US 11,379,112 B2 · Managing content displayed on a touch screen enabled device

Abstract

Approaches are provided for managing content displayed on a touch screen enabled device. An approach includes collecting data regarding contents of an electronic document that is opened on a device. The approach further includes separating the contents into individual layers and determining a position of each of the contents within the electronic document. The approach further includes detecting a manipulation of a first piece of content of the contents on the device, and determining the manipulation of the first piece of content has created an obstruction of readability or viewability of at least a portion of a second piece of content of the contents. The approach further includes adjusting the second piece of content such that the readability or viewability of the portion of the second piece of content is not obstructed by the first piece of content.

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Dependent claims

A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to:

adjust text content of an electronic document by wrapping the text content around a first piece of content of the electronic document when manipulation of the first piece of content has created an overlap with the text content;
and
further adjust the text content when a margin of the text content is generated, the generation of the margin causing readability of the text content to be obstructed, the further adjusting being based on separating contents of the electronic document into individual layers based on types of the contents and including refraining from generating the margin of the text content such that the readability of the text content is not obstructed,
wherein the refraining from generating the margin of the text content further comprises preventing the text content from wrapping sides of the first piece of content and wrapping the text content being limited to above a top surface of the first piece of content, and
the margin comprises an aspect portion of the text content on the sides of the first piece of content.

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A computer program product for managing a display of content within an opened electronic document on a touch screen enabled device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and the program instructions are readable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

collecting data regarding contents of the electronic document, wherein the data includes types of the contents and positional data of the contents;
determining a position of each of the contents within the electronic document based on the positional data of the contents;
receiving a notification via an application programming interface that a gesture has occurred on the touch screen enabled device that is indicative of a manipulation of a first piece of content of the contents;
adjusting a second piece of content of the contents by wrapping the second piece of content around the first piece of content when the manipulation of the first piece of content has created an overlap with a portion of the second piece of content;
and
further adjusting the second piece of content when a readability or viewability of the portion of the second piece of content is obstructed, the further adjusting being based on refraining from generating a margin of the second piece of content such that the readability or viewability of the portion of the second piece of content is not obstructed by the first piece of content,
wherein the further adjusting being based on refraining from generating the margin of the second piece of content such that the readability or viewability of the portion of the second piece of content is not obstructed by the first piece of content further comprises preventing the second piece of content from wrapping sides of the first piece of content and wrapping the second piece of content being limited to above a top surface of the first piece of content, and
wherein the margin comprises an aspect portion of the second piece of content on the sides of the first piece of content.

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A system comprising:

a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium;
program instructions to collect data regarding contents of one or more windows that are opened on a touch screen enabled device, wherein the data includes types of the contents, positional data of the contents, and positional data of the one or more windows;
program instructions to determine a position of each of the contents and one or more windows based on the positional data of the contents and the one or more windows;
program instructions to detect a manipulation of a first window of the one or more windows by way of a gesture on the touch screen enabled device;
program instructions to adjust a second window by wrapping the piece of content displayed in the second window around the first window when the manipulation of the first window has created an overlap with a piece of content displayed in the second window;
and
program instructions to further adjust the second window when a readability or viewability of the piece of content displayed in the second window is obstructed, the further adjusting being based on refraining from generating a margin of the piece of content displayed in the second window such that the readability or viewability of the piece of content displayed in the second window is not obstructed by the first window,
wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory,
the further adjusting being based on refraining from generating the margin of the piece of content displayed in the second window such that the readability or viewability of the piece of content displayed in the second window is not obstructed by the first window further comprises preventing the piece of content displayed in the second window from wrapping sides of the first window and wrapping the piece of content displayed in the second window being limited to above a top surface of the first window,
wherein the margin comprises an aspect portion of the second piece of content on the sides of the first piece of content, and
the gesture comprises a swiping motion performed by an input device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Managing content displayed on a touch screen enabled device

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Managing content displayed on a touch screen enabled device

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Abstract

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