Touch-activated and expandable visual navigation of a mobile device via a graphic selection element
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorMichelle Felt
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Abstract
A system may include a touchscreen and a computing device executing an application. The application displays on the touch screen a navigation area including a centrally disposed selection element. There is a first display area in the navigation area, wherein the first display area shows a first menu item from a list of menu items. The application changes the first display area, when a next menu select action is detected based on interactions with the touch screen, to show a second menu item from the list of menu items, where in the information on the touch screen is updated to corresponds to the second menu item.
Claims21
A mobile device comprising:
- a processor;
- a touch-activated graphical user interface, coupled to the processor;
- and
- a memory that stores an application executable by the processor;
- wherein said processor is configured to:
- execute said application to respond to at least one user touch entry via the user interface;
- activate said at least one user touch entry via user touch of a graphic selection element that is disposed by the processor substantially centrally on the user interface to facilitate centralized user touch access, the graphic selection element displaying at least a menu interface having a top portion including one of a menu icon or a home icon, and a bottom portion including a current menu title;
- in response to a user touch on at least a portion of the top portion to select a menu option associated with the current menu title displayed in the bottom portion, activating an animated process in which the top portion and the bottom portion move in opposite directions to expand a navigation area from a collapsed state to an expanded state in which the selected menu option including a list of menu items is displayed;
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- in response to a user touch on at least a portion of the bottom portion, activating an animated process within the graphic selection element.
A method comprising:
- executing by a processor an application to respond to at least one user touch entry via a touch-activated graphical user interface of a mobile device;
- activating said at least one user touch entry via user touch of a graphic selection element that is disposed by the processor centrally at least in part on the user interface, the graphic selection element displaying at least a menu interface having a top portion including one of a menu icon or a home icon, and a bottom portion including a current menu title;
- in response to a user touch on at least a portion of the top portion to select a menu option associated with the current menu title displayed in the bottom portion, activating by the processor graphically an animated process in which the top portion and the bottom portion move in opposite directions to expand a navigation area from a collapsed state to an expanded state in which the selected menu option including a list of menu items is displayed in response to a user touch on at least a portion of the top portion;
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- activating by the processor graphically an animated process within the graphic selection element in response to a user touch on at least the bottom portion.
A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- executing by a processor an application to respond to at least one user touch entry via a touch-activated graphical user interface of a mobile device;
- activating said at least one user touch entry via user touch of a graphic selection element that is at least in part centrally disposed by the processor on the user interface, the graphic selection element displaying a menu interface having a top portion including one of a menu icon or a home icon, and a bottom portion including a current menu title;
- in response to a user touch on at least a portion of the top portion to select a menu option associated with the current menu title displayed in the bottom portion, activating by the processor graphically an animated process in which the top portion and the bottom portion move in opposite directions to expand a navigation area from a collapsed state to an expanded state in which the selected menu option including a list of menu items is displayed in response to a user touch on at least a portion of the top portion;
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- activating by the processor graphically an animated process within the graphic selection element in response to a user touch on at least the bottom portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.