Scrolling list with floating adjacent index symbols

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016274757-A1
Application number	US-201615167532-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	Dec 23, 2005
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Movement of a user's point of contact with a touch-sensitive display is determined. In response to the movement, a list of information items on the touch-sensitive display is scrolled. The list of information items may include a sequence of information item subsets corresponding to a sequence of index items. While scrolling through respective information subsets, an index symbol is displayed in conjunction with each respective information item subset.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A portable electronic device, comprising:
a touch-sensitive display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including instructions for:
displaying on the touch-sensitive display;
an index that includes a sequence of index items, and
a list of information items that includes:
a sequence of information item subsets corresponding to the sequence of index items, the sequence of information item subsets including at least one subset containing two or more information items; and
a corresponding index symbol for each respective information item subset;

detecting a first point of contact of a user over the index displayed on the touch-sensitive display;
determining a respective index item that corresponds to the first point of contact and displaying a respective information item subset that corresponds to the respective index item;
determining movement of a second point of contact of the user over the list of information items displayed on the touch-sensitive display and scrolling the list of information items on the touch-sensitive display in response to the movement; and
displaying, while scrolling through respective information subsets, in conjunction with each respective information item subset the corresponding index symbol, wherein the corresponding index symbol moves on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the respective information item subset, and wherein moving the corresponding index symbol on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the respective information item subset includes:
in response to an upward swipe on the touch-sensitive display, moving an index symbol upward from a lower edge of a window to an upper edge of the window and maintaining display of the index symbol at the upper edge of the window adjacent to a first displayed item of the corresponding information item subset as the corresponding information item subset scrolls until an end of a corresponding information item subset is reached when the respective information item subset contains two or more information items.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Ording Bas
• Lemay Stephen O
• Christie Gregory N
• Chaudhri Imran

Classifications

• G06F3/0485 Primary

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F2203/04804

  Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows · 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

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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