Scroll jump interface for touchscreen input/output device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorNils Roger ANDERSSON REIMER
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Abstract
Controllers 110, 120, methods, and machine-readable programming products for enabling users of touchscreens (8160) to execute jump commands to jump conveniently to the end of lists and other data sets, rather than scrolling through the entire lists or data sets, by invoking executable jump icons (9100) displayed on the touchscreen during rapid scrolling processes.
Claims21
A controller for a computer, the controller comprising:
- a touchscreen display comprising a screen and at least one sensor configured to generate signals representing contact by a stylus with a plurality of positions on the screen;
- at least one processor configured to:
- associate with the signals representing contact by the stylus with each of the plurality of positions a corresponding time of contact by the stylus;
- using at least the plurality of positions and the corresponding times of contact, interpret contacts with a plurality of the positions as a rapid scroll command;
- upon interpreting the contacts with the plurality of positions as a rapid scroll command, display on the touchscreen a selectable icon associated with a jump command;
- and
- conditioned upon a selection contact by the same or another stylus proximate the jump command icon, cause the touchscreen, during a display scrolling process, to display data associated with a limit of content to be scrolled.
A method of controlling a computer display, the method comprising at least one processor:
- associating, with signals generated by a touchscreen display of a computer and representing contact by a stylus with each of a plurality of positions on the touchscreen, a corresponding time of contact by the stylus;
- using at least the plurality of positions and the corresponding times of contact, interpreting the plurality of contacts with a plurality of the positions as a rapid scroll command;
- upon interpreting the contacts with the plurality of positions as a rapid scroll command, displaying on the touchscreen a selectable icon associated with a jump command;
- and
- conditioned upon a selection contact by the same or another stylus proximate the jump command icon, causing the touchscreen, during a display scrolling process, to display data associated with a limit of content to be scrolled.
Non-transient media comprising computer-readable instruction sets configured to cause one or more computer processors to:
- associate, with signals generated by a touchscreen display of a computer and representing contact by a stylus with each of a plurality of positions on the touchscreen, a corresponding time of contact by the stylus;
- using at least the plurality of positions and the corresponding times of contact, interpret the plurality of contacts with a plurality of the positions as a rapid scroll command;
- upon interpreting the contacts with the plurality of positions as a rapid scroll command, display on the touchscreen a selectable icon associated with a jump command;
- and
- conditioned upon a selection contact by the same or another stylus proximate the jump command icon, cause the touchscreen, during a display scrolling process, to display data associated with a limit of content to be scrolled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.