US 9,851,800 B1Granted

Executing computing tasks based on force levels

AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.

InventorsGabriel Benjamin Kneisley, Cary Ann Moody

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Abstract

A method, medium, and system are provided for executing computing tasks based on force measurements corresponding to user interactions with a touch screen for a computing device. The touch screen displays content for applications executed by the computing device and receives user interactions. The computing device processes the user interactions to detect force measurements and to associate the force measurements with computing tasks for the applications executed on the computing device. A database stores the force measurements and corresponding computing tasks to identify matches between the stored force measurement for a user and subsequent force measurements received when the touch screen receives additional user interactions. When matching force measurements are located in the database, the corresponding computing tasks are executed by the computing device.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A method for identifying force levels for a plurality of user interactions with a touch screen on a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a first set of interactions from one or more fingers of a first user on the surface of the touch screen through a multi-sensing capacitive interface with sensors mounted on the touch screen;
generating associated first force measurements having a range for the first set of interactions;
determining a plurality of first user-specific force levels based on the range of the associated first force measurements for the first set of interactions;
subsequently receiving a second set of interactions from one or more fingers of a second user on the surface of the touch screen;
generating associated second force measurements having a range for the second set of interactions;
determining a plurality of second user-specific force levels based on the range of the associated second force measurements for the second set of interactions;
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storing the associated first and second force measurements, the determined plurality of first and second user-specific force levels, and a computing task associated with each of the first and second user-specific force levels in a database along with an associated first and second biometric profile of the first and second user, respectively.

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Facts

Application: 11/934,924Filed 5 Nov 2007
Granted: 26 Dec 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 3/041
Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form: digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads,…
G06F 3/011
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for interaction with the…
G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
G06F 3/0416
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: control or interface arrangements specially adapted for…