Drag and Drop User Interface for Portable Electronic Devices with Touch Sensitive Screens

1 . A system interface comprising:

a screen on which a cursor is user-controlled;

a plurality of objects on the screen, which are selectable and draggable by said cursor; and

a plurality of action tabs on said screen;

wherein, when the cursor drags one of said objects in a first direction, the plurality of objects, including unselected ones of said objects, shifts accordingly; and

wherein, when the cursor drags one of said objects in a second direction to one of said action tabs, an action corresponding to said one action tab is executed;

whereby users can select any one of multiple actions with a single cursor motion.

2 . A pocket device having a user interface on a touch sensitive screen, comprising:

at least one selectable and draggable object displayed on the user interface; and

at least one action tab displayed on the user interface;

wherein said action tab is associated with an action;

wherein dragging said draggable object to said action tab triggers the action specified by said tab to be applied to said object and the result be displayed.

3 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said item is draggable when said screen is contacted in first direction; and said item is scrollable when said screen is contacted in second direction.

4 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said touch sensitive screen is sensitive to a touch of human fingers.

5 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said touch sensitive screen is sensitive to a touch of a pointing device.

6 . A device of claim 2 , wherein said device further comprising:

a plurality of buttons for scrolling the screen and for selecting said item.

7 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said tab is further configured to be draggable; and an action can be triggered by dragging said tab to said item.

8 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said tab is further configured to be draggable; and an action can be triggered by dragging said tab to said item; wherein dragging towards said tab triggers an action that is different than the one triggered by dragging away from said tab.

9 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said item is an image.

10 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said item is a hyperlink from a web browser.

11 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said dragging is configured to be highlighting or placing a marker; and

an action can be triggered by said highlighting or said placing a marker on one of said tab.

12 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said dragging is configured to be acoustic.

13 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said action is configured to be acoustic.

14 . The device of claim 2 , wherein said action is configured to be a clipboard.

12 .- 18 . (canceled)

19 . A method of configuring a user interface on a pocket device comprising the steps of:

configuring a touch sensitive screen which can display at least one item and at least one tab;

displaying said tab to represent any of actable choices for said item;

displaying said item to be draggable; and

triggering a corresponding action as indicated by said tab when said item is dragged to said tab.

23 . The method of claim 22 , further comprises the steps of:

configuring said tab to be draggable; and

triggering a corresponding action as indicated by said tab when said tab is dragged to said item.

24 . The method of claim 22 , further comprises the steps of:

configuring said tab to be highlightable and/or markable;

triggering a corresponding action as indicated by said tab when said tab is highlighted or marked by an action induced from said item.

25 . A computer readable medium containing program instructions that configures a user interface on a touch sensitive screen as described in claim 22 .

26 . A computer readable medium of claim 23 further comprises program instructions that configures a user interface on a touch sensitive screen as described in claim 23 .

27 - 28 . (canceled)