Method and apparatus for selection control
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsMarcus Davidsson, Charlotta Wilstedt
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for selection control using a touch screen, wherein first and second intersecting bars (1, 2) are displayed, preferably near the edge, on the screen (3), and the first bar (1) displays containers (4) and the second bar (2) displays objects (5) contained in one of said containers (4); and an object in the second bar (2) is activated by one touch on said object, or objects displayed in the second bar (2) are replaced by objects contained in a selected container by one touch on said selected container in the first bar (1).
Claims26
A method for selection control using a touch screen, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying first and second intersecting bars, wherein the first bar displays containers and the second bar displays objects contained in a container in an intersection of the bars;
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- activating a selected object in the second bar by one touch on said selected object, or
- moving a container different than the container in the intersection of the bars, to the intersection of the bars, by one touch on the different container thereby replacing objects displayed in the second bar by other objects contained in the different container, and activation of a selected object in the second bar by one touch on said selected object.
The method of any previous claim, wherein each object is shown as preview of a respective event the object corresponds to.
An apparatus for selection control by means of a touch screen, the apparatus comprising:
- a display of first and second intersecting bars on the screen, the first bar displaying containers and the second bar displaying objects contained in a container in an intersection of the bars,
- the apparatus being arranged to upon detection of a touch on an object in the second bar activate that object, or upon detection of a touch on a container in the first bar move that container to the intersection of the bars, thereby replacing objects displayed in the second bar by other objects contained in that container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.