Methods of operation and computer program products for touch sensitive mobile devices
View Patent ↗Methods of operation and computer program products for enabling a user to employ a single discrete navigation gesture to select and launch a mobile device destination. The mobile device destination can be a child mobile device destination pointed to by a parent mobile device destination. The mobile device destination can be a user selected mobile device destination from a library of mobile device destinations too long to be depicted simultaneously on a display screen. One embodiment requires a user to draw an additional segment of a single discrete navigation gesture to change one or more instantaneously depicted mobile device destination icons. Another embodiment requires a user to maintain user contact on a navigation item to change one or more instantaneously depicted mobile device destination icons.
1. A method of operation for a touch sensitive mobile device for enabling a user to employ a single discrete navigation gesture to select and launch a mobile device destination of a library of mobile device destinations,
the method of operation comprising:
(a) displaying a display screen on a touch sensitive screen of a mobile device, said display screen depicting a group of at least one mobile device destination icon of a library of mobile device destination icons, and a forward navigation icon for navigating forward through the library of mobile device destination icons, wherein said mobile device destination icons correspond to respective mobile device destinations;
(b) on detecting continuous user contact on the touch sensitive screen at the forward navigation icon, refreshing the display screen to depict the group of at least one mobile device destination icon with at least one new mobile device destination icon and another forward navigation icon offset from the previously depicted forward navigation icon;
(c) on detecting continuous user contact at the touch sensitive screen at step (b)'s another forward navigation icon, repeating step (b); and
(d) on detecting user release from the touch sensitive screen at a selected mobile device destination icon, launching a mobile device destination corresponding to the selected mobile device destination icon.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising depicting on the display screen a backward navigation icon offset with respect to the another forward navigation icon for navigating in a backward direction with respect to the forward navigation icon.
3. The method according to claim 2 further comprising on detecting user motion on the touch sensitive screen in alternate opposite directions, displaying consecutive groups of at least one mobile device destination icon.
4. The method according to claim 2 further comprising on detecting user motion on the touch sensitive screen in a circular direction, displaying consecutive groups of at least one mobile device destination icon.
5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising on detecting user motion on the touch sensitive screen in alternate opposite directions, displaying consecutive groups of at least one mobile device destination icon.
6. The method according to claim 1 further comprising on detecting user motion on the touch sensitive screen in a circular direction, displaying consecutive groups of at least one mobile device destination icon.
7. A touch sensitive mobile device for carrying out a method as claimed in claim 1 .
8. A method of operation for a touch sensitive mobile device for enabling a user to employ a single discrete navigation gesture to select and launch a mobile device destination of a library of mobile device destinations,
the method of operation comprising:
(a) displaying a display screen on a touch sensitive screen of a mobile device, said display screen depicting a group of at least one mobile device destination icon of a library of mobile device destination icons, and a navigation icon for navigating through the library of mobile device destination icons in at least a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction, wherein said mobile device destination icons correspond to respective mobile device destinations;
(b) on detecting continuous user contact stationary at the navigation icon, periodically refreshing the display screen with at least one new mobile device destination icon;
(c) on detecting user release from the touch sensitive screen, at a selected mobile device destination icon spaced apart from the navigation icon on a sliding displacement of the continuous user contact during the single discrete navigation gesture, launching a mobile device destination corresponding to a selected mobile device destination icon; and
(d) on detecting user release from the touch sensitive screen not at a mobile device destination icon, not launching a mobile device destination.
9. The method according to claim 7 wherein the navigation icon is constituted by a first navigation icon for navigating through the library of mobile device destinations in a first direction and a second navigation icon for navigating through the library of mobile device destinations in an opposite direction to the first navigation icon.
10. The method according to claim 7 wherein the navigation icon is constituted by a navigation pad icon for navigating upwards, downwards, leftwards and rightwards with respect to step (a)'s group of at least one mobile device destination icon.
11. A touch sensitive mobile device for carrying out a method as claimed in claim 8 .
12. A method of operation for a touch sensitive mobile device for enabling a user to employ a single discrete navigation gesture to select and launch a mobile device destination of a library of mobile device destinations,
the method of operation comprising:
(a) displaying a display screen on a touch sensitive screen of a mobile device, said display screen depicting a group of at least one mobile device destination icon of a library of mobile device destination icons, and a navigation icon for navigating through the library of mobile device destination icons, wherein said mobile device destination icons correspond to respective mobile device destinations;
(b) on detecting continuous user contact stationary at the navigation icon, periodically refreshing the display screen with at least one new mobile device destination icon;
(c) depicting a destination zone for indicating a mobile destination icon of an instantaneously displayed group of at least mobile destination icon and a cancel navigation icon for not launching a mobile device destination on detection of user release from the touch sensitive screen; and
(d) on detecting user release from the touch sensitive screen at any location except the cancel navigation icon, launching the mobile device destination corresponding to the mobile device destination icon indicated by the destination zone.
13. The method according to claim 10 wherein the navigation icon is constituted by a first navigation icon for navigating through the library of mobile device destinations in a first direction and a second navigation icon for navigating through the library of mobile device destinations in an opposite direction to the first navigation icon.
14. The method according to claim 10 wherein the navigation icon is constituted by a navigation pad icon for navigating upwards, downwards, leftwards and rightwards with respect to step (a)'s group of at least one mobile device destination icon.
15. A touch sensitive mobile device for carrying out a method as claimed in claim 12 .