Device, method, and graphical user interface for annotating text

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12293147-B2
Application number	US-202017085779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2020
Priority date	Sep 23, 2016
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display. The method includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a text region that includes a first portion of text and a second portion of text. The method includes detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, an input within the text region. The method includes, in response to detecting the input within the text region, moving the first portion of text relative to the second portion of text to display a non-text region between the first portion of text and the second portion of text that does not include any text and converting at least a portion of the non-text region into a drawing panel provided to receive drawing input via the touch-sensitive display and display a corresponding graphic in response to receiving the drawing input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a touch-sensitive display:
displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a first arrangement of text in which a first portion of the text has a first position with respect to a second portion of the text;
displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a first representation of an annotation that is associated with the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text, wherein the first representation of the annotation has a positional relationship with the first and second portions of the text;
displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a menu-triggering affordance;
in response to detecting a first user input directed to the menu-triggering affordance, displaying a menu that includes a text size decreasing affordance for decreasing a font size of the text, a text size increasing affordance for increasing the font size of the text and a font changing affordance for changing a font style for the text;
detecting a second user input directed to the text size decreasing affordance, the text size increasing affordance or the font changing affordance resulting in a particular font option and a request to rearrange the text based on the particular font option; and
in response to detecting the request to rearrange the text, concurrently displaying, on the touch-sensitive display:
a second arrangement of the text in which the first portion of the text has a second position with respect to the second portion of the text, wherein the second position is different from the first position, and wherein the second arrangement of text is based on the particular font option; and
a second representation of the annotation that is associated with the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text, wherein the second representation of the annotation is different from the first representation of the annotation, and wherein the second representation of the annotation maintains the positional relationship with the first and second portions of the text, and wherein the second representation of the annotation is based on the particular font option.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second representation of the annotation has a same shape as the first representation of the annotation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second representation of the annotation is a relocated and resized version of the first representation of the annotation.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while the text is displayed in the first arrangement, detecting, via the touch-sensitive display, a set of one or more annotation inputs; and
in response to detecting the set of one or more annotation inputs, displaying the first representation of the annotation.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the set of one or more annotation inputs includes one or more underlining inputs at least partially detected at a set of locations below the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text;
at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed below the first portion of the text in the first arrangement and at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed below the second portion of the text in the first arrangement; and
at least a portion of the second representation of the annotation is displayed below the first portion of the text in the second arrangement and at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed below the second portion of the text in the second arrangement.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the set of one or more annotation inputs includes one or more strikethrough inputs at least partially detected at a set of locations over the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text;
at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed over the first portion of the text in the first arrangement and at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed over the second portion of the text in the first arrangement; and
at least a portion of the second representation of the annotation is displayed over the first portion of the text in the second arrangement and at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed over the second portion of the text in the second arrangement.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the set of one or more annotation inputs includes one or more encircling inputs at least partially detected at a set of locations surrounding the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text;
at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed surrounding the first portion of the text in the first arrangement and at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed surrounding the second portion of the text in the first arrangement; and
at least a portion of the second representation of the annotation is displayed surrounding the first portion of the text in the second arrangement and at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed surrounding the second portion of the text in the second arrangement.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the set of one or more annotation inputs includes a first set of one or more annotation inputs detected at locations associated with the first portion of the text, a second set of one or more annotation inputs detected at locations associated with the second portion of the text, and a third set of one or more annotation inputs detected at locations between the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text;
the first representation of the annotation includes a first connector displayed between the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text in the first arrangement; and
the second representation of the annotation includes a second connector displayed between the first portion of the text and the second portion of the text in the second arrangement.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein detecting the set of one or more annotation inputs includes detecting one or more stylus contacts.

10. The method of claim 4 , wherein detecting the set of one or more annotation inputs includes:
detecting an input at a location of an annotations affordance displayed on the touch-sensitive display; and
detecting one or more finger contacts.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first portion of the text has the first position adjacent to the second portion of the text in the first arrangement;
the first portion of the text has the second position non-adjacent to the second portion of the text in the second arrangement;
a first portion of the second representation of the annotation corresponding to a first portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed proximate to the first portion of the text in the second arrangement; and
a second portion of the second representation of the annotation corresponding to a second portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed proximate to the second portion of the text in the second arrangement.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first portion of the text is adjacent to the second portion of the text in the first arrangement;
the first portion of the text is non-adjacent to the second portion of the text in the second arrangement;
a first instance of the second representation of the annotation corresponding to at least a portion of the first representation of the annotation is displayed proximate to the first portion of the text in the second

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Foss Christopher P
• Coffman Patrick Lee
• Beaver Jason Clay
• Paterson Toby Charles Wood
• Fettes Alastair Kenneth

Classifications

• 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

• G06F40/171

  by use of digital ink · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• G06F2203/04803

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