Multi-axis user interface for a touch-screen enabled wearable device

A method for providing a multi-axis user interface on a wearable computer by a software component executing on at least one processor of the wearable computer, the method comprising:

• displaying on a touchscreen that is less than 2.5 inches diagonal a top level region comprising a start page application;
• in response to detecting a vertical swipe gesture in a first direction on the touchscreen while the start page application is displayed, transitioning the user interface along the vertical axis from the top level region to a middle level region to display an application launcher screen;
• in response to detecting a horizontal swipe gesture across the touchscreen while in the application launcher screen is displayed, scrolling application icons horizontally across the touchscreen for user selection;
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• in response to detecting at least one of a tap or a vertical swipe gesture in the first direction on the touchscreen while the application launcher screen is displayed, opening a corresponding application and transitioning the user interface along the vertical axis from the middle level region to a bottom level region to display an application screen.

An executable software product stored on a computer-readable storage medium containing program instructions for providing a multi-axis user interface on a wearable computer, the program instructions for:

• displaying on a touchscreen that is less than 2.5 inches diagonal a top level region comprising a start page application;
• in response to detecting a vertical swipe gesture in a first direction on the touchscreen while the start page application is displayed, transitioning the user interface along the vertical axis from the top level region to a middle level region to display an application launcher screen;
• in response to detecting a horizontal swipe gesture across the touchscreen while in the application launcher screen is displayed, scrolling application icons horizontally across the touchscreen for user selection;
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• in response to detecting at least one of a tap or a vertical swipe gesture in the first direction on the touchscreen while the application launcher screen is displayed, opening a corresponding application and transitioning the user interface along the vertical axis from the middle level region to a bottom level region to display an application screen.

A user interface for a touchscreen-enabled wearable computer, comprising:

• two or more user interface regions where only one of the user interface regions is displayed on the touchscreen at any given time;
• a vertical navigation axis that enables a user to navigate between the user interface regions in response to vertical swipe gestures on the touchscreen;
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• a horizontal navigation axis that enables the user to display one or more application screens in each of the user interface regions and to enable the user to navigate between the application screens using horizontal swipe gestures.

A user interface for a touchscreen-enabled wearable computer, comprising:

• two or more user interface regions where only one of the user interface regions is displayed on the touchscreen at any given time;
• a horizontal navigation axis that enables a user to navigate between the user interface regions in response to horizontal swipe gestures on the touchscreen;
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• a vertical navigation axis that enables the user to display one or more application screens in each of the user interface regions and to enable the user to navigate between the application screens using vertical swipe gestures.