# US 10,503,346 B2 · Swipe-based confirmation for touch sensitive devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,346 B2 - Document ID: US10503346B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/477,762 - Filed: 2017-04-03 - Published: 2017-07-20 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-06 - Assignees: Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC - Applicants: Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC - Inventors: Amir Mesguich Havilio - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503346B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G06F 2203/04808: Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Techniques are disclosed for providing a swipe-based delete confirmation mode in electronic touch sensitive devices. The user can engage the delete confirmation mode by performing a delete command, which causes the device to display a delete confirmation swipe gesture prompt. The delete confirmation prompt may be included within a delete confirmation graphic or a delete confirmation pop-up window. By performing the delete confirmation swipe gesture on the touch sensitive surface, the user may confirm the delete command. By not properly performing the delete confirmation gesture, closing a delete confirmation pop-up window, tapping an area of the screen not associated with the delete confirmation prompt, or otherwise not performing the delete confirmation swipe gesture, the device may cause the delete function to be abandoned. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computing device, comprising: a processor; a touch screen display for displaying digital content and allowing user input; and a user interface executable on the processor and including a swipe-based confirmation mode that is activated in response to an initial command to perform a function, wherein the swipe-based confirmation mode is configured to graphically display a swipe path that includes a directional prompt for allowing a user to subsequently confirm performance of the command, and to cause the function to be performed in response to a confirmation swipe gesture performed along the swipe path, wherein at least some digital content currently displayed on the touch screen display transitions to an initial diminished appearance in response to the swipe-based confirmation mode being activated, and the initial diminished appearance further increasingly fades away so as to become further diminished as the swipe gesture progresses along the swipe path in a direction indicated by the directional prompt, and wherein the further diminished appearance visually transitions back toward the initial diminished appearance so as to increasingly reappear if the swipe gesture progresses back along the swipe path in a direction opposite the direction indicated by the directional prompt, and abandon the command if an input is received via the touch screen display outside the swipe path. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1 wherein the command is a command to delete previously selected digital content. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computing device of claim 2 wherein the at least some digital content currently displayed on the touch screen display that transitions to an initial diminished appearance in response to the swipe-based confirmation mode being activated includes the previously selected digital content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1 wherein the command is a command to power down the computing device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computing device of claim 4 wherein the command to power down the computing device is invokable by engagement of a physical power button, and is used in conjunction with a touch-based UI control feature that allows the user to confirm a given power transition action request, wherein the confirmation swipe gesture comprises dragging the touch-based UI control feature along the swipe path. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1 wherein the command is initiated by engagement of a physical power button, which in turn causes display of the swipe path that includes the directional prompt, the directional prompt including the word slide or swipe. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1 wherein the command is invoked by a first action and the confirmation swipe gesture is separate and distinct from the first action, and the directional prompt includes the word slide or swipe. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1 wherein the swipe-based confirmation mode is further configured to abandon the command if the confirmation swipe gesture is not performed within an established time period. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1 wherein the computing device is a tablet computer or a smartphone. ### Claim 10 A computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions encoded on one or more non-transitory machine readable mediums that when executed by one or more processors cause a swipe-based confirmation process to be carried out on a computing system having a touch screen display, the process comprising: activate a swipe-based confirmation mode in response to an initial command to perform a function; in response to the swipe-based confirmation mode being activated, transition at least some digital content currently displayed on the touch screen display to an initial diminished appearance, and cause graphical display of a swipe path that includes a directional prompt for allowing a user to subsequently confirm performance of the command; cause the function to be performed in response to a confirmation swipe gesture performed along the swipe path; and abandon the command if an input is received via the touch screen display outside the swipe path; wherein the initial diminished appearance further increasingly fades away so as to become further diminished as the swipe gesture progresses along the swipe path in a direction indicated by the directional prompt; and wherein the further diminished appearance visually transitions back toward the initial diminished appearance so as to increasingly reappear if the swipe gesture progresses back along the swipe path in a direction opposite the direction indicated by the directional prompt. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the command is a command to delete previously selected digital content. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the at least some digital content currently displayed on the touch screen display that transitions to an initial diminished appearance in response to the swipe-based confirmation mode being activated includes the previously selected digital content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the command is a command to power down the computing system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the command to power down the computing system is invokable by engagement of a physical power button, and is used in conjunction with a touch-based UI control feature that allows the user to confirm a given power transition action request, wherein the confirmation swipe gesture comprises dragging the touch-based UI control feature along the swipe path. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the command is initiated by engagement of a physical power button, which in turn causes display of the swipe path that includes the directional prompt, the directional prompt including the word slide or swipe. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the command is invoked by a first action and the confirmation swipe gesture is separate and distinct from the first action, and the directional prompt includes the word slide or swipe. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the swipe-based confirmation mode is further configured to abandon the command if the confirmation swipe gesture is not performed within an established time period. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the computing system is a tablet computer or a smartphone, and the computer program product is part of the tablet computer or smartphone. ### Claim 19 A mobile computing device, comprising: a processor; a touch screen display for displaying digital content and allowing user input; and a user interface executable on the processor and including a swipe-based confirmation mode that is activated in response to an initial command to perform a function, wherein the swipe-based confirmation mode is configured to graphically display a swipe path that includes a directional prompt for allowing a user to subsequently confirm performance of the command, and to cause the function to be performed in response to a confirmation swipe gesture performed along the swipe path, wherein at least some digital content currently displayed on the touch screen display transitions to an initial diminished appearance in response to the swipe-based confirmation mode being activated, and the initial diminished appearance further increasingly fades away so as to become further diminished as the swipe gesture progresses along the swipe path in a direction indicated by the directional prompt, and wherein the further diminished appearance visually transitions back toward the initial diminished appearance so as to increasingly reappear if the swipe gesture progresses back along the swipe path in a direction opposite the direction indicated by the directional prompt, abandon the command if an input is received via the touch screen display outside the swipe path, and abandon the command if the confirmation swipe gesture is not performed within an established time period; and wherein the command is invoked by a first action and the confirmation swipe gesture is separate and distinct from the first action, and the directional prompt includes the word slide or swipe. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The mobile computing device of claim 19 wherein the mobile computing device is a tablet computer or a smartphone.