US 9,519,422 B2 · Graphical user interface

Abstract

A graphical user interface is provided for navigating and/or manipulating content simply via touch of a touch-sensitive surface. The content may include discrete content items (e.g., songs, video clips, documents, web pages) and/or actions (e.g., place a call, read a message, play a game), and may or may not be hierarchical in nature. The interface may be presented on a touch-screen display, such that a user may navigate to a content item or action via a single touch on the display (e.g., with a finger or other tool), followed by gliding through any number of levels or clusters of nodes (representing content items, content compilations/categories and/or actions). The desired content item or action may be initiated automatically (e.g., opened, performed) simply by touching it, by lifting the gliding finger or by performing some other input (e.g., tapping a node, speaking a command, touching with a second finger).

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Dependent claims

A method of facilitating a user's navigation of electronic content via a touch-screen display, the method comprising:

displaying a first cluster of nodes corresponding to content available for presentation to the user on the touch-screen display;
presenting a control on the touch-screen display that, when actuated, toggles display of one or more of:
commit points for one or more nodes displayed on the touch-screen display, including a first commit point associated with a first node in the first cluster of nodes;
and
for each commit point, a corresponding path that traverses the commit point, between a current node displayed on the touch-screen display and the node associated with the commit point;
after selection of the first node, by the user, displaying a second cluster of nodes corresponding to content available for presentation to the user on the touch-screen display;
tracking the user's navigation of the display through multiple clusters of nodes, including the first cluster of nodes and the second cluster of nodes;
during said tracking, receiving multiple simultaneous inputs that affect the navigation;
and
opening content corresponding to a final node selected by the user.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the device to perform a method of facilitating a user's navigation of electronic content via a touch-screen display of the device, the method comprising:

displaying a first cluster of nodes corresponding to content available for presentation to the user on the touch-screen display;
presenting a control on the touch-screen display that, when actuated, toggles display of one or more of:
commit points for one or more nodes displayed on the touch-screen display, including a first commit point associated with a first node in the first cluster of nodes;
and
for each commit point, a corresponding path that traverses the commit point, between a current node displayed on the touch-screen display and the node associated with the commit point;
after selection of the first node, by the user, displaying a second cluster of nodes corresponding to content available for presentation to the user on the touch-screen display;
tracking the user's navigation of the display through multiple clusters of nodes, including the first cluster of nodes and the second cluster of nodes;
during said tracking, receiving multiple simultaneous inputs that affect the navigation;
and
opening content corresponding to a final node selected by the user.

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An apparatus for facilitating a user's navigation of electronic content via a touch-screen display, the apparatus comprising:

the touch-screen display;
at least one processor;
and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
display a first cluster of nodes corresponding to content available for presentation to the user on the touch-screen display;
present a control on the touch-screen display that, when actuated, toggles display of one or more of:
commit points for one or more nodes displayed on the touch-screen display, including a first commit point associated with a first node in the first cluster of nodes;
and
for each commit point, a corresponding path that traverses the commit point, between a current node displayed on the touch-screen display and the node associated with the commit point;
after selection of the first node, by the user, display a second cluster of nodes corresponding to content available for presentation to the user on the touch-screen display;
track the user's navigation of the display through multiple clusters of nodes, including the first cluster of nodes and the second cluster of nodes;
during said tracking, receive multiple simultaneous inputs that affect the navigation;
and
open content corresponding to a final node selected by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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