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Granted Patent B1
US 9,477,373 · App. 14/590,823 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device

Inventor: Margarita Khafizova (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
G06F3/0481G06F3/0412G06F3/0416G06T3/40G06T2200/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,477,373
App. No.
14/590,823
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for generating simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device. A first portion of the user content is zooming into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the first portion using the touch input device while retaining an original zoom size of a first remaining portion of the user content. A second portion of the user content from the first remaining portion is zoomed into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the second portion using the touch input device while retaining a zoomed in first portion and an original zoom size of a second remaining portion of the of the first remaining portion, the original zoom size of the first and the second remaining portions being the same.

Claims (36)

1. A method for viewing user content on a touch sensitive display screen of a touch sensitive device by using a touch input device, the method comprising:

zooming into a first portion of the user content by touching the display screen in a proximity of the first portion using the touch input device while retaining an original zoom size of a first remaining portion of the user content;

zooming into a second portion of the user content from the first remaining portion by touching the display screen in a proximity of the second portion using the touch input device while retaining a zoomed in first portion and an original zoom size of a second remaining portion of the first remaining portion;

incrementing an internal touch counter in response to zooming into each of the first and the second portions; and

displaying a value of the internal touch counter when the internal touch counter is greater than one.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein zooming into the first portion comprises displaying the first portion in a first window with a zoom size larger than the original zoom size of the first and second remaining portions.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein zooming into the second portion comprises displaying the second portion in a second window with a zoom size larger than the original zoom size of the first and second remaining portions.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the original zoom size of the first and the second remaining portions are the same.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display screen comprises a window level number indicating a level of an active window on the display screen.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the window level number is based on the internal touch counter.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a window indicator changes color with each window being added on the display screen.

8. An apparatus for viewing user content on a touch sensitive display screen of a touch sensitive device by using a touch input device, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

zoom into a first portion of the user content when the display screen is touched in a proximity of the first portion using the touch input device while an original zoom size of a first remaining portion of the user content is retained;

zoom into a second portion of the user content from the first remaining portion when the display screen is touched in a proximity of the second portion using the touch input device while a zoomed in first portion and an original zoom size of a second remaining portion of the of the first remaining portion is retained;

increment an internal touch counter in response to a zoom into each of the first and the second portions; and

display a value of the internal touch counter when the internal touch counter is greater than one; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to zoom into the first portion by the first portion being displayed in a first window with a zoom size larger than the original zoom size of the first and second remaining portions.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to zoom into the second portion by the second portion being displayed in a second window with a zoom size larger than the original zoom size of the first and second remaining portions.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the original zoom size of the first and the second remaining portions are the same.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the display screen comprises a level number indicating a level of an active window on the display screen.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the window level number is based on the internal touch counter.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a window indicator changes color with each window being added on the display screen.

15. A computer-program product for viewing user content on a touch sensitive display screen of a touch sensitive device by using a touch input device, the computer-program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code configured to:

zoom into a first portion of the user content by touching the display screen in a proximity of the first portion using the touch input device while retaining an original zoom size of a first remaining portion of the user content,

zoom into a second portion of the user content from the first remaining portion by touching the display screen in a proximity of the second portion using the touch input device while retaining a zoomed in first portion and an original zoom size of a second remaining portion of the of the first remaining portion;

increment an internal touch counter in response to zooming into each of the first and the second portions, and

display a value of the internal touch counter when the internal touch counter is greater than one.

16. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the zoom into the first portion comprises displaying the first portion in a first window with a zoom size larger than the original zoom size of the first and second remaining portions.

17. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the zoom into the second portion comprises displaying the second portion in a second window with a zoom size larger than the original zoom size of the first and second remaining portions.

18. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the original zoom size of the first and the second remaining portions are the same.

19. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the display screen comprises a window level number indicating a level of an active window on the display screen.

20. The computer-program product of claim 19 , wherein the window level number is based on the internal touch counter.

21. The computer-program product of claim 20 , wherein a window indicator changes color with each window being added on the display screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2021
From: KHAFIZOVA, MARGARITA
To: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
Reel/Frame 057277/0340 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13769335 · Feb 17, 2013
Continuation 13034860 · Feb 25, 2011
Provisional Application 61317827 · Mar 26, 2010