Swipe-based confirmation for touch sensitive devices
AssigneeBarnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC
InventorAmir Mesguich Havilio
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for providing a swipe-based confirmation mode in electronic touch sensitive devices. The user can engage the confirmation mode by performing a command (e.g., delete or power down command), which causes the device to display a confirmation swipe gesture prompt. The confirmation prompt may be included within a confirmation graphic or a confirmation pop-up window. By performing the confirmation swipe gesture on the touch sensitive surface, the user may confirm the command. By not properly performing the confirmation gesture, closing a confirmation pop-up window, tapping an area of the screen not associated with the confirmation prompt, or otherwise not performing the confirmation swipe gesture, the device may cause the function to be cancelled.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a user interface executable by the one or more processors and including a swipe-based confirmation mode that is activated in response to user input requesting performance of a function, wherein once activated, the swipe-based confirmation mode is configured to
- transition at least a portion of a display to an initial diminished appearance, and
- cause display, on the display, of a swipe path that includes a directional prompt, the swipe path for allowing a user to confirm performance of the function in response to a swipe gesture performed along the swipe path, wherein the initial diminished appearance becomes increasingly further diminished as the swipe gesture progresses along the swipe path in a direction indicated by the directional prompt.
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a user interface executable by the one or more processors and that is activated in response to user input requesting performance of a function, wherein once activated, the user interface is configured to
- transition at least a portion of a touchscreen display to an initial diminished appearance, and
- cause display, on the display, of a swipe path, the swipe path for allowing a user to confirm performance of the function in response to a swipe gesture performed along the swipe path, wherein the initial diminished appearance becomes increasingly further diminished as the swipe gesture progresses along the swipe path in a first direction, and wherein the initial diminished appearance increasingly reappears as the swipe gesture progresses back along the swipe path in a second direction opposite the first direction.
A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a physical power button;
- a touchscreen display;
- and
- a touch-based user interface control feature displayable on the display and including a slide bar usable to confirm a power off request initiated by engagement of the physical power button, wherein at least a portion of the display transitions to an initial diminished appearance in response to the request, and wherein the initial diminished appearance becomes increasingly further diminished as the slide bar is dragged along a path in a first direction, and wherein the initial diminished appearance increasingly reappears as the slide bar is dragged back along the path in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.