Content navigation based upon motion

A method of content navigation, comprising:

• presenting a graphical user interface, populated with a set of data items, to a user of a client device, the client device comprising a touch screen;
• receiving a touch signal, through the touch screen of the client device, corresponding to a touching of a touch icon in the graphical user interface;
• receiving sensor data, from a motion sensing component of the client device, indicating a motion of the client device;
• determining a motion rate of the motion;
• determining a scroll rate based upon the motion rate, wherein the determining the scroll rate comprises at least one of:
• responsive to the motion rate exceeding a first threshold, determining that the scroll rate is a first scroll rate;
• or
• responsive to the motion rate exceeding a second threshold, determining that the scroll rate is a second scroll rate, the first threshold different than the second threshold, the first scroll rate different than the second scroll rate;
• responsive to determining that the touching of the touch icon is concurrent with the motion of the client device based upon the touch signal, visually traversing through the set of data items at the scroll rate;
• determining a termination of the touch signal, through the touch screen, corresponding to a ceasing of the touching of the touch icon in the graphical user interface;
• and
• responsive to the termination of the touch signal, at least one of (i) ceasing to visually traverse through the set of data items or (ii) presenting a data item, from the set of data items, that is in focus at a time of the ceasing of the touching of the touch icon.

A system of content navigation, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor implement a data manipulation component configured to:
• present a graphical user interface, populated with a set of data items, to a user of a client device;
• receive a touch signal, through a touch screen of the client device, corresponding to a touching of a touch icon in the graphical user interface, the touch signal associated with a scroll initiation command;
• receive sensor data, from a motion sensing component of the client device, indicating a motion of the client device;
• determine a motion rate and a motion direction of the motion;
• determine a scroll rate based upon the motion rate, wherein the determining the scroll rate comprises:
• responsive to the motion rate exceeding a first threshold, determining that the scroll rate is a first scroll rate;
• and
• responsive to the motion rate exceeding a second threshold, determining that the scroll rate is a second scroll rate, the first threshold different than the second threshold, the first scroll rate different than the second scroll rate;
• determine a scroll direction based upon the motion direction;
• and
• responsive to receiving the touch signal, visually traverse through the set of data items at the scroll rate in the scroll direction based upon the scroll initiation command.