Method for application launch and system function invocation
View Patent ↗The system comprises the ability to detect certain gestures made by sliding a finger or stylus on a touch sensitive screen on a handheld device, even when a so called “screen lock” is active where the gesture is used to unlock the device and trigger the desired function associates with the gesture.
1. A method, comprising:
displaying, on a touch screen of an electronic device, a plurality of target areas, wherein each of the plurality of target areas corresponds to a different application;
detecting, using the touch screen of the electronic device, a slide gesture from a start area to one target area among the plurality of target areas, wherein the slide gesture is in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction;
while the touch screen is locked, in response to detecting that the slide gesture reaches to the one target area, displaying a graphical object on the touch screen that indicates a location of a sub-choice target area on the touch screen, wherein the sub-choice target area is associated with a sub-choice representing a specific action or operation within the application corresponding to the one target area;
when the slide gesture releases on the target area:
unlocking the touch screen; and
launching the application corresponding to the one target area;
when the slide gesture continues to and releases on the sub-choice target area:
unlocking the touch screen;
launching the application corresponding to the one target area; and
initiating the specific action or operation with the application.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising switching screen mode from idle screen mode to active screen mode.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the idle screen mode uses less power than the active screen mode.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying a graphical object on the touch screen that indicates a location of the one target area on the touch screen.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the start area is a physically distinguishable area of said screen.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the start area is a corner of the touch screen.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one target area is a physically distinguishable area of said screen.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the one target area is a corner of said screen.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application is one of a calendar application software, a messaging application software, a web browser application software, a contacts list application software, game application software, setting management application software, music player application software, a camera application software, communications settings application software, or a video recording application software.
10. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:
a touch screen; and
one or more processors configured to:
display, on the touch screen, a plurality of target areas, wherein each of the plurality of target areas corresponds to a different application
detect, using the touch screen, a slide gesture from a start area to one target area among the plurality of target areas, wherein the slide gesture is in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction;
while the touch screen is locked, in response to detecting that the slide gesture reaches to the one target area, display a graphical object on the touch screen that indicates a location of a sub-choice target area on the touch screen, wherein the sub-choice target area is associated with a sub-choice representing a specific action or operation within the application corresponding to the one target area;
when the slide gesture releases on the target area:
unlock the touch screen; and
launch the application corresponding to the one target area;
when the slide gesture continues to and releases on the sub-choice target area:
unlock the touch screen;
launch the application corresponding to the one target area; and
initiate the specific action or operation with the application.
11. The UE of claim 10 , the one or more processors further configured to switch screen mode from idle screen mode to active screen mode.
12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the idle screen mode uses less power than the active screen mode.
13. The UE of claim 10 , further comprising displaying a graphical object on the touch screen that indicates a location of the one target area on the touch screen.
14. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the start area is a physically distinguishable area of said screen.
15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the start area is a corner of the touch screen.
16. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the one target area is a physically distinguishable area of said screen.
17. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the one target area is a corner of said screen.
18. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the application is one of a calendar application software, a messaging application software, a web browser application software, a contacts list application software, game application software, setting management application software, music player application software, a camera application software, communications settings application software, or a video recording application software.
19. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
displaying, on a touch screen of an electronic device, a plurality of target areas, wherein each of the plurality of target areas corresponds to a different application;
detecting, using the touch screen of the electronic device, a slide gesture from a start area to one target area among the plurality of target areas, wherein the slide gesture is in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction;
while the touch screen is locked, in response to detecting that the slide gesture reaches to the one target area, displaying a graphical object on the touch screen that indicates a location of a sub-choice target area on the touch screen, wherein the sub-choice target area is associated with a sub-choice representing a specific action or operation within the application corresponding to the one target area;
when the slide gesture releases on the target area:
unlocking the touch screen; and
launching the application corresponding to the one target area;
when the slide gesture continues to and releases on the sub-choice target area:
unlocking the touch screen;
launching the application corresponding to the one target area; and
initiating the specific action or operation with the application.
20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , the instructions further comprising switching screen mode from idle screen mode to active screen mode.
21. The computer readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the idle screen mode uses less power than the active screen mode.
22. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , the instructions further comprising displaying a graphical object on the touch screen that indicates a location of the one target area on the touch screen.
23. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the start area is a physically distinguishable area of said screen.
24. The computer readable medium of claim 23 , wherein the start area is a corner of the touch screen.
25. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the one target area is a physically distinguishable area of said screen.
26. The computer readable medium of claim 25 , wherein the one target area is a corner of said screen.
27. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the application is one of a calendar application software, a messaging application software, a web browser application software, a contacts list application software, game application software, setting management application software, music player application software, a camera application software, communications settings application software, or a video recording application software.