US 2019/0171353 A1Published application

Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Adjusting Content Selection

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsJulian Missig, Jeffrey T. Bernstein

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Abstract

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display displays a user interface with content. The device detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, the gesture including a first contact over the content on the touch-sensitive display and movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting the gesture, when the contact does not meet selection criteria, the device scrolls the content on the display in accordance with the movement of the contact on the display without selecting the content. When the contact meets the selection criteria, the device selects at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the contact.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:

display a user interface on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the user interface includes content;
detect a first portion of a gesture over the content on the touch-sensitive display, the first portion of the gesture including:
a first contact on the touch-sensitive display;
and
movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display;
in response to detecting the first portion of the gesture, update the user interface in accordance with the first portion of the gesture, including:
in accordance with a determination that the first contact does not meet selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, scrolling the content on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the first portion of the gesture without selecting the content;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first contact meets the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, selecting at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the first portion of the gesture;
and
after updating user interface in accordance with the first portion of the gesture, detect a second portion of the gesture that includes detecting movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display while the first contact does not meet the selection criteria;
and,
in response to detecting the second portion of the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the first contact did not meet the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, scroll the content on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the second portion of the gesture without selecting the content;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first contact met the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, adjust the selection in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the second portion of the gesture.

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An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;
one or more processors;
memory;
and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a user interface on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the user interface includes content;
detecting a first portion of a gesture over the content on the touch-sensitive display, the first portion of the gesture including:
a first contact on the touch-sensitive display;
and
movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display;
in response to detecting the first portion of the gesture, updating the user interface in accordance with the first portion of the gesture, including:
in accordance with a determination that the first contact does not meet selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, scrolling the content on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the first portion of the gesture without selecting the content;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first contact meets the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, selecting at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the first portion of the gesture;
and
after updating user interface in accordance with the first portion of the gesture, detecting a second portion of the gesture that includes detecting movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display while the first contact does not meet the selection criteria;
and,
in response to detecting the second portion of the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the first contact did not meet the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, scrolling the content on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the second portion of the gesture without selecting the content;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first contact met the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, adjusting the selection in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the second portion of the gesture.

18 more elements

A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display:
displaying a user interface on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the user interface includes content;
detecting a first portion of a gesture over the content on the touch-sensitive display, the first portion of the gesture including:
a first contact on the touch-sensitive display;
and
movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display;
in response to detecting the first portion of the gesture, updating the user interface in accordance with the first portion of the gesture, including:
in accordance with a determination that the first contact does not meet selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, scrolling the content on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the first portion of the gesture without selecting the content;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first contact meets the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, selecting at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the first portion of the gesture;
and
after updating user interface in accordance with the first portion of the gesture, detecting a second portion of the gesture that includes detecting movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display while the first contact does not meet the selection criteria;
and,
in response to detecting the second portion of the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the first contact did not meet the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, scrolling the content on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the second portion of the gesture without selecting the content;
and
in accordance with a determination that the first contact met the selection criteria during the first portion of the gesture, adjusting the selection in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display during the second portion of the gesture.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/241,883Filed 7 Jan 2019
Priority: 29 Dec 2012
Published: 6 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F 3/0483
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/04845
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…

Family

Application61/747,278Us provisional application · filed 29 Dec 2012
Application61/778,416Us provisional application · filed 13 Mar 2013
Application14/608,985Continuation · filed 29 Jan 2015
Application14/857,636Continuation · filed 17 Sep 2015
Application16/241,883Continuation
US 10,078,442 B2Related patent
US 10,175,879 B2Related patent
US 10,915,243 B2Related patent
US 2015/0143273 A1Published application
US 2016/0004430 A1Published application
US 2019/0171353 A1This patent

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