Touch-based reorganization of page element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9507520-B2
Application number	US-201314136909-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2013
Priority date	Dec 16, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

An application of a touch-based device provides a touch-based reorganization of a page element. The application determines a modification associated with a touch action and a page element in response to detecting the touch action on the page element. A control and a hint associated with the modification is displayed in proximity to the page element. The page element is reorganized based on the modification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method executed on a computing device to provide a touch-based reorganization of a page element, the method comprising:
in response to detecting a touch action on the page element of a document page, executing a visual change on the page element, wherein the visual change includes a modification to a section color associated with the page element and two or more of: an outline of the page element, a drop shadow of the page element, a ghost out of the page element, a de-emphasis of the page element, and an animation of the page element;
determining a modification associated with the touch action and the page element;
including an operation in the modification of the page element, wherein the operation includes a hierarchical reorganization of the page element and one or more of a vertical reorganization of the page element and a horizontal reorganization of the page element;
displaying a control associated with the modification in proximity to the page element;
associating the control with a graphic of the document page and one or more of a table of the document page, a video of the document page, text of the document page, and audio of the document page as the page element; and
displaying a hint in a proximity relative to the touch action to inform a user of the modification to be performed on the document page.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying another control encompassing the page element after the reorganizing based on the modification.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
including selection controls within the other control to expand or shrink a selection associated with the modified page element; and
placing the selection controls at a start and an end of the selection.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to associating the control with the text of the document page as the page element, displaying the hint to inform the user of the modification to be performed on the text.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
associating the control with a document part as the page element, wherein the document part includes at least one from a set of: a paragraph, a section, a table of contents, a header, a footer, a page column, a page, and a group of pages; and
displaying the hint to inform a user of the modification to be performed on the document part.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
associating the control with a bullet list of the document page as the page element; and
displaying the hint to inform a user of the modification to be performed on the bullet list.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
applying the modification to at least one from a set of: one or more elements of the bullet list and an entirety of the bullet list.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to associating the control with the table of the document page as the page element, displaying the hint to inform the user of the modification to be performed on the table.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
applying the modification to at least one from a set of: an entirety of the table, one or more columns of the table, one or more rows of the table, and one or more cells of the table.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
including at least one operation from a set of: a formatting, a movement, a removal, an edit, a highlighting, an expansion, and a reduction during the modification of the page element or a portion of the page element.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
including another operation in the modification of the page element or a portion of the page element, wherein the other operation includes one or more of: an indent, an outdent, a left align, a center align, and a right align.

12. A computing device to provide a touch-based reorganization of a page element, the computing device comprising:
a memory;
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing an application in conjunction with instructions stored in the memory, wherein the application is configured to:
in response to detecting a touch action on the page element of a document page, execute a visual change on the page element, wherein the visual change includes a modification to a section color associated with the page element and two or more of: an outline of the page element, a drop shadow of the page element, a ghost out of the page element, a de-emphasis of the page element, and an animation of the page element;
determine a modification associated with the touch action and the page element;
include an operation in the modification of the page element, wherein the operation includes a hierarchical reorganization of the page element and one or more of a vertical reorganization of the page element and a horizontal reorganization of the page element;
display a control associated with the modification in proximity to the page element;
associate the control with a graphic of the document page and one or more of a table of the document page, a video of the document page, text of the document page, and audio of the document as the page element;
display a hint in a proximity relative to the touch action associated with the modification on the control;
reorganize the page element based on the modification by positioning the page element at a location on the document page as determined by the touch action; and
display another control encompassing the page element after reorganizing based on the modification to modify a selection associated with the page element.

13. The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the application is further configured to:
determine the modification based on a context associated with the touch action and the page element.

14. The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the application is further configured to:
render the control and the hint to follow the touch action.

15. The computing device of claim 12 , wherein, the application is further configured to:
render the page element to follow the touch action.

16. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein the application is further configured to:
move adjacent page elements to clear a space for the page element during a course of a movement of the page element;
animate the page element with a slide during the movement;
move the adjacent page elements to another space left behind by the page element subsequent to the movement.

17. The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the application is further configured to:
display one or more alignment guides to illustrate a state of the page element at a stop of the touch action.

18. A computer-readable memory device with instructions stored thereon to provide touch-based reorganization of a page element, the instructions comprising:
in response to detecting a touch action on the page element of a document page, executing a visual change on the page element, wherein the visual change includes a modification to a section color associated with the page element and two or more of: an outline of the page element, a drop shadow of the page element, a ghost out of the page element, a de-emphasis of the page element, and an animation of the page element;
determining a modification associated with the touch action and the page element;
including an operation in the modification of the page element, wherein the operation includes a hierarchical reorganization of the page element and one or more of a vertical reorganization of the page element and a horizontal reorganization of the pag

Assignees

• Microsoft Corp
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Koenig Kimberly
• Ashley-Rollman Caitlin
• Fox Seth
• Kikin-Gil Ruth
• Rinker Christopher

Classifications

• G06F40/103

  Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) · CPC title

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  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

• G06F40/106

  Display of layout of documents; Previewing · CPC title

• G06F40/177

  of tables; using ruled lines · CPC title

• G06F40/166

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title