Electronic apparatus and operating method thereof and computer readable storage medium

• US 9,851,885 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2013
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Brinda, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Levy, Amy M
• Assistant Examiner(s): RAMSEY, PATRICK RANDAL
• Application Number:
  US13/775,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20130227486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,767 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The electronic apparatus with a touch screen display executes the following steps: a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display is displayed; a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected; in response to an edge of the list being reached, one or more items in a first direction is moved to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between the adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and the one or more items in a second direction is moved until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising

at a computing device with a touch screen display:

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display, wherein a first item is first in the list;

detecting a movement of an object on a touched item of the scrollable items on the touch screen display in a first direction;

in response to an edge of the list being reached by the first item and the movement being detected, moving one or more of the scrollable items in the first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each of the one or more gaps is between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the first item to the touched item, no gap is displayed between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the touched item to a last item of the list while the object is on the touched item, and no gap is formed outside of the reached edge of the list, and wherein one or more options related to the list of scrollable items is displayed in one of the one or more gaps;

in response to further movement of the object on the touch screen display in the first direction, replacing at least a portion of the one or more options with an updating hint; and

in response to detecting the object no longer on the touch screen display, moving the one or more of the scrollable items in a second direction opposite to the first direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed, wherein before the one or more gaps are no longer displayed, the moving comprises displaying one or more new, additional gaps between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the touched item to the last item of the list while moving the one or more of the scrollable items in the second direction after detecting the object no longer on the touch screen display, and updating the list of scrollable items to display different items.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of items is a list of contacts, mails, messages, call history, or files.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first direction is a vertical direction, horizontal direction, or a diagonal direction.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a finger or a stylus.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more gaps are black, gray, white, or a solid color.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more gaps are visually distinct from the items.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a movement of the one or more of the scrollable items in the first and second direction is a spring motion.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moving the one or more of the scrollable items one by one in the second direction.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be installed and executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs includes a plurality of instructions to execute the following steps;

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display, wherein a first item is first in the list;

detecting a movement of an object on a touched item of the scrollable items on the touch screen display in a first direction;

in response to an edge of the list being reached by the first item and the movement being detected, moving one or more of the scrollable items in the first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each of the one or more gaps is between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the first item to the touched item, no gap is displayed between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the touched item to a last item of the list while the object is on the touched item, and no gap is formed outside of the reached edge of the list, and wherein one or more options related to the list of scrollable items is displayed in one of the one or more gaps;

in response to further movement of the object on the touch screen display in the first direction, replacing at least a portion of the one or more options with an updating hint; and

in response to detecting the object no longer on the touch screen display, moving the one or more of the scrollable items in a second direction opposite to the first direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed, wherein before the one or more gaps are no longer displayed, the moving comprises displaying one or more new, additional gaps between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the touched item to the last item of the list while moving the one or more of the scrollable items in the second direction after detecting the object no longer on the touch screen display, and updating the list of scrollable items to display different items.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch screen display, make the device execute the following steps:

displaying a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display, wherein a first item is first in the list;

detecting a movement of an object on a touched item of the scrollable items on the touch screen display in a first direction;

in response to an edge of the list being reached by the first item and the movement being detected, moving one or more of the scrollable items in the first direction to display one or more gaps, wherein each of the one or more gaps is between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the first item to the touched item, no gap is displayed between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the touched item to a last item of the list while the object is on the touched item, and no gap is formed outside of the reached edge of the list, and wherein one or more options related to the list of scrollable items is displayed in one of the one or more gaps;

in response to further movement of the object on the touch screen display in the first direction, replacing at least a portion of the one or more options with an updating hint; and

in response to detecting the object no longer on the touch screen display, moving the one or more of the scrollable items in a second direction opposite to the first direction until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed, wherein before the one or more gaps are no longer displayed, the moving comprises displaying one or more new, additional gaps between adjacent ones of the scrollable items from the touched item to the last item of the list while moving the one or more of the scrollable items in the second direction after detecting the object no longer on the touch screen display, and updating the list of scrollable items to display different items.