Systems and methods for providing feedback cues for touch screen interface interaction with chemical and biological structure drawing applications

A method comprising:

• providing a representation of at least a portion of an in-progress chemical or biological structure for presentation on a graphical display of a computing device;
• identifying, by a processor of a computing device, one or more connection locations of the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure;
• identifying, by the processor, one or more connection locations of a chemical or biological structure element, wherein the chemical or biological structure element is separate from the in-progress chemical or biological structure;
• receiving a gesture input upon a touch sensitive portion of the graphical display corresponding to movement of the chemical or biological structure element towards the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure, wherein the gesture input is a motion selected from the group consisting of drag, push, filing, or any combination thereof;
• determining, by the processor, whether a distance between a first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure and a first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the chemical or biological structure element is within a threshold separation distance that signals an intended connection of the chemical or biological structure element to the in-progress chemical or biological structure at or about the corresponding connection locations;
• determining, by the processor, the intended connection between the first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure and the first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the chemical or biological structure element;
• based upon determining the intended connection, analyzing, by the processor, a resultant chemical or biological structure formed by connection of the in-progress chemical or biological structure and the chemical or biological structure element at or about the corresponding connection locations of the chemical or biological structure element and the in-progress chemical or biological structure to determine whether the resultant structure is chemically or biologically feasible;
• providing, responsive to the analysis, for presentation to a user of the computing device, a feedback cue, wherein the feedback cue comprises a visible cue and optionally one or more of an audible cue and a haptic cue, based on the determination that the resultant chemical or biological structure is chemically or biologically feasible;
• presenting, within the graphical display, a formation of the resultant chemical or biological structure;
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• presenting, to the user, the visible cue of the first connection location of the chemical or biological structure element connecting with the first connection location of the in-progress chemical or biological structure,
• wherein the visible cue comprises a visible indication of a loss of one or more atoms caused by the formation of the resultant chemical or biological structure.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• provide a representation of at least a portion of an in-progress chemical or biological structure for presentation on a graphical display of a computing device;
• identify one or more connection locations of the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure;
• identify one or more connection locations of a chemical or biological structure element, wherein the chemical or biological structure element is separate from the in-progress chemical or biological structure;
• receive a gesture input upon a touch sensitive portion of the graphical display corresponding to movement of the chemical or biological structure element towards the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure, wherein the gesture input comprises a motion selected from the group consisting of drag, push, filing, or any combination thereof;
• determine whether a distance between a first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure and a first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the chemical or biological structure element is within a threshold separation distance that signals an intended connection of the chemical or biological structure element to the in-progress chemical or biological structure at or about the corresponding connection locations;
• determine the intended connection between the first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the portion of the in-progress chemical or biological structure and the first connection location of the one or more connection locations of the chemical or biological structure element,
• based upon determining the intended connection, analyze a resultant chemical or biological chemical or biological structure formed by connection of the in-progress chemical or biological structure and the chemical or biological structure element at or about the corresponding connection locations of the chemical or biological structure element and the in-progress chemical or biological structure to determine whether the resultant chemical or biological structure is chemically or biologically feasible;
• provide, responsive to the analysis, for presentation to a user of the computing device, a visible cue and optionally one or more of an audible cue and a haptic cue, based on the determination that the resultant structure is chemically or biologically feasible;
• present, within the graphical display, a formation of the resultant chemical or biological structure;
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• present, to the user, the visible cue of the first connection location of the chemical or biological structure element connecting with the first connection location of the in-progress chemical or biological structure,
• wherein the visible cue comprises a visible indication of a loss of one or more atoms caused by the formation of the resultant chemical or biological structure.