Portable electronic device performing similar operations for different gestures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10838617-B2
Application number	US-201916288632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2019
Priority date	Sep 6, 2006
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays an application on the touch-sensitive display; and when the application is in a predefined mode, performs a predefined operation in response to each gesture of a set of multiple distinct gestures on the touch-sensitive display. Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays a first application; when the first application is in a first mode, performs a first operation upon detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive display; and performs the first operation upon detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second gesture is different from the first gesture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a touch screen display;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, on the touch screen display, a plurality of application windows, wherein the plurality of application windows are displayed in an ordered set, and wherein at least one of the plurality of application windows is partially hidden;
while displaying the plurality of application windows, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display;
in response to detecting the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a tap gesture at a first predefined location on the touch screen display associated with a first application window of the plurality of application windows, enlarging the first application window of the plurality of application windows;
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a tap gesture at a second predefined location on the touch screen display that corresponds to a position of a second application window of the plurality of application windows on the touch screen display, moving the second application window of the plurality of application windows toward a center of the display;
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a swipe gesture in a first direction, translating the ordered set in the first direction; and
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a swipe gesture in a second direction, translating the ordered set in the second direction.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of application windows correspond to respective web browser application windows.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein enlarging the first application window includes filling the touch screen display with the first application window.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a predefined gesture associated with a delete operation for the first application window:
ceasing to display the first application window.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 4 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in accordance with the determination that the gesture corresponds to the predefined gesture associated with a delete operation for the first application window:
moving an application window neighboring the first application window to occupy the location previously occupied by the first application window.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the predefined gesture is a tap gesture on a delete icon associated with the first application window.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, on the touch screen display, a plurality of application windows, wherein the plurality of application windows are displayed in an ordered set, and wherein at least one of the plurality of application windows is partially hidden;
while displaying the plurality of application windows, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display;
in response to detecting the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a tap gesture at a first predefined location on the touch screen display associated with a first application window of the plurality of application windows, enlarging the first application window of the plurality of application windows;
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a tap gesture at a second predefined location on the touch screen display that corresponds to a position of a second application window of the plurality of application windows on the touch screen display, moving the second application window of the plurality of application windows toward a center of the display;
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a swipe gesture in a first direction, translating the ordered set in the first direction; and
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a swipe gesture in a second direction, translating the ordered set in the second direction.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of application windows correspond to respective web browser application windows.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein enlarging the first application window includes filling the touch screen display with the first application window.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a predefined gesture associated with a delete operation for the first application window:
ceasing to display the application window.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in accordance with the determination that the gesture corresponds to the predefined gesture associated with a delete operation for the first application window:
moving an application window neighboring the first application window to occupy the location previously occupied by the first application window.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the predefined gesture is a tap gesture on a delete icon associated with the first application window.

13. A method, comprising:
at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display:
displaying, on the touch screen display, a plurality of application windows, wherein the plurality of application windows are displayed in an ordered set, and wherein at least one of the plurality of application windows is partially hidden;
while displaying the plurality of application windows, detecting a gesture on the touch screen display;
in response to detecting the gesture:
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a tap gesture at a first predefined location on the touch screen display associated with a first application window of the plurality of application windows, enlarging the first application window of the plurality of application windows;
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a tap gesture at a second predefined location on the touch screen display that corresponds to a position of a second application window of the plurality of application windows on the touch screen display, moving the second application window of the plurality of application windows toward a center of the display;
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a swipe gesture in a first direction, translating the ordered set in the first direction; and
in accordance with a determination that the gesture corresponds to a swipe gesture in a second direction, translating the ordered set in the second direction.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of application windows correspond to respective web browser application windows.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein enlarging the first application window includes filling the touch screen displ

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Ording Bas
• Herz Scott M
• Westerman Wayne C
• Forstall Scott
• Christie Gregory N

Classifications

• H04M1/72403 Primary

  with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title