Event handling in an integrated execution environment

• US 8,713,210 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Shah, Rishit, Chanda, Rupen, Balakrishnan, Govind, Flores, Antonio
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Titus
• Application Number:
  US13/619,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20130009986A1
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 710/14
• US Class Current: 710/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for handling input received from a common interface of a program and a runtime environment when both the program and the runtime environment are configured to consume the received input. Given that both a browser program and a media player program hosted by the browser program are configured to detect an event of a certain type, there may be a contention of whether the browser program or the media player program may act first on the detected event. The disclosed systems and techniques enable interpretation of a user'"'"'s intent when the user interacts with a webpage hosting media content and when the user'"'"'s input occurs over media content rendered by the media player program. Similar advantages may also be realized within the context of another execution environment, or other program, different than a browser program.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a first program that renders content of a first content type, input from a computing device interface associated with a second program that renders content of a second content type, the content of the first type and the content of the second type rendered concurrently to the computing device interface;

determining an input type of the received input and resolving potential contentions between the first program and the second program when the received input type is executable by either the first program or the second program, the resolving based on stored protocols for handling multiple input types, the stored protocols comprising modes designated to at least one of the first and second programs, priorities for the first and second programs based on the modes, and actions for each of the modes that are responsive to an input to at least one of the first and second programs;

switching the first program from a first input mode to a second input mode when the received input is of a first input type; and

switching the first program from the second input mode to the first input mode when the received input is of a second input type, the content of the first content type and the content of the second content type remaining concurrently rendered to the computing device interface after said switching the first program between the first and second input modes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises:

determining the received input to be of the first input type when the received input is a single input associated with the content of the first content type; and

determining the received input to be of the second input type when the received input is a single input unassociated with the content of the first content type.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

allowing the second program to handle the received input when the received input is of a third input type and the first program is in the first input mode; and

handling the received input when the received input is of the third input type and the first program is in the second input mode.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining includes determining the received input to be of the third input type when the received input is associated with the content of the first content type and is different from the single input associated with the content of the first content type.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving includes receiving the received input from a touchscreen of a mobile device, and the first program is a media player program that operates within the second program.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the touchscreen comprises a multi-touch device, and wherein the third input type is associated with the first content type rendered by the media player program, and includes multiple subtypes including a double tap and a multi-touch input.

7. The method of claim 1, where the second program is a browser program.

8. A system comprising:

a storage device including a first program configured to render content of a first content type and a second program configured to render content of a second content type;

one or more hardware processors configured to interact with a touchscreen device, execute the first and second programs, and perform operations that are configured to;

concurrently render the content of the first content type and the content of the second content type to the touchscreen device;

receive, by the first program, input from the touchscreen device;

determine an input type of the received input and resolve potential contentions between the first program and the second program when the received input type is executable by either the first program or the second program, the potential contentions resolvable based on stored protocols for handling multiple input types, the stored protocols comprising modes designated to at least one of the first and second programs, priorities for the first and second programs based on the modes, and actions for each of the modes that are responsive to an input to least one of the first and second programs;

switch the first program from a first input mode to a second input mode when the received input is of a first input type; and

switch the first program from the second input mode to the first input mode when the received input is of a second input type, the content of the first content type and the content of the second content type concurrently rendered to the touchscreen device after the first program is switched between the first and second input modes.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operation to determine the input type of the received input comprises to:

determine the received input to be of the first input type when the received input is a single input associated with the content of the first content type; and

determine the received input to be of the second input type when the received input is a single input unassociated with the content of the first content type.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations are further configured to:

allow the second program to handle the received input when the received input is of a third input type and the first program is in the first input mode; and

handle the received input when the received input is of the third input type and the first program is in the second input mode.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the operation to determine includes the received input determined to be of the third input type when the received input is associated with the content of the first content type and is different from the single input associated with the content of the first content type.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the first program is a media player program that operates within the second program.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the touchscreen comprises a multi-touch device, and the third input type includes multiple subtypes including a double tap and a multi-touch input.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the second program is a browser program.

15. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that are executable by a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a first program that renders content of a first content type, input from a computing device interface associated with a second program that renders content of a second content type, the content of the first type and the content of the second type rendered concurrently to the computing device interface;

determining an input type of the received input and resolving potential contentions between the first program and the second program when the received input type is executable by either the first program or the second program, the resolving based on stored protocols for handling multiple input types, the stored protocols comprising modes designated to at least one of the first and second programs, priorities for the first and second programs based on the modes, and actions for each of the modes that are responsive to an input to least one of the first and second programs;

switching the first program from a first input mode to a second input mode when the received input is of a first input type; and

switching the first program from the second input mode to the first input mode when the received input is of a second input type, the content of the first content type and the content of the second content type remaining concurrently rendered to the computing device interface after said switching the first program between the first and second input modes.

16. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operation of determining comprises:

determining the received input to be of the first input type when the received input is a single input associated with the content of the first content type; and

determining the received input to be of the second input type when the received input is a single input unassociated with the content of the first content type.

17. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

allowing the second program to handle the received input when the received input is of a third input type and the first program is in the first input mode; and

handling the received input when the received input is of the third input type and the first program is in the second input mode.

18. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operation of determining includes determining the received input to be of the third input type when the received input is associated with the content of the first content type and is different from the single input associated with the content of the first content type.

19. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operation of receiving includes receiving the received input from a touchscreen of a mobile device, and wherein the first program is a media player program that operates within the second program.

20. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 19, wherein the touchscreen comprises a multi-touch device and wherein the third input type includes multiple subtypes including a double tap and a multi-touch input.

21. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the second program is a browser program.