional locations relative to the barrier to give the appearance of motion to the user;

in response to a request to jump in the list, the request to jump being executed through a single user action that generates the request, determining whether the first set of entries are at a beginning of the list, at the end of the list, or at a beginning of a portion of the list or at an end of the portion of the list, and

jumping to display a second set of entries at the end of the list if the first set of entries are at the beginning of the list, the second set of entries having not been displayed at the time the request to jump is received;

jumping to display a third set of entries at the beginning of the list if the first set of entries are at the end of the list, the third set of entries having not been displayed at the time the request to jump is received; and

jumping to display a fourth set of entries in a next portion of the list if the first set of entries are at the beginning or end of the portion but are not at the beginning of the list and are not at the end of the list, the fourth set of entries having not been displayed at the time the request to jump is received.