Textbox associated with device native features
AssigneeUnisys Corporation
InventorsEllaiyaraja B., Stephen A Burdeau, Raju Yadava, Saurabh Sood
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Abstract
A user interface is provided next to a textbox in a cross-platform mobile application to access one or more native features of a mobile device. Once the user interface is selected by a user, the mobile application operates to access one or more associated native feature of the mobile device and retrieve data to automatically populate it on the textbox in the mobile application.
Claims20
A method for retrieving data on a textbox in a cross-platform mobile application using a native feature of a mobile device, the method comprising:
- displaying a user interface element adjacent a textbox in the cross-platform mobile application, the user interface associated with a predetermined native feature of the mobile device;
- receiving a user input through the user interface element including a graphical icon, visual indicator, and text-based interfaces and have different designs in accordance with functionalities of the user interface element;
- accessing the predetermined native feature of the mobile device corresponding to the user input received from the user interface element;
- and
- displaying information associated with the predetermined native feature of the mobile device in the textbox.
A system for retrieving data using a native feature of a mobile device in a cross-platform mobile application, the system comprising:
- at least one processing unit;
- a display screen;
- and
- memory storing computing executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing unit, cause the at least one processing unit to:
- display a user interface element element including a graphical icon, visual indicator, and text-based interfaces and have different designs in accordance with functionalities of the user interface element adjacent a textbox on the display screen, the user interface element associated with a predetermined native feature of the mobile device;
- receive a user selection of the user interface;
- access the predetermined native feature of the mobile device;
- and
- display information associated with the predetermined native feature of the mobile device in the textbox.
A computer data product containing encoded data stored within a non-transitory storage media that when executed by at least one processor, perform a method of retrieving data in a cross-platform mobile application, the method comprising:
- displaying a user interface element adjacent a textbox in the cross-platform mobile application, the user interface associated with a predetermined native feature of the mobile device;
- receiving a user input through the user interface element including a graphical icon, visual indicator, and text-based interfaces and have different designs in accordance with functionalities of the user interface element;
- accessing the predetermined native feature of the mobile device corresponding to the user input received from the user interface element;
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- displaying information associated with the predetermined native feature of the mobile device in the textbox.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.