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US 2011/0234504 A1Published application
Multi-Axis Navigation
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDonald A. Barnett, Veronica Y. Law
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Abstract
Multi-axis navigation techniques are described. In implementations, a user interface is output by a computing device, the user interface includes a first axis and a second axis that include parameters that are navigable via one or more gestures. One or more items are chosen by the computing device for concurrent display with the first and second axes that correspond to a first one of the parameters of the first axis and a second one of the parameters of the second axis.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- outputting a user interface by a computing device, the user interface including a first axis and a second axis that include parameters that are navigable via one or more gestures;
- and
- choosing one or more items by the computing device for concurrent display with the first and second axes that correspond to a first said parameter of the first axis and a second said parameter of the second axis.
A method comprising:
- recognizing one or more inputs as selecting a first one of a plurality of parameters in a first axis and a second one of a plurality of parameters in a second axis in a user interface output by a computing device using one or more gestures, the first axis arranged in the user interface as generally perpendicular to the second axis;
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- outputting one or more items in the user interface that correspond the first and second parameters.
A computing device comprising:
- a housing;
- a display device disposed on the housing;
- and
- one or more modules disposed within the housing, the one or more modules configured to display a user interface on the display device, the user interface including a first axis and a second axis that include parameters:
- that are navigable via one or more gestures detected via touchscreen functionality of the computing device;
- that are positioned as generally perpendicular, one or another;
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- that are selectable via the gestures to cause output of items in the user interface that correspond to the parameters.
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