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US 2013/0093689 A1Published application
Soft Control User Interface with Touchpad Input Device
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Nicholas Papakipos, Matthew Cahill
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a user of a mobile device adjusts a controllable parameter of an application hosted by the mobile device by using touch inputs to the mobile device's side-mounted touchpad.
Claims14
A method, comprising:
- displaying a graphical parameter control element in a graphical user interface indicating a range and a position value of a controllable parameter;
- in response to a touch event on a touchpad;
- if the touch event is a scrolling event, changing the position value based on direction of the scrolling event;
- and
- if the touch event is a tap event, launching a pre-determined action associated with the tap event.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- one or more processors;
- a display;
- a side-mounted touchpad;
- a program comprising computer-readable instructions operative, when executed, to cause the one or more processors to:
- display a graphical parameter control element in a graphical user interface indicating a range and a position value of a controllable parameter;
- in response to a touch event on a touchpad:
- if the touch event is a scrolling event, change the position value based on direction of the scrolling event;
- and
- if the touch event is a tap event, launch a pre-determined action associated with the tap event.
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One or more computer readable tangible storage media embodying software operable when executed by a computing device to:
- display a graphical parameter control element in a graphical user interface indicating a range and a position value of a controllable parameter;
- in response to a touch event on a touchpad:
- if the touch event is a scrolling event, change the position value based on direction of the scrolling event;
- and
- if the touch event is a tap event, launch a pre-determined action associated with the tap event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.