Drag menu
A method and apparatus configured to implement a Drag Menu for providing data service includes selecting menu items from a menu of a mobile device. A processor of a mobile device causes a base icon to be displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the mobile device at a position easy to access by a user of the mobile device with a finger of a hand of the user when the user is holding the mobile device with only the hand. This causes the processor to display a plurality of context menu items in at least a partial ring around the base icon. The processor also causes a plurality of global menu items to be displayed on the display in at least a partial ring around the context menu items. The processor accesses or implements an action associated with one of the menu items in response to the user using a drag gesture from the base icon to one menu item on the touch-sensitive display.
1. A method for selecting menu items from a menu of a mobile device, the method comprising:
at least one processor of a mobile device causing a base icon to be displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the mobile device at a position easy to access by a user of the mobile device with a finger of a hand of the user when the user is holding the mobile device with only the hand;
the at least one processor causing a plurality of context menu items to be displayed on the display in at least a partial ring around the base icon, the context menu items representing context items;
the at least one processor causing a plurality of global menu items to be displayed on the display in at least a partial ring around the context menu items; and
the at least one processor accessing or implementing an action associated with one of the menu items in response to the user using a drag gesture from the base icon to one menu item on the touch-sensitive display.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base icon is displayed on the display at a position adjacent to a thumb of the hand when the mobile device is being held by the hand.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the at least one processor causing the generation of feedback when the drag gesture enters the base icon.
4. The method claim 3 , wherein the feedback is visual, haptic, vibration or sound or any combination thereof.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying an application behind at least some of the menu items.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the base icon even when the base icon is not touched and displaying the context items and the global menu items only when the base icon is touched.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is tapped.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is held for an extended time longer than a tap.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is pressed and swiped to one of the context menu items on the touch-sensitive display.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is pressed and swiped to one of the global menu items on the touch-sensitive display.
11. A mobile device, comprising:
at least one touch-sensitive display; and
a processor coupled to the touch sensitive display, the at least one processor constructed and arranged to:
cause the touch sensitive display to display a base icon at a position easy to access by a user of the mobile device with a finger of a hand of the user when the user is holding the mobile device with only the hand;
cause the touch sensitive display to display a plurality of context menu items in at least a partial ring around the base icon;
cause the touch sensitive display to display a plurality of global menu items in at least a partial ring around the contextual menu items; and
access or implement an action associated with one of the menu items in response to a user using a drag or swipe gesture from the base icon to the one menu item on the touch-sensitive display.
12. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor causes the base icon to be displayed on the display at a position adjacent to the thumb of the hand when the hand is holding the mobile device.
13. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor causes the generation of feedback when the drag gesture enters the one menu item.
14. The mobile device of claim 13 , wherein the feedback is visual, haptic, vibration or sound or any combination thereof.
15. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor causes an application to be displayed behind at least some of the menu items.
16. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor causes the base icon to be displayed even when the base icon is not touched and causes the contextual and global menu items to be displayed only when the base icon is touched.
17. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is tapped.
18. The mobile device of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is held for an extended time longer than a tap.
19. The mobile device of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is pressed and swiped to one of the context menu items on the touch-sensitive display.
20. The mobile device of claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor performs an action when the base icon is pressed and swiped to one of the global menu items on the touch-sensitive display.