Hybrid mobile interactions for native apps and web apps

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10599751-B2
Application number	US-201715446462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2017
Priority date	Dec 28, 2011
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

There is disclosed a system, including apparatus, methods and computer programs, for running native software applications (apps) and HTML5 web-based apps on a computing device, particularly a mobile computing device, in a multitasking mode of operation. In one embodiment, touch screen displays having one or more browsers are adapted to run one or more HTML5 apps, and receive input from hand gestures. One or more software modules execute on the operating system and are responsive to a dragging gesture applied to an HTML5 app displayed in a full screen mode, to subdivide the screen display and display the HTML5 app in one of the subdivided areas and display icons used to launch a second HTML5 app in a different one of the subdivided areas. The second HTML5 app is run concurrently with the first HTML5 app in order to provide multi-tasking between the first and second apps.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tablet mobile computing device that is capable, when the tablet mobile computing device is in operation, of wirelessly communicating, at least in part, via at least one Internet network, with an app store associated with a remote server, the tablet mobile computing device comprising:
a network interface that comprises at least one antenna;
a touch screen display;
at least one processor;
storage capable of storing, at least in part, instructions that correspond to a plurality of apps and an operating system, the instructions being capable of being executed, at least in part, by the at least one processor, the instructions, when executed, at least in part, by the at least one processor resulting, at least in part, in the tablet mobile computing device being capable of performing operations comprising:
displaying, via the touch screen display, a plurality of user selectable icons corresponding, at least in part, to the plurality of apps;
receiving, at least in part, via the touch screen display, at least one user tap input associated with at least one of the plurality of user selectable icons, the at least one user tap input resulting, at least in part, in selection for execution of at least one of the plurality of apps that corresponds, at least in part, to the at least one of the plurality of user selectable icons;
displaying, via a first screen view of the touch screen display, information to be provided, at least in part, via at least one of the plurality of apps;
receiving, at least in part, via the touch screen display, while the at least one of the plurality of apps is being executed and the information is being displayed, at least in part, via the first screen view, at least one other user input, the at least one other user input to be applied, at least in part, to an edge of the touch screen display, the at least one other user input comprising at least one dragging gesture;
in response, at least in part, to the at least one other user input, displaying, via a second screen view of the touch screen display:
at least one display area;
at least one other display area; and
at least one user visual indicator separating the at least one display area from the at least one other display area, the at least one display area being for display of the information, the at least one other display area being for display of others of the plurality of user selectable icons;

receiving, at least in part, via the touch screen display, at least one other user tap input associated with at least one other of the plurality of user selectable icons, the at least one other user tap input resulting, at least in part, in selection, for execution, of at least one other of the plurality of apps that corresponds, at least in part, to the at least one other of the icons;
in response, at least in part, to the at least one other user tap input, concurrently displaying, via the second screen view of the touch screen display:
the information in the at least one display area; and
other information to be provided, at least in part, via the at least one other of the plurality of apps, the other information to be displayed in the at least one other display area;

wherein:
the second screen view of the touch screen display comprises a split screen view of the touch screen display;
the plurality of apps comprises at least one additional app that is capable of being wirelessly downloaded, via the at least one antenna and the at least one network, to the storage from the remote server based, at least in part, upon at least one user selection associated with a displayable available app catalog of the app store;
in the operation of the tablet mobile computing device, the tablet mobile computing device is capable of providing, via the touch screen display, a virtual keyboard;
in the operation of the tablet mobile computing device, the tablet mobile computing device is capable of concurrently executing both the at least one of the plurality of apps and the at least one other of the plurality of apps; and
in the operation of the tablet mobile computing device, the tablet mobile computing device supports user-controlled dragging and dropping, between the at least one display area and the at least one other display area, of text for use in automatically activating a search.

2. The tablet mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein:
in the operation of the tablet mobile computing device:
the tablet mobile computing device is capable of displaying, via the touch screen display, user selectable home screen icons associated with native apps stored at the tablet mobile computing device;
the native apps are associated, at least in part, with capabilities of the operating system of the tablet mobile computing device.

3. The tablet mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one other of the plurality of apps is associated, at least in part, with at least one browser.

4. The tablet mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein:
in the split screen view of the touch screen display, the at least one display area and the at least one other display area are to be horizontally-oriented display areas.

5. The tablet mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein:
in the split screen view of the touch screen display, the at least one display area and the at least one other display area are to be vertically-oriented display areas.

6. The tablet mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein:
the tablet mobile computing device comprises a sensor to be used to determine, at least in part, orientation of tablet mobile computing device; and
in the split screen view of the touch screen display, display orientation of the at least one display area and the at least one other display area are to be changed based, at least in part, in part upon the orientation of the tablet mobile computing device.

7. The tablet mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein:
at least one visual indicator is movable, via at least one user touch and drag operation, so as to change the at least one display area and the at least one other display area; and
the storage comprises flash memory.

8. The tablet mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first screen view of the touch screen display is to be displayed via a full screen mode of the touch screen display; and
the split screen view of the touch screen display is to be displayed via a split screen mode of the touch screen display.

9. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that capable of being executed by a tablet mobile computing device, the tablet mobile computing device being capable, when the tablet mobile computing device is in operation, of wirelessly communicating, at least in part, via at least one Internet network, with an app store associated with a remote server, the instructions corresponding, at least in part, to a plurality of apps and an operating system, the instructions when executed by the tablet mobile computing device resulting in the tablet mobile computing device being capable of performing operations comprising:
displaying, via a touch screen display of the tablet mobile computing device, a plurality of user selectable icons corresponding, at least in part, to the plurality of apps;
receiving, at least in part, via the touch screen display, at least one user tap input associated with at least one of the plurality of user selectable icons, the at least one user tap input resulting, at least in part, in selection for execution of at least one of the plurality of apps that corresponds, at least in part, to the at least one of the plurality of user selectable icons;
displaying, via a first screen view of the touch screen

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Wouhaybi Rita H
• Shaw David

Classifications

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G09G2370/10

  Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title