Device, method, and graphical user interface for moving user interface objects

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11301129-B2
Application number	US-201916675067-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2019
Priority date	Jun 9, 2013
Publication date	Apr 12, 2022
Grant date	Apr 12, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface with a first electronic message, where the first electronic message is associated with corresponding message time metadata. While displaying the first electronic message, the electronic device detects only a single contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detect a first movement of only the single contact. In response to detecting the first movement of only the single contact, display message time metadata for the first electronic message adjacent to the first electronic messages, wherein the message time metadata was not displayed immediately prior to detecting the first movement of the single contact.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
display a user interface with a sequence of electronic messages, wherein each electronic message is associated with corresponding message time metadata;
while displaying the sequence of electronic messages, detect only a single contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detect a first movement of only the single contact; and
in response to detecting the first movement of only the single contact:
move at least two of the electronic messages of the sequence of electronic messages perpendicular to a first scrolling axis in the user interface in accordance with the first movement of the single contact; and
display, adjacent to the at least two electronic messages, message time metadata for each of the at least two electronic messages of the sequence of electronic messages, wherein at least some of the message time metadata for the at least two electronic messages is displayed at locations previously occupied by the at least two electronic messages due to the movement of the at least two electronic messages perpendicular to the first scrolling axis in the user interface in accordance with the first movement of the single contact; and

wherein the message time metadata for the at least two electronic messages was not displayed immediately prior to detecting the first movement of the single contact.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display and the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
while the message time metadata for each of the at least two electronic messages of the sequence of electronic messages is displayed, detect liftoff of the single contact; and
in response to detecting liftoff of the single contact, cease to display the message time metadata for each of the at least two electronic messages of the sequence of electronic messages.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display and the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
while displaying a first set of two or more electronic messages, including a first electronic message and a second electronic message, in the sequence of electronic messages, detect the single contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detect the first movement of only the single contact; and
in response to detecting the first movement of only the single contact:
move the first set of two or more of the electronic messages perpendicular to the first scrolling axis in the user interface in accordance with the first movement of only the single contact; and
for two or more respective electronic messages in the first set of two or more electronic messages, display message time metadata for the respective electronic messages adjacent to the respective electronic messages, wherein the message time metadata for the respective electronic messages was not displayed immediately prior to detecting the first movement of the single contact, including concurrently displaying, on the display:
first message time metadata for the first electronic message adjacent to the first electronic message; and
second message time metadata, different from the first message time metadata, adjacent to the second electronic message.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the first electronic message is a sent message, sent by a first user, and the second message is a received message, received by the first user.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display and the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
in accordance with a determination that the first movement includes a movement component that is perpendicular to the first scrolling axis and a movement component that is parallel to the first scrolling axis:
move the sequence of electronic messages parallel to the first scrolling axis by an amount that is proportional to a magnitude of the movement component that is parallel to the first scrolling axis; and
move the first set of two or more electronic messages perpendicular to the first scrolling axis in the user interface by an amount that is proportional to a magnitude of the movement component that is perpendicular to the first scrolling axis.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display and the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
in response to detecting the first movement of only the single contact, move the first set of electronic messages parallel to a first scrolling axis in the user interface in accordance with the first movement of only the single contact.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein:
the sequence of electronic messages includes a second set of one or more electronic messages displayed on the display; and
moving the first set of two or more electronic messages perpendicular to the first scrolling axis includes moving the first set of two or more electronic messages without moving the second set of electronic messages perpendicular to the first scrolling axis.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display and the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
in response to detecting the first movement of only the single contact, display message time metadata for one or more of the electronic messages in the second set of electronic messages and one or more of the electronic messages in the first set of electronic messages.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein:
immediately prior to detecting the first movement of only the single contact:
one or more of the first set of electronic messages are arranged within a first region of the display; and
one or more of the second set of electronic messages are arranged within a second region of the display that is offset from the first region in a direction perpendicular to the first scrolling axis; and

after detecting the first movement of the single contact:
one or more of the first set of electronic messages and the second set of electronic messages are arranged within the second region of the display; and
message time metadata for the displayed electronic messages is displayed within the first region of the display.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein:
the user interface includes a plurality of messages in a conversation between a first user and a second user; and
the first set of two or more electronic messages that moves perpendicular to the first scrolling axis in the user interface includes messages sent by the first user and excludes messages sent by the second user.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display and the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
detect a second movement of a single contact on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the second movement includes a respective component of movement that corresponds to movement that

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Zambetti Nicholas
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• Chaudhri Imran
• Foss Christopher P
• Bistolas Eugene M
• Macomber Kyle S
• Rauenbuehler Keith W
• Broughton Lee S
• Freidling Arnold

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · 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

• G06F3/0487

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title