Patent Application
20230161432
The embodiments herein generally relate to electronic devices with touch-sensitive displays and, more specifically, to systems and methods for multitasking on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (e.g., a portable multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display).
Handheld electronic devices with touch-sensitive displays are ubiquitous. While these devices were originally designed for information consumption (e.g., web-browsing) and communication (e.g., email), they are rapidly replacing desktop and laptop computers as users' primary computing devices. Users of desktop or laptop computers, however, routinely multitask by swapping between running applications (e.g., cutting-and-pasting text from a document into an email). While there has been tremendous growth in the scope of new features and applications for handheld electronic devices, the ability to multitask and swap between applications on handheld electronic devices requires entirely different input mechanisms than those of desktop or laptop computers.
Moreover, the need for multitasking is particularly acute on handheld electronic devices, as they have smaller screens than traditional desktop and laptop computers. Some conventional handheld electronic devices attempt to address this need by recreating the desktop computer interface on the handheld electronic device. These attempted solutions, however, fail to take into account: (i) the significant differences in screen size between desktop computers and handled electronic devices, and (ii) the significant differences between keyboard and mouse interaction of desktop computers and those of touch and gesture inputs of handled electronic devices with touch-sensitive displays. Other attempted solutions require complex input sequences and menu hierarchies that are even less user-friendly than those provided on desktop or laptop computers. As such, it is desirable to provide an intuitive and easy-to-use system and method for simultaneously accessing multiple functions or applications on handheld electronic devices.
The embodiments described herein address the need for systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces that provide intuitive and seamless interactions for multitasking on a handheld electronic device. Such methods and systems optionally complement or replace conventional touch inputs or gestures.
(A1) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(A2) In some embodiments of the method of A1, the method further includes: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed: (i) detecting a second contact on the first application and a substantially simultaneous third contact on the second application and (ii) detecting a gesture (a) from a location of the second contact in a substantially circular direction towards the second application, and (b) from a location of the third contact in a substantially circular direction towards the first application. In response to detecting the gesture, the method further includes displaying the first application in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the second application and displaying the second application in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the first application.
(A3) In some embodiments of the method of A1, the concurrently displayed second application is displayed with a predefined area that is less than an area of the resized first application.
(A4) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A1-A3, the method further includes: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, receiving a first request to display a home screen. In response to receiving the first request, the method further includes: ceasing to display the first and second applications and displaying the home screen. In some embodiments, the method also includes: receiving a second request to open a third application. In response to receiving the second request, the method further includes: ceasing to display the home screen and concurrently displaying the third application and the second application. In some embodiments, the third application is displayed in a portion of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the first application.
(A5) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A1-A4, the method further includes: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, detecting a change in an orientation of the electronic device. In response to detecting the change in the orientation, the method further includes determining whether the change in the orientation was from portrait to landscape. Upon determining that the change in the orientation was from portrait to landscape, the method further includes continuing to concurrently display the second application.
(A6) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A1-A5, the method further includes: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, detecting a change in an orientation of the electronic device. In response to detecting the change in the orientation, the method further includes determining whether the change in the orientation was from landscape to portrait. Upon determining that the change in the orientation was from landscape to portrait, the method further includes ceasing to concurrently display the second application and displaying the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A7) In some embodiments of the method of A1, the method further includes: in accordance with a determination that the first application is not compatible with the shared screen mode, continuing to display the second application overlaying at least the portion of the displayed first application.
(A8) In some embodiments of the method of A1, the method further includes: in accordance with a determination that the first application is not compatible with the shared screen mode, ceasing to display the first application and displaying the second application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A9) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A1-A8, detecting the first contact includes determining that the first contact requests display of the second application.
(A10) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A1-A9, the method further includes: while temporarily displaying the second application overlaying at least a first portion of the displayed first application, reducing a brightness associated with a second portion of the touch-sensitive display displaying the first application.
(A11) In some embodiments of the method of A10, reducing the brightness includes dimming the second portion of the touch-sensitive display displaying the first application.
(A12) In some embodiments of the method of A10, the method further includes: after reducing the brightness associated with the second portion of the touch-sensitive display displaying the first application, receiving a second contact on the second portion. In response to receiving the second contact, the method further includes ceasing to concurrently display the second application and displaying the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A13) In some embodiments of the method of A12, the method further includes: detecting a first gesture over the displayed first application, the first gesture comprising at least three contacts on the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the first gesture moves in a first direction towards an edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting a liftoff event associated with the first gesture, the method further includes ceasing to display the first application and displaying the second application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A14) In some embodiments of the method of A13, the method further includes: detecting a second gesture over the displayed second application, the second gesture comprising at least three contacts on the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the second gesture moves in a second direction, opposite the first direction, that is away from the edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting a liftoff event associated with the second gesture, the method further includes ceasing to display the second application and displaying the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A15) In some embodiments of the method of A1, determining whether the first application is compatible with the shared screen mode is performed in response to detecting a second contact at an affordance.
(A16) In some embodiments of the method of A15, the affordance is a pin affordance displayed on top of the first application.
(A17) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A1-A16, the method further includes: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, detecting a gesture comprising a second contact over the first application and a third contact over the second application. In response to detecting the gesture, the method further includes resizing the first and second applications in accordance with movement of the gesture.
(A18) In some embodiments of the method of A17, the method further includes: determining whether movement of the gesture is towards the first application or towards the second application.
(A19) In some embodiments of the method of A18, the method further includes: upon determining that movement of the gesture is towards the first application, increasing an area of the touch-sensitive display for the second application and decreasing an area of the touch-sensitive display for the first application.
(A20) In some embodiments of the method of A18, the method further includes: upon determining that movement of the gesture is towards the second application, increasing an area of the touch-sensitive display for the first application and decreasing an area of the touch-sensitive display for the second application.
(A21) In some embodiments of the method of A19, the method further includes: determining whether the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the first application. Upon determining that the gesture has moved to within the predetermined distance of the edge, the method further includes ceasing to display the first application and displaying the second application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A22) In some embodiments of the method of A20, the method further includes: determining whether the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the second application. Upon determining that the gesture has moved to within the predetermined distance of the edge, the method further includes ceasing to display the second application and displaying the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A23) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(A24) In some embodiments of the method of A23, substantially all of the remaining area is determined by subtracting the selected fixed display area from a total display area of the touch-sensitive display.
(A25) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A23-A24, automatically resizing the second application includes: (i) determining whether a current position of the gesture has moved to within a predefined threshold distance (away) from the edge; and (ii) upon determining that the current position of the gesture has moved to within the predefined threshold distance from the edge, automatically resizing the second application by snapping to the selected fixed display area (in other words, the second application is not resized until the current position of the gesture has moved to within the predefined threshold distance from the edge and, thus, when the current position is determined to be within the predefined threshold from the edge, the second application appears to jump to a larger size (e.g., the selected fixed display area)).
(A26) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A23-A25, the plurality of predefined fixed display areas for the second application includes 25%, 33%, and 50% of the (available screen real estate on the) touch-sensitive display.
(A27) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(A28) In some embodiments of the method of A27, replacing the displayed second application with the third application includes displaying the third application in an entirety of a portion of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the second application.
(A29) In some embodiments of the method of any one of A27-A28, the notification associated with the third application is displayed overlaying at least a portion of the concurrent display of the first and second applications.
(A30) In yet another aspect, an electronic device is provided and the electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the electronic device to perform the method described in any one of A1-A29.
(A31) In an additional aspect, an electronic device is provided, the electronic device including: a touch-sensitive display and means for performing the method described in any one of A1-A29.
(A32) In still one more aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to perform the method described in any one of A1-A29.
(A33) In another aspect, a graphical user interface on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. The graphical user interface includes user interfaces displayed in accordance with the method described in any one of A1-A29.
(A34) In one additional aspect, an electronic device is provided that includes a display unit (e.g., display unit 6300,
(A35) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A34, the processing unit is further configured to while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed: (i) detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a second contact on the first application and a substantially simultaneous third contact on the second application and (ii) detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a gesture (a) from a location of the second contact in a substantially circular direction towards the second application, and (b) from a location of the third contact in a substantially circular direction towards the first application. In response to detecting the gesture, the processing unit is configured to: display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the first application in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the second application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the second application in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the first application.
(A36) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A34, the concurrently displayed second application is displayed with a predefined area that is less than an area of the resized first application.
(A37) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A34-A36, the processing unit is further configured to: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, receiving (e.g., with the receiving unit 6315) a first request to display a home screen. In response to receiving the first request, the processing unit is configured to: cease to display (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) the first and second applications and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the home screen. In some embodiments, the processing unit is also configured to: receive (e.g., with the receiving unit 6315) a second request to open a third application. In response to receiving the second request, the processing unit is configured to: cease to display (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) the home screen and concurrently display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the third application and the second application. In some embodiments, the third application is displayed in a portion of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the first application.
(A38) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A34-A37, the processing unit is further configured to: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a change in an orientation of the electronic device. In response to detecting the change in the orientation, the processing unit is configured to determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6319) whether the change in the orientation was from portrait to landscape. Upon determining that the change in the orientation was from portrait to landscape, the processing unit is configured to continue (e.g., with the continuing unit 6321) to concurrently display the second application.
(A39) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A34-A38, the processing unit is further configured to: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a change in an orientation of the electronic device. In response to detecting the change in the orientation, the processing unit is configured to: determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6319) whether the change in the orientation was from landscape to portrait. Upon determining that the change in the orientation was from landscape to portrait, the processing unit is configured to: cease (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) to concurrently display the second application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A40) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A34, the processing unit is further configured to: in accordance with a determination that the first application is not compatible with the shared screen mode, continue (e.g., with the continuing unit 6321) to display the second application overlaying at least the portion of the displayed first application.
(A41) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A34, the processing unit is further configured to: in accordance with a determination that the first application is not compatible with the shared screen mode, cease (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) to display the first application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the second application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A42) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A34-A41, detecting the first contact includes determining (e.g., with the determining unit 6319) that the first contact requests display of the second application.
(A43) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A34-A42, the processing unit is further configured to: while temporarily displaying the second application overlaying at least a first portion of the displayed first application, reduce a brightness (e.g., with the brightness reducing unit 6323) associated with a second portion of the touch-sensitive display displaying the first application.
(A44) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A43, reducing the brightness includes dimming (e.g., with the brightness reducing unit 6323) the second portion of the touch-sensitive display displaying the first application.
(A45) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A43, the processing unit is further configured to: after reducing the brightness associated with the second portion of the touch-sensitive display displaying the first application, receive (e.g., with the receiving unit 6315) a second contact on the second portion. In response to receiving the second contact, the processing unit is configured to: cease (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) to concurrently display the second application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A46) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A45, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a first gesture over the displayed first application, the first gesture comprising at least three contacts on the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the first gesture moves in a first direction towards an edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting a liftoff event associated with the first gesture, the processing unit is configured to: cease (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) to display the first application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the second application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A47) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A46, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a second gesture over the displayed second application, the second gesture comprising at least three contacts on the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the second gesture moves in a second direction, opposite the first direction, that is away from the edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting a liftoff event associated with the second gesture, the processing unit is configured to: cease (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) to display the second application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A48) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A34, determining whether the first application is compatible with the shared screen mode is performed in response to detecting (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a second contact at an affordance.
(A49) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A48, the affordance is a pin affordance displayed on top of the first application.
(A50) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A34-A49, the processing unit is further configured to: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed, detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6309) a gesture comprising a second contact over the first application and a third contact over the second application. In response to detecting the gesture, the processing unit is configured to: resize (e.g., with the resizing unit 6313) the first and second applications in accordance with movement of the gesture.
(A51) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A50, the processing unit is further configured to: determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6311) whether movement of the gesture is towards the first application or towards the second application.
(A52) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A51, the processing unit is further configured to: upon determining that movement of the gesture is towards the first application, increase (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) an area of the touch-sensitive display for the second application and decrease (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) an area of the touch-sensitive display for the first application.
(A53) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A51, the processing unit is further configured to: upon determining that movement of the gesture is towards the second application, increase (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) an area of the touch-sensitive display for the first application and decrease (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) an area of the touch-sensitive display for the second application.
(A54) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A52, the processing unit is further configured to: determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6311) whether the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the first application. Upon determining that the gesture has moved to within the predetermined distance of the edge, the processing unit is configured to: cease (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) to display the first application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the second application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A55) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A53, the processing unit is further configured to: determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6311) whether the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the second application. Upon determining that the gesture has moved to within the predetermined distance of the edge, the processing unit is configured to: cease (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6317) to display the second application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307 and/or the display unit 6301) the first application on substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
(A56) In one additional aspect, an electronic device is provided that includes a display unit (e.g., display unit 6401,
(A57) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A56, substantially all of the remaining area is determined by subtracting the selected fixed display area from a total display area of the touch-sensitive display.
(A58) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A56-A57, automatically resizing the second application includes: (i) determining (e.g., with the determining unit 6415) whether a current position of the gesture has moved to within a predefined threshold distance (away) from the edge; and (ii) upon determining that the current position of the gesture has moved to within the predefined threshold distance from the edge, automatically resizing (e.g., with the resizing unit 6413) the second application by snapping to the selected fixed display area (in other words, the second application is not resized until the current position of the gesture has moved to within the predefined threshold distance from the edge and, thus, when the current position is determined to be within the predefined threshold from the edge, the second application appears to jump to a larger size (e.g., the selected fixed display area)).
(A59) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A56-A58, the plurality of predefined fixed display areas for the second application includes 25%, 33%, and 50% of the (available screen real estate on the) touch-sensitive display.
(A60) In one additional aspect, an electronic device is provided that includes a display unit (e.g., display unit 6501,
(A61) In some embodiments of the electronic device of A60, replacing the displayed second application with the third application includes displaying (e.g., with the displaying unit 6507 and/or the display unit 6501) the third application in an entirety of a portion of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the second application.
(A62) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of A60-A61, the notification associated with the third application is displayed overlaying (e.g., with the displaying unit 6507 and/or the display unit 6501) at least a portion of the concurrent display of the first and second applications.
(B1) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(B2) In some embodiments of the method of B1, displaying the application selector on the touch-sensitive display comprises revealing a first portion of the application selector and revealing additional portions of the application selector in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display.
(B3) In some embodiments of the method of B1, the method further includes: while displaying the application selector on the touch-sensitive display, displaying a first set of affordances within the application selector and detecting a gesture substantially within the application selector. In response to detecting the gesture, the method further includes: (i) determining whether the application selector is associated with additional affordances not contained within the first set of affordances; (ii) in accordance with a determination that the application selector is associated with additional affordances, displaying one or more of the additional affordances; and (iii) in accordance with a determination that the application selector is not associated with additional affordances, continuing to display the first set of affordances.
(B4) In some embodiments of the method of any one of B1-B3, the method further includes: before receiving the first contact, (i) detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display and (ii) in response to detecting the gesture, displaying an affordance used to launch the application selector.
(B5) In some embodiments of the method of B4, the first contact on the touch-sensitive is at the displayed affordance used to launch the application selector.
(B6) In some embodiments of the method of B1, displaying the application selector includes populating the application selector with a plurality of default affordances.
(B7) In some embodiments of the method of B6, the method further includes: monitoring an application usage history associated with a user of the electronic device and replacing the plurality of default affordances with affordances corresponding to applications selected in accordance with the application usage history.
(B8) In some embodiments of the method of any one of B1-B6, detecting the second contact at the affordance displayed within the application selector includes determining whether an intensity associated with the second contact satisfies an intensity threshold.
(B9) In some embodiments of the method of any one of B1-B6, the method further includes: displaying content within the first application or the second application and detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, at a location of the displayed content, the gesture moving towards an edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting the gesture, the method further includes: determining whether the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display. Upon determining that the gesture has moved to within the predetermined distance of the edge, the method further includes: temporarily displaying the application selector with a plurality of affordances.
(B10) In some embodiments of the method of B9, the method further includes: detecting movement of the gesture towards a displayed affordance of the plurality of affordances within the application selector. In some embodiments, the displayed affordance corresponds to a third application. In some embodiments, the method further includes: (i) detecting a liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive display and (ii) in response to detecting the liftoff, opening the third application and displaying the content within the third application.
(B11) In some embodiments of the method of B9, the plurality of affordances is filtered to display affordances corresponding only to applications capable of displaying the content.
(B12) In some embodiments of the method of any one of B1-B9, the method further includes: detecting a third contact at an affordance displayed within the application selector. In some embodiments, the third contact lasts for an amount of time. In some embodiments, the method further includes: determining whether the amount of time satisfies a threshold amount of time. Upon determining that the amount of time satisfies the threshold amount of time, the method further includes: displaying a remove affordance (e.g., an x-symbol) within the application selector and detecting a fourth contact at the remove affordance. In response to detecting the fourth contact, the method further includes: removing an affordance from the application selector.
(B13) In another aspect, an electronic device is provided, the electronic device including: a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the electronic device to perform the method described in any one of B1-B12.
(B14) In still another aspect, an electronic device is provided, the electronic device including: a touch-sensitive display and means for performing the method described in any one of B1-B12.
(B15) In still one more aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to perform the method described in any one of B1-B12.
(B16) In yet another aspect, a graphical user interface on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided, the graphical user interface including user interfaces in accordance with the method described in any one of B1-B12.
(B17) In one additional aspect (and with reference to
(B18) In some embodiments of the electronic device of B17, displaying the application selector on the touch-sensitive display comprises revealing (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) a first portion of the application selector and revealing additional portions of the application selector in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display.
(B19) In some embodiments of the electronic device of B17, the processing unit is further configured to: while displaying the application selector on the touch-sensitive display, display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) a first set of affordances within the application selector and detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609) a gesture substantially within the application selector. In response to detecting the gesture, the processing unit is configured to: (i) determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6617) whether the application selector is associated with additional affordances not contained within the first set of affordances; (ii) in accordance with a determination that the application selector is associated with additional affordances, display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) one or more of the additional affordances; and (iii) in accordance with a determination that the application selector is not associated with additional affordances, continue (e.g., with the continuing unit 6619) to display the first set of affordances.
(B20) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of B17-B19, the processing unit is further configured to: before receiving the first contact, (i) detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609) a gesture on the touch-sensitive display and (ii) in response to detecting the gesture, display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) an affordance used to launch the application selector.
(B21) In some embodiments of the electronic device of B20, the first contact on the touch-sensitive is at the displayed affordance used to launch the application selector.
(B22) In some embodiments of the electronic device of B17, displaying the application selector includes populating (e.g., with the populating unit 6621) the application selector with a plurality of default affordances.
(B23) In some embodiments of the electronic device of B22, the processing unit is further configured to: monitor (e.g., with the monitoring unit 6623) an application usage history associated with a user of the electronic device and replacing the plurality of default affordances with affordances corresponding to applications selected in accordance with the application usage history.
(B24) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of B17-B22, detecting the second contact at the affordance displayed within the application selector includes determining (e.g., with the determining unit 6617) whether an intensity associated with the second contact satisfies an intensity threshold.
(B25) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of B17-B22, the processing unit is further configured to: display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) content within the first application or the second application and detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609) a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, at a location of the displayed content, the gesture moving towards an edge of the touch-sensitive display. In response to detecting the gesture, the processing unit is configured to: determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6617) whether the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display. Upon determining that the gesture has moved to within the predetermined distance of the edge, the processing unit is configured to: temporarily display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) the application selector with a plurality of affordances.
(B26) In some embodiments of the electronic device of B25, the processing unit is configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609) movement of the gesture towards a displayed affordance of the plurality of affordances within the application selector. In some embodiments, the displayed affordance corresponds to a third application. In some embodiments, the processing unit is further configured to: (i) detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609) a liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive display and (ii) in response to detecting the liftoff, open (e.g., with the opening unit 6625) the third application and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) the content within the third application.
(B27) In some embodiments of the electronic device of B25, the plurality of affordances is filtered (e.g., with the filtering unit 6627) to display affordances corresponding only to applications capable of displaying the content.
(B28) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of B17-B25, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609) a third contact at an affordance displayed within the application selector. In some embodiments, the third contact lasts for an amount of time. In some embodiments, the processing unit is further configured to: determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6617) whether the amount of time satisfies a threshold amount of time. Upon determining that the amount of time satisfies the threshold amount of time, the processing unit is configured to: display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607 and/or the display unit 6601) a remove affordance (e.g., an x-symbol) within the application selector and detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609) a fourth contact at the remove affordance. In response to detecting the fourth contact, the processing unit is configured to: remove (e.g., with the removing unit 6629) an affordance from the application selector.
(C1) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(C2) In some embodiments of the method of C1, the screen associated with the hardware button is a home screen.
(C3) In some embodiments of the method of any one of C1-C2, the method further includes: detecting a contact on the resized video content. In response to detecting the contact, the method further includes: moving the resized video content in accordance with movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display.
(C4) In some embodiments of the method of C2, the method further includes: detecting a first contact on the home screen at a location that corresponds to an affordance associated with a first application and ceasing to display the home screen and displaying the first application. In some embodiments, the method further includes: determining whether the first application contains any content of a predetermined content type. Upon determining that the first application contains content of the predetermined content type: (i) determining one or more locations on the touch-sensitive display that correspond to the content of the predetermined content type and (ii) resizing or moving the video content to avoid the one or more locations on the touch-sensitive display that correspond to the content of the predetermined content type.
(C5) In some embodiments of the method of C4, the predetermined content type is identified by the first application.
(C6) In some embodiments of the method of C4, the predetermined content type is identified by a user of the electronic device.
(C7) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(C8) In some embodiments of the method of C7, the reduced display size is determined in accordance with a characteristic of the pinch gesture.
(C9) In some embodiments of the method of any one of C1-C7, the method further includes: detecting a de-pinch gesture on the resized video content and in response to detecting the de-pinch gesture, determining whether a characteristic of the de-pinch gesture satisfies a threshold. Upon determining that the characteristic of the de-pinch gesture satisfies the threshold, the method further includes: automatically displaying the resized video content in a full-screen mode.
(C10) In some embodiments of the method of any one of C8 or C9, the characteristic of the pinch gesture and the characteristic of the de-pinch gesture are selected from the group consisting of: velocity, distance travelled, and location of a liftoff event.
(C11) In some embodiments of the method of any one of C1-C8, the method further includes: detecting a gesture on the resized video content and determining whether the gesture is of a predetermined type. Upon determining that the gesture is of a predetermined type, the method further includes: transmitting the video content to a video playback device separate and apart from the electronic device.
(C12) In some embodiments of the method of C11, the predetermined type is selected from the group consisting of (i) a flick gesture having a velocity exceeding a predefined velocity and (ii) a flick gesture travelling more than a predefined distance.
(C13) In some embodiments of the method of C11, the predetermined type is a custom gesture configured by a user of the electronic device.
(C14) In another aspect, an electronic device is provided. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes: a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the electronic device to perform the method described in any one of C1-C13.
(C15) In yet another aspect, an electronic device is provided and the electronic device includes: a touch-sensitive display and means for performing the method described in any one of C1-C13.
(C16) In still one more aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to perform the method described in any one of C1-C13.
(C17) In still one more aspect, a graphical user interface on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface includes user interfaces displayed in accordance with the method described in any one of C1-C13.
(C18) In one additional aspect (and with reference to
(C19) In some embodiments of the electronic device of C18, the screen associated with the hardware button is a home screen.
(C20) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of C18-C19, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6709) a contact on the resized video content. In response to detecting the contact, the processing unit is configured to: move (e.g., with the moving unit 6715) the resized video content in accordance with movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display.
(C21) In some embodiments of the electronic device of C19, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6709) a first contact on the home screen at a location that corresponds to an affordance associated with a first application and cease to display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6713 and/or the display unit 6701) the home screen and display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6713 and/or the display unit 6701) the first application. In some embodiments, the processing unit is further configured to: determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6717) whether the first application contains any content of a predetermined content type. Upon determining that the first application contains content of the predetermined content type: (i) determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6717) one or more locations on the touch-sensitive display that correspond to the content of the predetermined content type and (ii) resize or move (e.g., with the resizing unit 6711 and/or the moving unit 6715) the video content to avoid the one or more locations on the touch-sensitive display that correspond to the content of the predetermined content type.
(C22) In some embodiments of the electronic device of C21, the predetermined content type is identified by the first application.
(C23) In some embodiments of the electronic device of C21, the predetermined content type is identified by a user of the electronic device.
(C24) In one additional aspect (and with reference to
(C25) In some embodiments of the electronic device of C24, the reduced display size is determined (e.g., by the determining unit 6815) in accordance with a characteristic of the pinch gesture.
(C26) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of C18-C24, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the touch-sensitive surface unit 6803) a de-pinch gesture on the resized video content and in response to detecting the de-pinch gesture, determine (e.g., with the determining unit 6815) whether a characteristic of the de-pinch gesture satisfies a threshold. Upon determining that the characteristic of the de-pinch gesture satisfies the threshold, the processing unit is configured to: automatically display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6813 and/or the display unit 6801) the resized video content in a full-screen mode.
(C27) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of C25 or C26, the characteristic of the pinch gesture and the characteristic of the de-pinch gesture are selected (e.g., with the selecting unit 6817) from the group consisting of: velocity, distance travelled, and location of a liftoff event.
(C28) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of C18-C25, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the touch-sensitive surface unit 6803) a gesture on the resized video content and determine (e.g., with determining unit 6815) whether the gesture is of a predetermined type. Upon determining that the gesture is of a predetermined type, the processing unit is configured to: transmit (e.g., with the transmitting unit 6819) the video content to a video playback device separate and apart from the electronic device.
(C29) In some embodiments of the electronic device of C28, the predetermined type is selected (e.g., with the selecting unit 6817) from the group consisting of (i) a flick gesture having a velocity exceeding a predefined velocity and (ii) a flick gesture travelling more than a predefined distance.
(C30) In some embodiments of the electronic device of C28, the predetermined type is a custom gesture configured by a user of the electronic device.
(D1) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(D2) In some embodiments of the method of D1, replacing the second application with an application selector includes scaling down content displayed within the second application to successively smaller sizes and revealing more of the application selector as the swipe gesture moves in the direction that is substantially parallel to the border.
(D3) In some embodiments of the method of D2, the scaling down includes determining whether the content displayed within the second application has reached a predefined size and, upon determining that the content has reached the predefined size, ceasing to scale down the content.
(D4) In some embodiments of the method of D3, the content having the predefined size is displayed within a particular selectable affordance, corresponding to the second application, of the plurality of selectable affordances within the application selector.
(D5) In some embodiments of the method of D4, the particular selectable affordance further includes an icon corresponding to the second application that transparently overlays the content having the predefined size.
(D6) In some embodiments of the method of any one of D4 or D5, the method further includes detecting selection of the particular selectable affordance corresponding to the second application. Upon detecting the selection of the particular selectable affordance, the method includes scaling up the content having the predefined size until the content replaces the application selection and the second application is again displayed in the space originally-occupied by the second application prior to displaying the application selector.
(D7) In some embodiments of the method of any one of D1-D6, the threshold is a threshold distance travelled, by the swipe gesture, on the touch-sensitive display.
(D8) In some embodiments of the method of any one of D1-D7, the method further includes before detecting the swipe gesture at the second application, displaying an affordance on the touch-sensitive display that overlays the second application. The affordance indicates that the application selector is accessible (e.g., the affordance is a translucent horizontal bar overlaying a top portion of the second application or text indicating availability of the application selector).
(D9) In some embodiments of the method of any one of D1-D8, the border runs from a first edge (e.g., a top portion) of the touch-sensitive display to a second edge (e.g., a bottom portion), the second edge being opposite the first edge, of the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the border is a vertical border that spans the length of the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the vertical border is not visible to a user of the electronic device.
(D10) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of D1-D9 described above.
(D11) In yet another aspect, an electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs is provided. The one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of D1-D9 described above.
(D12) In yet another aspect, an electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display is provided. The electronic device further includes means for performing the method of any one of D1-D9 described above.
(D13) In yet one more aspect, a graphical user interface on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. The graphical user interface includes user interfaces in accordance with the method of any one of D1-D9 described above.
(D14) In one additional aspect (and with reference to
(D15) In some embodiments of the electronic device of D14, replacing the second application with an application selector includes scaling down (e.g., with the scaling unit 6915) content displayed within the second application to successively smaller sizes and revealing more of the application selector as the swipe gesture moves in the direction that is substantially parallel to the border.
(D16) In some embodiments of the electronic device of D15, the scaling down includes determining (e.g., with the determining unit 6911) whether the content displayed within the second application has reached a predefined size and, upon determining that the content has reached the predefined size, ceasing to scale down (e.g., with the scaling unit 6915) the content.
(D17) In some embodiments of the electronic device of D16, the content having the predefined size is displayed (e.g., with the displaying unit 6907 and/or the display unit 6901) within a particular selectable affordance, corresponding to the second application, of the plurality of selectable affordances within the application selector.
(D18) In some embodiments of the electronic device of D17, the particular selectable affordance further includes an icon corresponding to the second application that transparently overlays the content having the predefined size.
(D19) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of D17 or D18, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 6909) selection of the particular selectable affordance corresponding to the second application. Upon detecting the selection of the particular selectable affordance, the processing unit is configured to: scale up (e.g., with the scaling unit 6915) the content having the predefined size until the content replaces the application selection and the second application is again displayed in the space originally-occupied by the second application prior to displaying the application selector.
(D20) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of D14-D19, the threshold is a threshold distance travelled, by the swipe gesture, on the touch-sensitive display.
(D21) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of D14-D20, the processing unit is further configured to: before detecting the swipe gesture at the second application, display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6907 and/or the display unit 6901) an affordance on the touch-sensitive display that overlays the second application. The affordance indicates that the application selector is accessible (e.g., the affordance is a translucent horizontal bar overlaying a top portion of the second application or text indicating availability of the application selector).
(D22) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of D14-D21, the border runs from a first edge (e.g., a top portion) of the touch-sensitive display to a second edge (e.g., a bottom portion), the second edge being opposite the first edge, of the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the border is a vertical border that spans the length of the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the vertical border is not visible to a user of the electronic device.
(E1) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(E2) In some embodiments of the method of E1, the first direction is towards the second application and the resizing includes decreasing a width of the second application in conjunction with increasing a width of the first application.
(E3) In some embodiments of the method of E2, the splitting the first and second applications at the border includes ceasing to increase the width of the first application and continuing to decrease the width of the second application, such that more of the new user interface portion is exposed between the first and second applications as the width of the second application continues to decrease.
(E4) In some embodiments of the method of E3, the method further includes: while continuing to decrease the width of the second application, determining whether a second threshold has been satisfied. Upon determining that the second threshold has been satisfied, the method includes increasing the width of the first application until the first application occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display in conjunction with decreasing the width of the second application until the second application and the new user interface portion are no longer visible on the touch-sensitive display.
(E5) In some embodiments of the method of E1, the first direction is towards the first application and the resizing includes decreasing a width of the first application in conjunction with increasing a width of the second application.
(E6) In some embodiments of the method of E5, the splitting the first and second applications at the border includes ceasing to increase the width of the second application and continuing to decrease the width of the first application, such that more of the new user interface portion is exposed between the first and second applications as the width of the first application continues to decrease.
(E7) In some embodiments of the method of E6, the method further includes: while continuing to decrease the width of the first application, determining whether a second threshold has been satisfied. Upon determining that the second threshold has been satisfied, the method includes increasing the width of the second application until the second application occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display in conjunction with decreasing the width of the first application until the first application and the new user interface portion are no longer visible on the touch-sensitive display.
(E8) In some embodiments of the method of any one of E1-E7, resizing the first and second applications includes blurring content displayed within the first and second applications during the resizing.
(E9) In some embodiments of the method of any one of E1-E8, the new user interface portion corresponds to a wallpaper graphic that appears on the home screen.
(E10) In some embodiments of the method of any one of E1-E9, when the first direction is towards the second application, the first threshold has a first value and, when the first direction is towards the first application, the first threshold has a second value that is greater than the first value. In some embodiments, when the first direction is towards the second application, the first threshold has a first value that corresponds to a first distance away from an edge of the touch-sensitive display and, when the first direction is towards the first application, the first threshold has a second value that corresponds to a second distance away from the edge of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second distance is a greater distance away from the edge than the first distance.
(E11) In some embodiments of the method of any one of E1-E10, resizing the first and second applications in accordance with the movement of the border includes resizing display widths for the first and second applications and the first and second applications continue to occupy substantially all of the touch-sensitive display during the resizing.
(E12) In some embodiments of the method of any one of E1-E11, the first and second applications are displayed in a side-by-side display format such that each application has substantially the same height.
(E13) In some embodiments of the method of any one of E1-E12, the border runs from a first edge (e.g., a top portion/edge) of the touch-sensitive display to a second edge (e.g., a bottom portion/edge), opposite the first edge, of the touch-sensitive display.
(E14) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of E1-E13 described above.
(E15) In yet another aspect, an electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs is provided. The one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of E1-E13 described above.
(E16) In yet another aspect, an electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display is provided. The electronic device further includes means for performing the method of any one of E1-E13 described above.
(E17) In yet one more aspect, a graphical user interface on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. The graphical user interface includes user interfaces in accordance with the method of any one of E1-E13 described above.
(E18) In one additional aspect (and with reference to
(E19) In some embodiments of the electronic device of E18, the first direction is towards the second application and the resizing includes decreasing (e.g., with the decreasing unit 7017) a width of the second application in conjunction with increasing (e.g., with the increasing unit 7019) a width of the first application.
(E20) In some embodiments of the electronic device of E19, the splitting the first and second applications at the border includes ceasing (e.g., with the ceasing unit 7021) to increase the width of the first application and continuing to decrease (e.g., with the continuing unit 7023) the width of the second application, such that more of the new user interface portion is exposed between the first and second applications as the width of the second application continues to decrease.
(E21) In some embodiments of the electronic device of E20, the processing unit is further configured to: while continuing to decrease the width of the second application, determine (e.g., with the determining unit 7013) whether a second threshold has been satisfied. Upon determining that the second threshold has been satisfied, the processing unit is configured to: increase (e.g., with the increasing unit 7019) the width of the first application until the first application occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display in conjunction with decreasing (e.g., with the decreasing unit 7017) the width of the second application until the second application and the new user interface portion are no longer visible on the touch-sensitive display.
(E22) In some embodiments of the electronic device of E18, the first direction is towards the first application and the resizing includes decreasing (e.g., with the decreasing unit 7017) a width of the first application in conjunction with increasing (e.g., with the increasing unit 7019) a width of the second application.
(E23) In some embodiments of the electronic device of E22, the splitting the first and second applications at the border includes ceasing (e.g., with the ceasing unit 7021) to increase the width of the second application and continuing to decrease (e.g., with the continuing unit 7023) the width of the first application, such that more of the new user interface portion is exposed between the first and second applications as the width of the first application continues to decrease.
(E24) In some embodiments of the electronic device of E23, the processing unit is further configured to: while continuing to decrease the width of the first application, determine (e.g., with the determining unit 7013) whether a second threshold has been satisfied. Upon determining that the second threshold has been satisfied, the processing unit is configured to: increase (e.g., with the increasing unit 7019) the width of the second application until the second application occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display in conjunction with decreasing (e.g., with the decreasing unit 7017) the width of the first application until the first application and the new user interface portion are no longer visible on the touch-sensitive display.
(E25) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of E18-E24, resizing the first and second applications includes blurring (e.g., with the resizing unit 7011, the displaying unit 7007, and/or the display unit 7001) content displayed within the first and second applications during the resizing.
(E26) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of E18-E25, the new user interface portion corresponds to a wallpaper graphic that appears on the home screen.
(E27) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of E18-E26, when the first direction is towards the second application, the first threshold has a first value and, when the first direction is towards the first application, the first threshold has a second value that is greater than the first value. In some embodiments, when the first direction is towards the second application, the first threshold has a first value that corresponds to a first distance away from an edge of the touch-sensitive display and, when the first direction is towards the first application, the first threshold has a second value that corresponds to a second distance away from the edge of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second distance is a greater distance away from the edge than the first distance.
(E28) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of E18-E27, resizing the first and second applications in accordance with the movement of the border includes resizing (e.g., with the resizing unit 7011) display widths for the first and second applications and the first and second applications continue to occupy substantially all of the touch-sensitive display during the resizing.
(E29) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of E18-E28, the first and second applications are displayed in a side-by-side display format such that each application has substantially the same height.
(E30) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of E18-E29, the border runs from a first edge (e.g., a top portion/edge) of the touch-sensitive display to a second edge (e.g., a bottom portion/edge), opposite the first edge, of the touch-sensitive display.
(F1) In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device (e.g., portable multifunction device 100,
(F2) In some embodiments of the method of F1, presenting the plurality of additional portions includes overlaying the plurality of additional portions on top of the first application, such that a portion of the first application remains visible on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., the portion of the first application remains visible beneath the plurality of additional portions, remains visible next to the additional portions (to the right of), or both).
(F3) In some embodiments of the method of F1, presenting the plurality of additional portions includes moving the first application towards a different edge of the touch-sensitive display, opposite to the edge, such that a smaller portion, as compared to a larger portion that is visible while the first application is displayed in full-screen mode, of the first application remains visible on the touch-sensitive display.
(F4) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F3, presenting the plurality of additional portions further includes sliding each successive additional portion out from the edge and on to the touch-sensitive display.
(F5) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F4, the plurality of additional portions are ordered such that a first additional portion appearing closest to the first application corresponds to a most recently-used application and a last additional portion appearing furthest away from the first application, and closest to the edge of the touch-sensitive display, corresponds to a least recently-used application.
(F6) In some embodiments of the method of F1-F3, the plurality of additional portions are ordered such that a first additional portion appearing closest to the first application corresponds to a least recently-used application and a last additional portion appearing furthest away from the first application, and closest to the edge of the touch-sensitive display, corresponds to a most recently-used application.
(F7) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F6, a respective additional portion of the plurality of additional portions includes an active view of the recently-used application that corresponds to the respective additional portion.
(F8) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F7, the plurality of additional portions includes a predetermined number of additional portions. In some embodiments, the predetermined number is based on preferences associated with a user of the electronic device.
(F9) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F8, the method further includes: while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive display, detecting an increase in the intensity of the contact. In response to detecting the increase in the intensity of the contact, the method includes: displaying at least one new additional portion, distinct from each additional portion in the plurality of additional portions, on the touch-sensitive display.
(F10) In some embodiments of the method of F9, the at least one new additional portion corresponds to an application that was last used before the recently-used applications corresponding to the plurality of additional portions.
(F11) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F8, the method further includes: while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive display, detecting an increase in the intensity of the contact. In response to detecting the increase in the intensity of the contact, the method includes: increasing a display size, on the touch-sensitive display, for each additional portion of the plurality of additional portions.
(F12) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F11, the method further includes: while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive display, detecting movement of the contact towards a first additional portion of the plurality of additional portions, the first additional portion corresponding to a second application. The method also includes: detecting liftoff of the contact, from the touch-sensitive display, over the first additional portion. In response to detecting liftoff of the contact over the first additional portion, the method includes: (i) ceasing to display the plurality of additional portions, (ii) ceasing to display the first application, and (iii) displaying the second application in the full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display.
(F13) In some embodiments of the method of any one of F1-F12, the method further includes: after presenting the plurality of additional portions, detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch-sensitive display. The method also includes: continuing to display the plurality of additional portions and the first application.
(F14) In some embodiments of the method of F13, the method further includes: detecting a touch input at a first additional portion of the plurality of additional portions, the first additional portion corresponding to a second application. In response to detecting the touch input at the first additional portion, the method includes: (i) ceasing to display the first application, (ii) ceasing to display the plurality of additional portions, and (iii) displaying the second application in the full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display.
(F15) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of F1-F14 described above.
(F16) In yet another aspect, an electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs is provided. The one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any one of F1-F14 described above.
(F17) In yet another aspect, an electronic device that includes a touch-sensitive display is provided. The electronic device further includes means for performing the method of any one of F1-F14 described above.
(F18) In yet one more aspect, a graphical user interface on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. The graphical user interface includes user interfaces in accordance with the method of any one of F1-F14 described above.
(F19) In one additional aspect (and with reference to
(F20) In some embodiments of the electronic device of F19, presenting the plurality of additional portions includes overlaying (e.g., with the overlaying unit 7115) the plurality of additional portions on top of the first application, such that a portion of the first application remains visible on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., the portion of the first application remains visible beneath the plurality of additional portions, remains visible next to the additional portions (to the right of), or both).
(F21) In some embodiments of the electronic device of F19, presenting the plurality of additional portions includes moving (e.g., with the moving unit 7117) the first application towards a different edge of the touch-sensitive display, opposite to the edge, such that a smaller portion, as compared to a larger portion that is visible while the first application is displayed in full-screen mode, of the first application remains visible on the touch-sensitive display.
(F22) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F21, presenting the plurality of additional portions further includes sliding (e.g., with the sliding unit 7119) each successive additional portion out from the edge and on to the touch-sensitive display.
(F23) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F22, the plurality of additional portions are ordered (e.g., with the ordering unit 7121) such that a first additional portion appearing closest to the first application corresponds to a most recently-used application and a last additional portion appearing furthest away from the first application, and closest to the edge of the touch-sensitive display, corresponds to a least recently-used application.
(F24) In some embodiments of the electronic device of F19-F21, the plurality of additional portions are ordered (e.g., with the ordering unit 7121) such that a first additional portion appearing closest to the first application corresponds to a least recently-used application and a last additional portion appearing furthest away from the first application, and closest to the edge of the touch-sensitive display, corresponds to a most recently-used application.
(F25) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F24, a respective additional portion of the plurality of additional portions includes an active view of the recently-used application that corresponds to the respective additional portion.
(F26) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F25, the plurality of additional portions includes a predetermined number of additional portions. In some embodiments, the predetermined number is based on preferences associated with a user of the electronic device.
(F27) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F26, the processing unit is further configured to: while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive display, detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 7109) an increase in the intensity of the contact. In response to detecting the increase in the intensity of the contact, processing unit is configured to: display (e.g., with the displaying unit 7107 and/or the display unit 7101) at least one new additional portion, distinct from each additional portion in the plurality of additional portions, on the touch-sensitive display.
(F28) In some embodiments of the electronic device of F27, the at least one new additional portion corresponds to an application that was last used before the recently-used applications corresponding to the plurality of additional portions.
(F29) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F26, the processing unit is further configured to: while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive display, detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 7109) an increase in the intensity of the contact. In response to detecting the increase in the intensity of the contact, the processing unit is configured to: increase (e.g., with the displaying unit 7107 and/or the display unit 7101) a display size, on the touch-sensitive display, for each additional portion of the plurality of additional portions.
(F30) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F29, the processing unit is further configure to: while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive display, detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 7109) movement of the contact towards a first additional portion of the plurality of additional portions, the first additional portion corresponding to a second application. The processing unit is also configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 7109) liftoff of the contact, from the touch-sensitive display, over the first additional portion. In response to detecting liftoff of the contact over the first additional portion, the processing unit is configured to: (i) cease to display the plurality of additional portions, (ii) cease to display the first application, and (iii) display the second application in the full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the displaying unit 7107 and/or the display unit 7101).
(F31) In some embodiments of the electronic device of any one of F19-F30, the processing unit is further configured to: after presenting the plurality of additional portions, detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 7109) liftoff of the contact from the touch-sensitive display. The processing unit is also configured to: continue to display the plurality of additional portions and the first application (e.g., with the displaying unit 7107 and/or the display unit 7101).
(F32) In some embodiments of the electronic device of F31, the processing unit is further configured to: detect (e.g., with the detecting unit 7109) a touch input at a first additional portion of the plurality of additional portions, the first additional portion corresponding to a second application. In response to detecting the touch input at the first additional portion, the processing unit is configured to: (i) cease to display the first application, (ii) cease to display the plurality of additional portions, and (iii) display the second application in the full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the displaying unit 7107 and/or the display unit 7101).
(G1) In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display. The method includes: displaying a first application on the touch-sensitive display. While the first application is displayed, the method further includes detecting an input to display an application selector. Responsive to detecting the input, the method also includes (i) displaying the first application in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display, (ii) displaying the application selector in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display, the application selector including a plurality of icons, each icon associated with a corresponding application, and (iii) detecting a selection of an icon from the plurality of icons included in the application selector. Responsive to detecting a selection of the icon: (i) ceasing to display the application selector in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display; and (ii) displaying a second application associated with the selected icon in an entirety of the second portion of the touch-sensitive display concurrently with the display of the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display.
(G2) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of G1, detecting the input to display the application selector includes: (i) detecting a contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive display adjacent to a vertical edge of the touch-sensitive display; and (ii) detecting a continuous movement of the contact to a second location on the touch-sensitive display, the continuous movement having a lateral component without the contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display.
(G3) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G2, the second portion of the touch-sensitive display is narrower than the first portion.
(G4) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G3, the method further includes: detecting a contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive display selecting both the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display. The method also includes detecting a continuous movement of the contact to a second location toward a vertical edge of the touch-sensitive display bordering the second application, the continuous movement having a lateral component without the contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to detecting the continuous movement: (i) ceasing to display the second application in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the first application in an entirety of the touch-sensitive display.
(G5) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G3, the method further includes: detecting a contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive display, the contact selecting both the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display. The method also includes detecting a continuous movement of the contact to a second location toward a vertical edge of the touch-sensitive display bordering the first application, the continuous movement having a lateral component without the contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to detecting the continuous movement (i) ceasing to display the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the second application in an entirety of the touch-sensitive display.
(G6) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G3, the method further includes: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed: (i) detecting a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion; (ii) detecting movement of both the first contact and the second contact; and (iii) displaying the first application in a third portion and a the second application a fourth portion in accordance with the movement of the first contact and the second contact.
(G7) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of G6, detecting the first contact and the concurrent second contact includes: (i) detecting a lateral component of movement of the first contact and the second contact without breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display and (ii) determining whether the lateral component of movement is in a first direction or a second direction. Responsive to the lateral component being in a first direction, reducing the width of the first portion and increasing the width of the second portion and displaying the first application in the first portion with the reduced width and displaying the second application in the second portion with the increased width. Responsive to the lateral component being in a second direction, increasing the width of the first portion and decreasing the width of the second portion and displaying the first application in the first portion with the increased width and displaying the second application in the second portion with the reduced width.
(G8) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1, G2, G3, G6, and G7, the method further includes: while the first application and the second application are concurrently displayed: (i) detecting a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion; (ii) detecting a gesture to display the second application in the first portion and the first application in the second portion based on movement of the first contact and the second contact; and (iii) displaying the second application in the first portion and the first application in the second portion in accordance with the detected gesture.
(G9) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of G8, detecting the gesture to display the second application in the first portion and the first application in the second portion includes detecting movement of the first contact in a first semi-circular direction and the second contact in a second semi-circular direction opposite the first arch direction without the first contact and the second contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display.
(G10) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G3 and G6-G9, the method further includes detecting an input to display an icon view including a plurality of icons, each icon associated with a corresponding application. Responsive to detecting the input: (i) ceasing to display the first application in the first portion and the second application in the second portion and (ii) displaying the icon view including the plurality of icons. The method also includes: (i) receiving a selection of an icon from the plurality of icons, the icon corresponding to the first application and (ii) responsive to the selection, displaying the first application in the first portion and the second application in the second portion.
(G11) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G3 and G6-G10, the second application is displayed in the second portion concurrently with the display of the first application in the first portion while the electronic device is oriented in a landscape orientation, and the method further includes: detecting rotation of the electronic device from the landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. Responsive to detecting the rotation of the electronic device from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation: (i) ceasing to display the second application; and (ii) displaying the first application in an entirety of the touch-sensitive display while in the portrait orientation. While the first application is displayed in the entirety of the touch-sensitive display in the portrait orientation, detecting an input to re-display the second application. Responsive to detecting the input and while the electronic device is in the portrait orientation, concurrently displaying the first application in a third portion of the touch-sensitive display and displaying the second application in a fourth portion of the touch-sensitive display.
(G12) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G3 and G6-G11, the second application is displayed in the second portion concurrently with the display of the first application in the first portion while the electronic device is oriented in a landscape orientation, and the method further includes detecting rotation of the electronic device from the landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. Responsive to detecting the rotation of the electronic device from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation: (i) ceasing to display the second application; and (ii) displaying the first application in an entirety of the touch-sensitive display while in the portrait orientation. The method also includes detecting rotation of the electronic device from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation. Responsive to detecting the rotation of the electronic device from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation, concurrently displaying the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and displaying the second application in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display.
(G13) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of G1, displaying the second application includes overlaying the second application over a portion of the first application corresponding to the second portion of the touch-sensitive display.
(G14) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of G1, displaying the second application includes: (i) resizing the first application to fit in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display; and (ii) displaying the second application in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display and the resized first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display.
(G15) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of any one of G1-G3 and G6-G14, displaying the second application includes: (i) displaying content in the second application; (ii) detecting a request to display the content in the first application; and (iii) responsive to detecting the request, displaying the content object in the first application.
(G16) In one additional aspect, an electronic device that includes a display unit (e.g., a touch-sensitive display), a touch-sensitive surface unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to cause the electronic device to: display an application in a full-screen move on the touch-sensitive display; detect a contact over the application within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display; in response to detecting the contact, monitor an intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display; and upon determining that the intensity of the contact exceeds an intensity threshold, present, at or near the edge of the touch-sensitive display, a plurality of additional portions, each additional portion of the plurality of additional portions corresponding to a recently-display application.
(H1) In another aspect, some embodiments include a computer-implemented method that is performed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display. The method includes: (i) displaying a first application in a full-screen mode and (ii) detecting a request to display an icon view including a plurality of icons. Responsive to detecting the request, the method further includes dismissing the first application from being displayed on the touch-sensitive display and displaying the icon view including the plurality of icons. The method continues by detecting, at the touch-sensitive display, a first contact at a first location on the icon view, the first location corresponding to an icon of the plurality of icons. The method also includes detecting continuous movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive display from the first location to a second location on the icon view without the first contact breaking contact on the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to determining that the continuous movement of the first contact from the first location to the second location exceeds a predefined threshold distance: (i) dismissing the icon view from being displayed on the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the first application and a second application corresponding to the icon in a shared screen view.
(H2) In some embodiments of the computer-implemented method of H1, displaying the first application and the second application in the shared screen view includes concurrently displaying the first application in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping.
(H3) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H2, the second application is displayed in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display with a default width and the first application is displayed in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display with a width corresponding to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the second application.
(H4) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H3, the second application is displayed in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display with a default width and the first application is displayed in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display with a width corresponding to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the second application.
(H5) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H4, the first portion is horizontally adjacent to the second portion.
(H6) In some embodiments of the method of H1-H5, the method further includes while the first application and the second application is displayed in the shared screen view: (i) detecting a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion and (ii) detecting a gesture to change a width of the first application and a width of the second application based on movement of the first contact and the second contact. Responsive to the gesture being in a first direction, reducing the width of the first application and increasing the width of the second application and displaying the first application in the first portion with the reduced width and displaying the second application in the second portion with the increased width. Responsive to the gesture being in a second direction, increasing the width of the first application and decreasing the width of the second application and displaying the first application in the first portion with the increased width and displaying the second application in the second portion with the reduced width.
(H7) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H6, detecting the gesture to change the width of the first application and the width of the second application includes (i) detecting a lateral component of movement of the first contact and the second contact without breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display and (ii) determining whether the lateral component of movement is in the first direction or the second direction.
(H8) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H7, the method further includes determining whether at least one of the width of the first application or the width of the second application is resizable. Responsive to determining that the width of the first application and the width of the second application are both resizable, determining whether the width of the first application and the width of the second application is continuously resizable or is resizable to one or more predetermined widths. In some embodiments, reducing the width of the first application and increasing the width of the second application includes (i) responsive to the width of the first application and the width of the second application both being continuously resizable, reducing the width of the first application and increasing the width of the second application in proportion with a magnitude of the lateral component of movement in the first direction, (ii) responsive to the width of the first application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths and the width of the second application being continuously resizable, reducing the width of the first application to one of the predetermined widths and increasing the width of the second application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the reduced width of the first application, and (iii) responsive to the width of the first application being continuously resizable and the width of the second application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths, increasing the width of the second application to one of the predetermined widths and reducing the width of the first application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the increased width of the second application. In some embodiments, increasing the width of the first application and decreasing the width of the second application includes (i) responsive to the width of the first application and the width of the second application both being continuously resizable, increasing the width of the first application and decreasing the width of the second application in proportion with a magnitude of the lateral component of movement in the second direction, (ii) responsive to the width of the first application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths and the width of the second application being continuously resizable, increasing the width of the first application to one of the predetermined widths and decreasing the width of the second application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the increased width of the first application, and (iii) responsive to the width of the first application being continuously resizable and the width of the second application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths, decreasing the width of the second application to one of the predetermined widths and increasing the width of the first application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the decreased width of the second application.
(H9) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H8, the method further includes determining that at least one of the width of the first application and the width of the second application is fixed. While the first application and the second application is displayed in the shared screen view, the method also includes: (i) detecting a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion and (ii) detecting a gesture to change a width of the first application and a width of the second application. Responsive to detecting the gesture, concurrently displaying the first application in the second portion of the touch display screen and displaying the second application in the first portion of the touch display screen.
(H10) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H9, the method further includes detecting that the first contact and the second contact are within a predetermined distance of a vertical edge of the touch-sensitive display bordering the first application while detecting the lateral component of movement of the first contact and the second contact in the first direction. Responsive to the detection: (i) dismissing the first application from being displayed in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the second application in the full-screen mode.
(H11) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H10, the method further includes detecting that the first contact and the second contact are within a predetermined distance of a vertical edge of the touch-sensitive display bordering the second application while detecting the lateral component of movement of the first contact and the second contact in the second direction. Responsive to the detection: (i) dismissing the second application from being displayed in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the first application in the full-screen mode.
(H12) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H11, the method further includes detecting a second request to display the icon view including the plurality of icons. Responsive to the second request, dismissing the shared screen view from being displayed and displaying the icon view including the plurality of icons. In some embodiments, the method also includes (i) detecting, at the touch-sensitive display, a second contact at a third location on the icon view, the third location corresponding to a third icon of the plurality of icons and (ii) detecting continuous movement of the second contact on the touch-sensitive display from the third location to a fourth location on the icon view without the second contact breaking contact on the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to determining that the continuous movement of the second contact from the second location to the third location exceeds the predefined threshold distance: (i) dismissing the icon view from being displayed on the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the first application, the second application, and a third application corresponding to the third icon in the shared screen view. In some embodiments, the shared screen view includes the first application displayed in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display, the second application displayed in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display, and the third application displayed in a third portion of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are non-overlapping.
(H13) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H12, displaying the first application, the second application, and the third application includes (i) displaying an image of the third application on the touch-sensitive display, wherein a portion of the image is coupled to the second contact at the fourth location and (ii) detecting continuous movement of the second contact on the touch-sensitive display from the fourth location to a fifth location without the second contact breaking contact on the touch-sensitive display, the fifth location within the third portion of the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to the second contact breaking contact at the fifth location, the method also includes displaying the third application in the third portion of the touch-sensitive display.
(H14) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H13, the method further includes detecting a third request to display the icon view including the plurality of icons. Responsive to detecting the third request, the method includes dismissing the shared screen view from being displayed and displaying the icon view including the plurality of icons. In some embodiments, the method further includes (i) detecting, at the touch-sensitive display, a third contact at a sixth location on the icon view, the sixth location corresponding to an additional icon of the plurality of icons and (ii) detecting continuous movement of the sixth contact on the touch-sensitive display from the fourth location to a seventh location on the icon view without the third contact breaking contact on the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to determining that the continuous movement of the third contact from the sixth location to the seventh location exceeds the predefined threshold distance, the method includes: (i) determining a total number of applications that would be displayed in the shared screen view if an application corresponding to the additional icon were added to the shared screen view and (ii) responsive to the total number of applications exceeding a predetermined threshold, dismissing one of the applications from being displayed in the shared screen view and displaying remaining applications in the shared screen view, the remaining applications including the application corresponding to the additional icon.
(H15) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H14, dismissing one of the applications from being displayed in the shared screen view includes: (i) determining an application from the applications that would be displayed in the shared screen view that was least recently activated and (ii) removing the determined application from being displayed in the shared screen view.
(H16) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H15, the plurality of icons are application icons, each icon associated with a corresponding application that is activated responsive to user selection of the icon.
(H17) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H16, the method further includes (i) dismissing the shared screen view and (ii) displaying the icon view. In some embodiments, the icon view includes the icon displayed at a location corresponding to the first location.
(H18) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H1-H17, the first application continues to execute in a background of the electronic device responsive to dismissing the first application.
(H19) In one other aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storages executable instruction that when executed by one or more processor of an electronic device cause the electronic device to perform the method of any of H1-H18.
(H20) In yet another aspect, a device including memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs is provided. The one or more programs are stored in the memory of the electronic device and the one or more programs are configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions to perform the method of any one of H1-H18.
(H21) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes: displaying a first application and a second application in a shared screen view, the shared screen view including the first application displayed in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application displayed in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping. In some embodiments, the method also includes (i) detecting, at the touch-sensitive display, a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion and (ii) detecting a continuous movement of the first contact and the second contact, the continuous movement having a lateral component of movement without the first contact and the second contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to the continuous movement, the method additional includes displaying the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application in the second portion each with a revised width.
(H22) In some embodiments of the method of H21, detecting the continuous movement of the first contact and the second contact and displaying the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application in the second portion each with the revised width includes: (i) determining whether the lateral component of movement is in a first direction or a second direction, (ii) responsive to the lateral component of movement in the first direction, displaying the first application in the shared screen view with a reduced width and displaying the second application in the shared screen view with an increased width, and (iii) responsive to the lateral component of movement in the second direction, displaying the first application in the shared screen view with an increased width and displaying the second application in the shared screen view with a reduced width.
(H23) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H22, the continuous movement having the lateral component of movement is along a width of the touch-sensitive display.
(H24) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H23, displaying the first application in the shared screen view with the reduced width and displaying the second application in the shared screen view with the increased width includes: (i) responsive to a width of the first application and a width of the second application both being continuously resizable, reducing the width of the first application and increasing the width of the second application in proportion with a magnitude of the lateral component of movement in the first direction; (ii) responsive to the width of the first application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths and the width of the second application being continuously resizable, reducing the width of the first application to one of the predetermined widths and increasing the width of the second application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the reduced width of the first application; and (iii) responsive to the width of the first application being continuously resizable and the width of the second application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths, increasing the width of the second application to one of the predetermined widths and reducing the width of the first application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the increased width of the second application.
(H25) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H24, displaying the first application in the shared screen view with the increased width and displaying the second application in the shared screen view with the reduced width includes: (i) responsive to a width of the first application and a width of the second application both being continuously resizable, increasing the width of the first application and decreasing the width of the second application in proportion with a magnitude of the lateral component of movement in the second direction; (ii) responsive to the width of the first application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths and the width of the second application being continuously resizable, increasing the width of the first application to one of the predetermined widths and decreasing the width of the second application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the increased width of the first application; and (iii) responsive to the width of the first application being continuously resizable and the width of the second application being resizable to one or more predetermined widths, decreasing the width of the second application to one of the predetermined widths and increasing the width of the first application to a remaining width of the touch-sensitive display that is not occupied by the decreased width of the second application.
(H26) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H25, the method further includes detecting that the first contact and the second contact are within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display bordering the first application while detecting the continuous movement of the first contact and the second contact in the first direction. Responsive to the detection, the method also includes: (i) dismissing the first application from being displayed in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the second application in the full-screen mode.
(H27) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H26, the method further includes detecting that the first contact and the second contact are within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display bordering the second application while detecting the continuous movement of the first contact and the second contact in the second direction. Responsive to the detection: (i) dismissing the second application from being displayed in the second portion of the touch-sensitive display and (ii) displaying the first application in the full-screen mode.
(H28) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H27, at least one of the dismissed first application and the dismissed second application remain executing on the electronic device after dismissal.
(H29) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H28, the method further includes: (i) detecting a third contact on the first application displayed in the first portion of the shared screen view and a concurrent fourth contact on the second application displayed in the second portion of the shared screen view; (ii) detecting continuous movement of the third contact and the fourth contact in a circular motion without the third contact and the fourth contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display; and (iii) responsive to the third contact and the fourth contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display following the continuous movement, displaying the first application in the second portion of the shared screen view and the second application in the first portion of the shared screen view.
(H30) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H29, the method further includes: (i) detecting a plurality of concurrent contacts on the touch-sensitive display, the plurality of concurrent contacts formed around a location on the touch-sensitive display central to the plurality of concurrent contacts; (ii) detecting continuous movement of the plurality of concurrent contacts towards the location without breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display; and (iii) responsive to the plurality of contacts breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display within a locality of the location, dismissing the shared screen view from being displayed on the touch-sensitive display and displaying the icon view in a full-screen mode.
(H31) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H30, the method further includes: (i) detecting, at the touch-sensitive display, a third contact at a first location on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent fourth contact at a second location on the second application displayed in the second portion; (ii) while the third contact maintains position at the first location on the first application, detecting movement of the second contact accelerating in a vertical direction and the second contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display; and (iii) responsive to the second contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display, dismissing the second application from being displayed on the touch-sensitive display and displaying the first application in the full-screen mode.
(H32) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H21-H31, dismissing the second application from being displayed on the touch-sensitive display includes displaying an animation illustrating an image of the second application moving in the vertical direction until the image of the second application is no longer displayed on the touch-sensitive display.
(H33) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H21-H32.
(H34) In yet another aspect, a device including memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions for performing the method of any one of H21-H32.
(H35) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. The method includes: (i) displaying an icon view in a full-screen mode, the icon view displaying a plurality of icons each associated with an associated application on the electronic device; (ii) displaying a notification overlaying at least a portion of the icon view, the notification indicative of an activity associated with a first application; (iii) detecting a contact on the notification at a first location; (iv) detecting a continuous movement of the contact from the first location to a second location, the continuous movement having a vertical component of movement without the contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display; and (v) responsive to detecting the continuous movement, dismissing the icon view and the notification and displaying a shared screen view, the shared screen view including the first application displayed in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display and a second application displayed in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping.
(H36) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. The method includes: (i) displaying a first application in a full-screen mode; (ii) displaying a notification overlaying at least a portion of the first application, the notification indicative of an activity associated with a second application; (iii) detecting a contact on the notification at a first location; (iv) detecting a continuous movement of the contact from the first location to a second location, the continuous movement having a vertical component of movement without the contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display; and (v) responsive to detecting the continuous movement, dismissing the first application displayed in the full-screen mode and the notification and displaying a shared screen view, the shared screen view including the first application displayed in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application displayed in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping.
(H37) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H35-H36, the notification is a banner displayed along a width of the touch-sensitive display.
(H38) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H35-H37, the notification includes an image representing the second application and a summary describing the activity.
(H39) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H35-H38, information included in the summary is based on a type of application associated with the activity.
(H40) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H35-H39, the method further includes responsive to not detecting the contact on the notification within a predetermined amount of time from displaying the notification, dismissing the notification from being displayed on the touch-sensitive display.
(H41) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instruction that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H35-H40.
(H42) In yet another aspect, a device including memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H35-H40.
(H43) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is provided. The method includes displaying a first application and a second application in a shared screen view, the shared screen view including the first application displayed in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display with a perspective effect and the second application displayed in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display with the perspective effect. In some embodiments, the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping. The method further includes: (i) detecting, at the touch-sensitive display, a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion; (ii) responsive to the detection, displaying a user interface (UI) element across at least a portion of the shared screen view, the UI element including a measurement of the touch-sensitive display occupied by each of the first application and the second application; (iii) detecting a continuous movement of the first contact and the second contact, the continuous movement having a lateral component of movement without the first contact and the second contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display; (iv) responsive to the continuous movement, displaying the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display with the perspective effect and the second application in the second portion with the perspective effect each with a revised width and updating the UI element to indicate an updated measurement of the touch-sensitive display currently occupied by the revised width of each of the first application and the second application.
(H44) In some embodiments of the method of H43, the UI element is a rectangular UI element that spans across the shared screen view.
(H45) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H43-H44, the UI element is translucent.
(H46) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H43-H45, the UI element is opaque.
(H47) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H43-H46, the measurement indicates a first percentage of a width of the touch-sensitive display occupied by the first application and a second percentage of the width of the touch-sensitive display occupied by the second application.
(H48) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H43-H47, the measurement indicates a first width option describing a predetermined width for the first application in which the first application can be displayed and a second width option describing a predetermined width for the second application in which the second application can be displayed based on the continuous movement.
(H49) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H43-H47.
(H50) In yet another aspect, a device including memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H43-H47.
(H51) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at a computing device is provided. The method includes displaying, on a display screen of the computing device, an array view of the computing device, the array view comprising a first application displayed as a first discrete mini application and a second application displayed as a second discrete mini application. The array view further includes a user interface element between the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application, the user interface element including a visual indication that the first and second discrete mini applications can be joined. In some embodiments, the method also includes detecting a first contact on the user interface element. Responsive to detecting the first contact on the user interface element, the method includes displaying an updated array view of the computing device that includes: (i) the first discrete mini application adjacent to the second discrete mini application and (ii) an updated user interface element displayed over a shared edge between the first and second mini applications and providing a visual indication the mini applications can be unjoined.
(H52) In some embodiments of the method of H51, the method further includes: (i) detecting a second contact on the updated user interface element and (ii) responsive to detecting the second contact on the updated user interface element, displaying the array view of the computing device.
(H53) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H51-H52, the method further includes: (i) detecting a second contact on the first discrete mini application, (ii) detecting a gesture moving the second contact in a first direction, and (iii) responsive to detecting the gesture in the first direction, displaying a second updated array view of the computing device, the second updated array view including the first discrete mini application, the second discrete mini application, and the user interface element. In some embodiments, the first discrete mini application is horizontally aligned with the second discrete mini application, the user interface element is located between the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application, the user interface is horizontally aligned with the first and second discrete mini applications, a first arrow of the user interface element is pointing to the second discrete mini application, and a second arrow of the user interface element is pointing to the first discrete mini application.
(H54) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H51-H53, the method further includes (i) detecting a third contact and a concurrent fourth contact on the computing device, wherein the third contact and the concurrent fourth contact are vertically aligned, (ii) detecting a gesture decreasing distance between the third contact and the fourth contact on the computing device, and (iii) displaying the array view of the computing device, the array view including additional discrete mini applications and additional user interface elements, the additional discrete mini applications horizontally aligned with the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application and the additional user interface elements between each pair of additional discrete mini applications.
(H55) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H51-H54, the first application and the second application were previously opened on the computing device.
(H56) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H51-H55.
(H57) In yet another aspect, a device that includes memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H51-H55.
(H58) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at a computing device is provided. The method includes displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, an array view of the computing device, the array view including a first application displayed as a first discrete mini application and a second application displayed as a second discrete mini application. The first discrete mini app is horizontally aligned with the second discrete mini application. The method also includes (i) detecting a first contact on the first discrete mini application and a concurrent second contact on the second discrete mini application and (ii) responsive to detecting a decrease in a distance between the first contact and the second contact, displaying an updated array view of the computing device, the updated array view including the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application. The first discrete mini application is horizontally aligned with, adjacent to, and sharing an edge with the second discrete mini application.
(H59) In some embodiments of the method of H58, the method further includes: (i) detecting a third contact on the first discrete mini application and a concurrent fourth contact on the second discrete mini application and (ii) responsive to detecting distance between the third contact and the fourth contact increasing, displaying the array view of the computing device.
(H60) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H58-H59, the method further includes (i) detecting a third contact on the first discrete mini application, (ii) detecting a gesture moving the third contact in a first direction, and (iii) responsive to detecting the gesture in the first direction, displaying a second updated array view of the computing device, the second updated array view including the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application. The first discrete mini application is horizontally aligned with the second discrete mini application and the order of the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application is reversed.
(H61) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H58-H60, the method further includes: (i) detecting a third contact and a concurrent fourth contact on the computing device, wherein the third contact and the concurrent fourth contact are vertically aligned, (ii) detecting a gesture decreasing distance between the third contact and the fourth contact on the computing device, and (iii) responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying the array view of the computing device, the array view including additional discrete mini applications, the additional discrete mini applications horizontally aligned with the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application.
(H62) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H58-H61, the first application and the second application were previously opened on the computing device.
(H63) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instruction that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H58-H62.
(H64) In yet another aspect, a device that includes memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H58-H62.
(H65) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at a computing device is provided. The method includes displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, the shared screen view of the computing device, the shared screen view including a first application displayed at a first width in a first portion of the display screen and a second application displayed at a second width in a second portion of the display screen, the first application comprising a keyboard object in a first sub portion of the first portion at the first width of the display screen. In some embodiments, the method also includes: (i) detecting a first contact and a second contact in the first sub portion and (ii) detecting a gesture increasing distance between the first contact and the second contact, the gesture indicating a request to change width of the keyboard object in the first sub portion from the first width to a third width, the third width greater than or equal to the first width plus the second width. Responsive to detecting the gesture, the method further includes displaying an updated shared screen view in which the keyboard object is displayed in a second sub portion of the content region.
(H66) In some embodiments of the method of H65, the method further includes (i) detecting a third contact and a fourth contact in the third sub portion of the display screen, (ii) detecting a gesture decreasing distance between the third contact and the fourth contact, the gesture indicating a request to change width of the keyboard object in the third sub portion from the third width to a fourth width, the fourth width less than the third width, and (iii) responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying an updated shared screen view, wherein the keyboard object is displayed at the fourth width.
(H67) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H65-H66, the fourth width is the first width and the keyboard object is displayed in the first sub portion.
(H68) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H65-H67, the fourth width is the second width and the keyboard object is displayed in the fourth sub portion.
(H69) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H64-H68.
(H70) In yet another aspect, a device that includes memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H65-H68.
(H71) In these other embodiments, another computer-implemented method that is executed at a computing device is provided. The method includes: (i) displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, an opened application view of the computing device, the opened application view including a first application displayed at a first width in a first portion of the display screen; (ii) detecting a four-point contact on the display screen; (iii) detecting a gesture moving the four-point contact, the gesture indicating a request to change a first layout of the first application in the first portion of the display screen to a picture-in-picture (PIP) layout; and (iv) responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying an overlaid screen view in which the first application is displayed as a PIP layout in a sub portion of the display screen.
(H72) In some embodiments of the method of H71, the method further includes: (i) detecting a second four-point contact on the display screen; (ii) detecting a gesture moving the second four-point contact, the gesture indicating a request to change the PIP layout of the first application in the sub portion of the content region to the first layout; and (iii) responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying the overlaid screen view.
(H73) Additionally, in some embodiments, another method of displaying a picture-in-picture (PIP) configuration of PIP-type applications is provided. The method includes: (i) receiving, at a computing device, a first gesture dragging an application icon a threshold distance from an initial position of the application icon in an icon view that displays a plurality of application icons that are each associated with a corresponding application, the first gesture indicative of a request to display the application associated with the application icon; (ii) determining if the application associated with the application icon is compatible with a picture-in-picture (PIP) configuration; and (iii) responsive to determining the application is compatible with the PIP configuration, displaying the application associated with the application icon in a PIP layout.
(H74) In some embodiments of the method of H73, the method further includes responsive to determining the application is not compatible with the PIP layout, displaying the shared screen view displaying the application corresponding to the application icon with a width less than a width of a display screen of the computing device.
(H75) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H73-H74, the application displayed in PIP layout is displayed on top of a second application previously opened on the computing device, the second application and the application in PIP layout displayed in the shared screen view.
(H76) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H71-H75.
(H77) In yet another aspect, a device that includes memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H71-H75.
(H78) Additionally, in some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of displaying a default application is provided. The method includes: (i) displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, a shared screen view of the computing device, the shared screen view including a first application displayed at a first width in a first portion of the display screen and a second application displayed at a second width in a second portion of the display screen; (ii) detecting a five-point contact slide gesture on the display screen indicating a request to display a default application in the shared screen view; and (iii) responsive to detecting the gesture in a first lateral direction, displaying an updated shared screen view, the updated shared screen view including the first application displayed in the shared screen view and the default application displayed in the shared screen view.
(H79) In some embodiments of the method of H78, the method further includes: (i) detecting a second five-point contact on the display screen; (ii) detecting movement of the second five-point contact in a second lateral direction, the gesture indicating a request to remove from display the default application in the shared screen view; and (iii) responsive to detecting the gesture in the second lateral direction, displaying the shared screen view.
(H80) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any of the foregoing claims H78-H79.
(H81) In yet another aspect, a device that includes memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H78-H79.
(H82) Additionally, a computer-implemented method for selecting text is provided. The method includes: (i) displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, text displayed in a first portion of a content region of the display screen; (ii) detecting a first contact in a sub portion of the first portion of the content region; (iii) responsive to detecting the input, displaying a front marker and an end marker at the beginning and end of a portion of the text corresponding to the sub portion; (iv) detecting a second contact and a finger contact on the display screen; (v) detecting a gesture moving the second contact and the third contact in a lateral direction; and (vi) shifting the front marker and the end marker in the lateral direction.
(H83) In some embodiments of the method of H82, the method further includes (i) detecting movement of the first contact in a lateral direction and (ii) shifting the front marker in the lateral direction.
(H84) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H82-H83, the method further includes (i) detecting movement of the second contact in a lateral direction and (ii) shifting the end marker in the lateral direction.
(H85) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H82-H84.
(H86) In yet another aspect, a device that includes memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H82-H84.
(H87) Additionally, one more method for selecting text is provided. The method includes: (i) displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, text displayed in a first portion of a content region of the display screen; (ii) detecting a first contact in a sub portion of the first portion of the content region; (iii) responsive to detecting the first contact, displaying a front marker and an end marker at the beginning and end of a portion of the text corresponding to the sub portion; (iv) detecting a second contact and a third contact on the display screen; (v) detecting a gesture moving the first contact in lateral direction; and (vi) shifting the front marker in the lateral direction.
(H88) In some embodiments of the method of H87, the method further includes (i) detecting movement of the third contact in a lateral direction and (ii) shifting the end marker in the lateral direction.
(H89) In some embodiments of the method of any one of H87-H88, the method further includes (i) detecting movement of the second contact and the third finger contact in a lateral direction and (ii) shifting the front marker and the end marker in the lateral direction.
(H90) In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores executable instructions that when executed cause an electronic device to perform the method of any one of H87-H89.
(H91) In yet another aspect, a device that includes memory, one or more processors, and one or more programs stored in the memory for execution by the one or more processors is provided. The one or more programs include instructions to perform the method of any one of H87-H89.
(H92) Additionally, yet one more computer-implemented method for selecting text is provided. The method includes (i) displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, text displayed in a first portion of a content region of the display screen; (ii) detecting a contact in a sub portion of the first portion of the content region for at least a threshold duration; (iii) detecting movement of the contact, the movement indicative of selecting text in the direction of the movement; and (iv) selecting text in the direction of the movement.
Note that the various embodiments described above can be combined with any other embodiments described herein. The features and advantages described in the specification are not all inclusive and, in particular, many additional features and advantages will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art in view of the drawings, specification, and claims. Moreover, it should be noted that the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter.
For a better understanding of the various described embodiments, reference should be made to the Description of Embodiments section below, in conjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various described embodiments. However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the various described embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits, and networks have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments.
It will also be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. are, in some instances, used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first contact could be termed a second contact, and, similarly, a second contact could be termed a first contact, without departing from the scope of the various described embodiments. The first contact and the second contact are both contacts, but they are not the same contact.
The terminology used in the description of the various described embodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the description of the various described embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises,” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
As used herein, the term “if” is, optionally, construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a stated condition or event] is detected” is, optionally, construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [the stated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the stated condition or event],” depending on the context.
The disclosure herein interchangeably refers to detecting a touch input on, at, over, on top of, or substantially within a particular user interface element or a particular portion of a touch-sensitive display. As used herein, a touch input that is detected “at” a particular user interface element could also be detected “on,” “over,” “on top of,” or “substantially within” that same user interface element, depending on the context. In some embodiments and as discussed in more detail below, desired sensitivity levels for detecting touch inputs are configured by a user of an electronic device (e.g., the user could decide (and configure the electronic device to operate) that a touch input should only be detected when the touch input is completely within a user interface element).
Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device, such as a mobile telephone, that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/or music player functions. Exemplary embodiments of portable multifunction devices include, without limitation, the IPHONE®, IPOD TOUCH®, and IPAD® devices from APPLE Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. Other portable electronic devices, such as laptops or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch-sensitive displays and/or touch pads), are, optionally, used. It should also be understood that, in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communications device, but is a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display and/or a touch pad).
In the discussion that follows, an electronic device that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. It should be understood, however, that the electronic device optionally includes one or more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, a mouse and/or a joystick.
The device typically supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a website creation application, a disk authoring application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a fitness application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.
The various applications that are executed on the device optionally use at least one common physical user-interface device, such as the touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface as well as corresponding information displayed on the device are, optionally, adjusted and/or varied from one application to the next and/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as the touch-sensitive surface) of the device optionally supports the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent to the user.
Attention is now directed toward embodiments of portable electronic devices with touch-sensitive displays.
As used in the specification and claims, the term “intensity” of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface refers to the force or pressure (force per unit area) of a contact (e.g., a finger contact) on the touch sensitive surface, or to a substitute (proxy) for the force or pressure of a contact on the touch sensitive surface. The intensity of a contact has a range of values that includes at least four distinct values and more typically includes hundreds of distinct values (e.g., at least 256). Intensity of a contact is, optionally, determined (or measured) using various approaches and various sensors or combinations of sensors. For example, one or more force sensors underneath or adjacent to the touch-sensitive surface are, optionally, used to measure force at various points on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, force measurements from multiple force sensors are combined (e.g., a weighted average) to determine an estimated force of a contact. Similarly, a pressure-sensitive tip of a stylus is, optionally, used to determine a pressure of the stylus on the touch-sensitive surface. Alternatively, the size of the contact area detected on the touch-sensitive surface and/or changes thereto, the capacitance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto, and/or the resistance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto are, optionally, used as a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are used directly to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is described in units corresponding to the substitute measurements). In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are converted to an estimated force or pressure and the estimated force or pressure is used to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is a pressure threshold measured in units of pressure).
As used in the specification and claims, the term “tactile output” refers to physical displacement of a device relative to a previous position of the device, physical displacement of a component (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface) of a device relative to another component (e.g., housing) of the device, or displacement of the component relative to a center of mass of the device that will be detected by a user with the user's sense of touch. For example, in situations where the device or the component of the device is in contact with a surface of a user that is sensitive to touch (e.g., a finger, palm, or other part of a user's hand), the tactile output generated by the physical displacement will be interpreted by the user as a tactile sensation corresponding to a perceived change in physical characteristics of the device or the component of the device. For example, movement of a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display or trackpad) is, optionally, interpreted by the user as a “down click” or “up click” of a physical actuator button. In some cases, a user will feel a tactile sensation such as a “down click” or “up click” even when there is no movement of a physical actuator button associated with the touch-sensitive surface that is physically pressed (e.g., displaced) by the user's movements. As another example, movement of the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, interpreted or sensed by the user as “roughness” of the touch-sensitive surface, even when there is no change in smoothness of the touch-sensitive surface. While such interpretations of touch by a user will be subject to the individualized sensory perceptions of the user, there are many sensory perceptions of touch that are common to a large majority of users. Thus, when a tactile output is described as corresponding to a particular sensory perception of a user (e.g., an “up click,” a “down click,” “roughness”), unless otherwise stated, the generated tactile output corresponds to physical displacement of the device or a component thereof that will generate the described sensory perception for a typical (or average) user.
It should be appreciated that device 100 is only one example of a portable multifunction device, and that device 100 optionally has more or fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or more components, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangement of the components. The various components shown in
Memory 102 optionally includes high-speed random access memory (e.g., DRAM, SRAM, DDR RAM or other random access solid state memory devices) and optionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Memory 102 optionally includes one or more storage devices remotely located from processor(s) 122. Access to memory 102 by other components of device 100, such as CPU 122 and the peripherals interface 118, is, optionally, controlled by controller 120.
Peripherals interface 118 can be used to couple input and output peripherals of the device to CPU 122 and memory 102. The one or more processors 122 run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructions stored in memory 102 to perform various functions for device 100 and to process data.
In some embodiments, peripherals interface 118, CPU 122, and controller 120 are, optionally, implemented on a single chip, such as chip 104. In some other embodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips.
RF (radio frequency) circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via the electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 optionally includes well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. RF circuitry 108 optionally communicates with networks, such as the Internet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), Evolution, Data-Only (EV-DO), HSPA, HSPA+, Dual-Cell HSPA (DC-HSPDA), long term evolution (LTE), near field communication (NFC), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, and/or Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.1 l a, IEEE 802.1 lb, IEEE 802.1l g and/or IEEE 802.1 ln).
Audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, and microphone 113 provide an audio interface between a user and device 100. Audio circuitry 110 receives audio data from peripherals interface 118, converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to speaker 111. Speaker 111 converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 also receives electrical signals converted by microphone 113 from sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to peripherals interface 118 for processing. Audio data is, optionally, retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory 102 and/or RF circuitry 108 by peripherals interface 118. In some embodiments, audio circuitry 110 also includes a headset jack. The headset jack provides an interface between audio circuitry 110 and removable audio input/output peripherals, such as output-only headphones or a headset with both output (e.g., a headphone for one or both ears) and input (e.g., a microphone).
I/O subsystem 106 connects input/output peripherals on device 100, such as touch screen 112 and other input control devices 116, to peripherals interface 118. I/O subsystem 106 optionally includes display controller 156, optical sensor controller 158, intensity sensor controller 159, haptic feedback controller 161, and one or more input controllers 160 for other input or control devices. The one or more input controllers 160 receive/send electrical signals from/to other input or control devices 116. The other input control devices 116 optionally include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments, input controller(s) 160 are, optionally, coupled to any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, infrared port, USB port, and a pointer device such as a mouse. The one or more buttons optionally include an up/down button for volume control of speaker 111 and/or microphone 113. The one or more buttons optionally include a push button.
Touch-sensitive display 112 provides an input interface and an output interface between the device and a user. Display controller 156 receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to touch screen 112. Touch screen 112 displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionally includes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all of the visual output corresponds to user-interface objects.
Touch screen 112 has a touch-sensitive surface, a sensor or a set of sensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactile contact. Touch screen 112 and display controller 156 (along with any associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory 102) detect contact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on touch screen 112 and convert the detected contact into interaction with user-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages or images) that are displayed on touch screen 112. In an exemplary embodiment, a point of contact between touch screen 112 and the user corresponds to an area under a finger of the user.
Touch screen 112 optionally uses LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED (light emitting diode) technology, or OLED (organic light emitting diode) technology, although other display technologies are used in other embodiments. Touch screen 112 and display controller 156 optionally detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with touch screen 112. In an exemplary embodiment, projected mutual capacitance sensing technology is used, such as that found in the IPHONE®, IPOD TOUCH®, and IPAD® from APPLE Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.
Touch screen 112 optionally has a video resolution in excess of 400 dpi. In some embodiments, touch screen 112 has a video resolution of at least 600 dpi. In other embodiments, touch screen 112 has a video resolution of at least 1000 dpi. The user optionally makes contact with touch screen 112 using any suitable object or digit, such as a stylus or a finger. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures. In some embodiments, the device translates the finger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user.
In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, device 100 optionally includes a touchpad (not shown) for activating or deactivating particular functions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive area of the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. The touchpad is, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from touch screen 112 or an extension of the touch-sensitive surface formed by the touch screen.
Device 100 also includes power system 162 for powering the various components. Power system 162 optionally includes a power management system, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)), and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable devices.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more optical sensors 164.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more proximity sensors 166.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more tactile output generators 167.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more accelerometers 168.
In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102 include operating system 126, communication module (or set of instructions) 128, contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130, graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, text input module (or set of instructions) 134, Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions) 135, and applications (or sets of instructions) 136. Furthermore, in some embodiments memory 102 stores device/global internal state 157, as shown in
Operating system 126 (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components.
Communication module 128 facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports 124 and also includes various software components for handling data received by RF circuitry 108 and/or external port 124. External port 124 (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with the 30-pin connector used on some embodiments of IPOD devices from APPLE Inc. In other embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 8-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with the 8-pin connector used in LIGHTNING connectors from APPLE Inc.
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects contact with touch screen 112 (in conjunction with display controller 156) and other touch sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Contact/motion module 130 includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact, such as determining if contact has occurred (e.g., detecting a finger-down event), determining an intensity of the contact (e.g., the force or pressure of the contact or a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact), determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., detecting one or more finger-dragging events), and determining if the contact has ceased (e.g., detecting a finger-up event or a break in contact). Contact/motion module 130 receives contact data from the touch-sensitive surface. Determining movement of the point of contact, which is represented by a series of contact data, optionally includes determining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point of contact. These operations are, optionally, applied to single contacts (e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g., “multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 and display controller 156 detect contact on a touchpad.
In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 uses a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user (e.g., to determine whether a user has selected or “clicked” on an affordance). In some embodiments at least a subset of the intensity thresholds are determined in accordance with software parameters (e.g., the intensity thresholds are not determined by the activation thresholds of particular physical actuators and can be adjusted without changing the physical hardware of device 100). For example, a mouse “click” threshold of a trackpad or touch-sensitive display can be set to any of a large range of predefined thresholds values without changing the trackpad or touch-sensitive display hardware. Additionally, in some implementations a user of the device is provided with software settings for adjusting one or more of the set of intensity thresholds (e.g., by adjusting individual intensity thresholds and/or by adjusting a plurality of intensity thresholds at once with a system-level click “intensity” parameter).
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects a gesture input by a user. Different gestures on the touch-sensitive surface have different contact patterns (e.g., different motions, timings, and/or intensities of detected contacts). Thus, a gesture is, optionally, detected by detecting a particular contact pattern. For example, detecting a finger tap gesture includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event at the same position (or substantially the same position) as the finger-down event (e.g., at the position of an icon). As another example, detecting a finger swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive surface includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting one or more finger-dragging events, and, in some embodiments, subsequently followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event.
Graphics module 132 includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on touch screen 112 or other display, including components for changing the visual impact (e.g., brightness, transparency, saturation, contrast, or other visual property) of graphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including without limitation text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations and the like.
In some embodiments, graphics module 132 stores data representing graphics to be used. Each graphic is, optionally, assigned a corresponding code. Graphics module 132 receives, from applications etc., one or more codes specifying graphics to be displayed along with, if necessary, coordinating data and other graphic property data, and then generates screen image data to output to display controller 156. In some embodiments, graphics module 132 retrieves graphics stored with multitasking data 176 of each application 136 (
Haptic feedback module 133 includes various software components for generating instructions used by tactile output generator(s) 167 to produce tactile outputs at one or more locations on device 100 in response to user interactions with device 100.
Text input module 134, which is, optionally, a component of graphics module 132, provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications (e.g., contacts module 137, e-mail client module 140, IM module 141, browser module 147, and any other application that needs text input).
GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138 for use in location-based dialing, to camera 143 as picture/video metadata, and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets).
Applications (“apps”) 136 optionally include the following modules (or sets of instructions), or a subset or superset thereof:
Examples of other applications 136 that are, optionally, stored in memory 102 include other word processing applications, other image editing applications, drawing applications, presentation applications, website creation applications, disk authoring applications, spreadsheet applications, JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, widget creator module for making user-created widgets 149-6, and voice replication.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, contacts module 137 is, optionally, used to manage an address book or contact list (e.g., stored in contacts module 137 in memory 102 or memory 370), including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from the address book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating an image with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephone numbers or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communications by telephone module 138, video conference module 139, e-mail client module 140, or IM module 141; and so forth.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, telephone module 138 is, optionally, used to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in address book 137, modify a telephone number that has been entered, dial a respective telephone number, conduct a conversation and disconnect or hang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, contact list 137, and telephone module 138, videoconferencing module 139 includes executable instructions to initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, e-mail client module 140 includes executable instructions to create, send, receive, and manage e-mail in response to user instructions. In conjunction with image management module 144, e-mail client module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e-mails with still or video images taken with camera module 143.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the instant messaging module 141 includes executable instructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modify previously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receive instant messages and to view received instant messages. In some embodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages optionally include graphics, photos, audio files, video files, and/or other attachments as are supported in an MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). As used herein, “instant messaging” refers to both telephony-based messages (e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages (e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, map module 154, and video and music player module 146, fitness module 142 includes executable instructions to create workouts (e.g., with time, distance, and/or calorie burning goals), communicate with workout sensors (sports devices such as a watch or a pedometer), receive workout sensor data, calibrate sensors used to monitor a workout, select and play music for a workout, and display, store and transmit workout data.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and image management module 144, camera module 143 includes executable instructions to capture still images or video (including a video stream) and store them into memory 102, modify characteristics of a still image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory 102.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and camera module 143, image management module 144 includes executable instructions to arrange, modify (e.g., edit), or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, browser module 147 includes executable instructions to browse the Internet in accordance with user instructions, including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages or portions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, calendar module 148 includes executable instructions to create, display, modify, and store calendars and data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to do lists, etc.) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, widget modules 149 are mini-applications that are, optionally, downloaded and used by a user (e.g., weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or created by the user (e.g., user-created widget 149-6). In some embodiments, a widget includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, a widget creator module (not pictured) is, optionally, used by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portion of a web page into a widget).
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, search module 151 includes executable instructions to search for text, music, sound, image, video, and/or other files in memory 102 that match one or more search criteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, and browser module 147, video and music player module 152 includes executable instructions that allow the user to download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AAC files, and executable instructions to display, present or otherwise play back videos (e.g., on touch screen 112 or on an external, connected display via external port 124). In some embodiments, device 100 optionally includes the functionality of an MP3 player, such as an IPOD from APPLE Inc.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, notes module 153 includes executable instructions to create and manage notes, to do lists, and the like in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, and browser module 147, map module 154 is, optionally, used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and data associated with maps (e.g., driving directions; data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location; and other location-based data) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, online video module 155 includes instructions that allow the user to access, browse, receive (e.g., by streaming and/or download), play back (e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connected display via external port 124), send an e-mail with a link to a particular online video, and otherwise manage online videos in one or more file formats, such as H.264. In some embodiments, instant messaging module 141, rather than e-mail client module 140, is used to send a link to a particular online video.
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In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and contact intensity sensor(s) 165, application selector includes executable instructions to display affordances corresponding to applications (e.g., one or more of applications 136) and allow users of device 100 to select affordances for use in a multitasking mode (e.g., a mode in which more than one application is displayed and active on touch screen 112 at the same time).
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and application selector 182, compatibility module 184 includes executable instructions to determine whether a particular application is compatible with a multitasking mode (e.g., by checking a flag, such as a flag stored with multitasking data 176 for each application 136, as pictured in
In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and contact intensity sensor(s) 165, PIP module 186 includes executable instructions to determine reduced sizes for video content and to determine an appropriate location on touch screen 112 for displaying the reduced size video content (e.g., a location that avoids important content within an active application that is overlaid by the reduced size video content).
Each of the above identified modules and applications correspond to a set of executable instructions for performing one or more functions described above and the methods described in this application (e.g., the computer-implemented methods and other information processing methods described herein). These modules (i.e., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise re-arranged in various embodiments. In some embodiments, memory 102 optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, memory 102 optionally stores additional modules and data structures not described above.
In some embodiments, device 100 is a device where operation of a predefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screen and/or a touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of device 100, the number of physical input control devices (such as push buttons, dials, and the like) on device 100 is, optionally, reduced.
The predefined set of functions that are performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad optionally include navigation between user interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user, navigates device 100 to a main, home, or root menu from any user interface that is displayed on device 100. In such embodiments, a “menu button” is implemented using a touchpad. In some other embodiments, the menu button is a physical push button or other physical input control device instead of a touchpad.
Event sorter 170 receives event information and determines the application 136-1 and application view 175 of application 136-1 to which to deliver the event information. Event sorter 170 includes event monitor 171 and event dispatcher module 174. In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes application internal state 192, which indicates the current application view(s) displayed on touch sensitive display 112 when the application is active or executing. In some embodiments, device/global internal state 157 is used by event sorter 170 to determine which application(s) is (are) currently active, and application internal state 192 is used by event sorter 170 to determine application views 175 to which to deliver event information.
In some embodiments, application internal state 192 includes additional information, such as one or more of: resume information to be used when application 136-1 resumes execution, user interface state information that indicates information being displayed or that is ready for display by application 136-1, a state queue for enabling the user to go back to a prior state or view of application 136-1, and a redo/undo queue of previous actions taken by the user. In some embodiments, application internal state 192 is used by multitasking module 180 to help facilitate multitasking operations (e.g., multitasking module 180 retrieves resume information from application internal state 192 in order to re-display a previously dismissed side application).
In some embodiments, each application 136-1 stores multitasking data 176. In some embodiments, multitasking data 176 includes a compatibility flag (e.g., a flag accessed by compatibility module 184 to determine whether a particular application is compatible with multitasking mode), a list of compatible sizes for displaying the application 136-1 in the multitasking mode (e.g., ¼, ⅓, ½, or full-screen), and various sizes of graphics (e.g., different graphics for each size within the list of compatible sizes).
Event monitor 171 receives event information from peripherals interface 118. Event information includes information about a sub-event (e.g., a user touch on touch-sensitive display 112, as part of a multi-touch gesture). Peripherals interface 118 transmits information it receives from I/O subsystem 106 or a sensor, such as proximity sensor 166, accelerometer(s) 168, and/or microphone 113 (through audio circuitry 110). Information that peripherals interface 118 receives from I/O subsystem 106 includes information from touch-sensitive display 112 or a touch-sensitive surface.
In some embodiments, event monitor 171 sends requests to the peripherals interface 118 at predetermined intervals. In response, peripherals interface 118 transmits event information. In other embodiments, peripherals interface 118 transmits event information only when there is a significant event (e.g., receiving an input above a predetermined noise threshold and/or for more than a predetermined duration).
In some embodiments, event sorter 170 also includes a hit view determination module 172 and/or an active event recognizer determination module 173.
Hit view determination module 172 provides software procedures for determining where a sub-event has taken place within one or more views, when touch sensitive display 112 displays more than one view. Views are made up of controls and other elements that a user can see on the display.
Another aspect of the user interface associated with an application is a set of views, sometimes herein called application views or user interface windows, in which information is displayed and touch-based gestures occur. The application views (of a respective application) in which a touch is detected optionally correspond to programmatic levels within a programmatic or view hierarchy of the application. For example, the lowest level view in which a touch is detected is, optionally, called the hit view, and the set of events that are recognized as proper inputs are, optionally, determined based, at least in part, on the hit view of the initial touch that begins a touch-based gesture.
Hit view determination module 172 receives information related to sub-events of a touch-based gesture. When an application has multiple views organized in a hierarchy, hit view determination module 172 identifies a hit view as the lowest view in the hierarchy which should handle the sub-event. In most circumstances, the hit view is the lowest level view in which an initiating sub-event occurs (i.e., the first sub-event in the sequence of sub-events that form an event or potential event). Once the hit view is identified by the hit view determination module, the hit view typically receives all sub-events related to the same touch or input source for which it was identified as the hit view.
Active event recognizer determination module 173 determines which view or views within a view hierarchy should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In some embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that only the hit view should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that all views that include the physical location of a sub-event are actively involved views, and therefore determines that all actively involved views should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, even if touch sub-events were entirely confined to the area associated with one particular view, views higher in the hierarchy would still remain as actively involved views.
Event dispatcher module 174 dispatches the event information to an event recognizer (e.g., event recognizer 178). In embodiments including active event recognizer determination module 173, event dispatcher module 174 delivers the event information to an event recognizer determined by active event recognizer determination module 173. In some embodiments, event dispatcher module 174 stores in an event queue the event information, which is retrieved by a respective event receiver 181.
In some embodiments, operating system 126 includes event sorter 170. Alternatively, application 136-1 includes event sorter 170. In yet other embodiments, event sorter 170 is a stand-alone module, or a part of another module stored in memory 102, such as contact/motion module 130.
In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes a plurality of event handlers 177 and one or more application views 175, each of which includes instructions for handling touch events that occur within a respective view of the application's user interface. Each application view 175 of the application 136-1 includes one or more event recognizers 180. Typically, a respective application view 175 includes a plurality of event recognizers 180. In other embodiments, one or more of event recognizers 180 are part of a separate module, such as a user interface kit (not shown) or a higher level object from which application 136-1 inherits methods and other properties. In some embodiments, a respective event handler 177 includes one or more of: data updater 177-1, object updater 177-2, GUI updater 177-3, and/or event data 179 received from event sorter 170. Event handler 177 optionally utilizes or calls data updater 177-1, object updater 177-2 or GUI updater 177-3 to update the application internal state 192. Alternatively, one or more of the application views 175 includes one or more respective event handlers 177. Also, in some embodiments, one or more of data updater 177-1, object updater 177-2, and GUI updater 177-3 are included in a respective application view 175.
A respective event recognizer 178 receives event information (e.g., event data 179) from event sorter 170, and identifies an event from the event information. Event recognizer 178 includes event receiver 181 and event comparator 183. In some embodiments, event recognizer 178 also includes at least a subset of: metadata 189, and event delivery instructions 190 (which optionally include sub-event delivery instructions).
Event receiver 181 receives event information from event sorter 170. The event information includes information about a sub-event, for example, a touch or a touch movement. Depending on the sub-event, the event information also includes additional information, such as location of the sub-event. When the sub-event concerns motion of a touch, the event information optionally also includes speed and direction of the sub-event. In some embodiments, events include rotation of the device from one orientation to another (e.g., from portrait to landscape, or vice versa), and the event information includes corresponding information about the current orientation (also called device attitude) of the device.
Event comparator 183 compares the event information to predefined event or sub-event definitions and, based on the comparison, determines an event or sub-event, or determines or updates the state of an event or sub-event. In some embodiments, event comparator 183 includes event definitions 185. Event definitions 185 contain definitions of events (e.g., predefined sequences of sub-events), for example, event 1 (187-1), event 2 (187-2), and others. In some embodiments, sub-events in an event 187 include, for example, touch begin, touch end, touch movement, touch cancellation, and multiple touching. In one example, the definition for event 1 (187-1) is a double tap on a displayed object. The double tap, for example, comprises a first touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a first lift-off (touch end) for a predetermined phase, a second touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, and a second lift-off (touch end) for a predetermined phase. In another example, the definition for event 2 (187-2) is a dragging on a displayed object. The dragging, for example, comprises a touch (or contact) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a movement of the touch across touch-sensitive display 112, and lift-off of the touch (touch end). In some embodiments, the event also includes information for one or more associated event handlers 177.
In some embodiments, event definition 185 includes a definition of an event for a respective user-interface object. In some embodiments, event comparator 183 performs a hit test to determine which user-interface object is associated with a sub-event. For example, in an application view in which three user-interface objects are displayed on touch-sensitive display 112, when a touch is detected on touch-sensitive display 112, event comparator 183 performs a hit test to determine which of the three user-interface objects is associated with the touch (sub-event). If each displayed object is associated with a respective event handler 177, the event comparator uses the result of the hit test to determine which event handler 177 should be activated. For example, event comparator 183 selects an event handler associated with the sub-event and the object triggering the hit test.
In some embodiments, the definition for a respective event 187 also includes delayed actions that delay delivery of the event information until after it has been determined whether the sequence of sub-events does or does not correspond to the event recognizer's event type.
When a respective event recognizer 178 determines that the series of sub-events do not match any of the events in event definitions 185, the respective event recognizer 178 enters an event impossible, event failed, or event ended state, after which it disregards subsequent sub-events of the touch-based gesture. In this situation, other event recognizers, if any remain active for the hit view, continue to track and process sub-events of an ongoing touch-based gesture.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 178 includes metadata 189 with configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how the event delivery system should perform sub-event delivery to actively involved event recognizers. In some embodiments, metadata 189 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how event recognizers interact, or are enabled to interact, with one another. In some embodiments, metadata 189 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate whether sub-events are delivered to varying levels in the view or programmatic hierarchy.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 178 activates event handler 177 associated with an event when one or more particular sub-events of an event are recognized. In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 178 delivers event information associated with the event to event handler 177. Activating an event handler 177 is distinct from sending (and deferred sending) sub-events to a respective hit view. In some embodiments, event recognizer 178 throws a flag associated with the recognized event, and event handler 177 associated with the flag catches the flag and performs a predefined process.
In some embodiments, event delivery instructions 190 include sub-event delivery instructions that deliver event information about a sub-event without activating an event handler. Instead, the sub-event delivery instructions deliver event information to event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or to actively involved views. Event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or with actively involved views receive the event information and perform a predetermined process.
In some embodiments, data updater 177-1 creates and updates data used in application 136-1. For example, data updater 177-1 updates the telephone number used in contacts module 137, or stores a video file used in video and music player module 145. In some embodiments, object updater 177-2 creates and updates objects used in application 136-1. For example, object updater 177-2 creates a new user-interface object or updates the position of a user-interface object. GUI updater 177-3 updates the GUI. For example, GUI updater 177-3 prepares display information and sends it to graphics module 132 for display on a touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, GUI updater 177-3 communicates with multitasking module 180 in order to facilitate resizing of various applications displayed in a multitasking mode.
In some embodiments, event handler(s) 177 includes or has access to data updater 177-1, object updater 177-2, and GUI updater 177-3. In some embodiments, data updater 177-1, object updater 177-2, and GUI updater 177-3 are included in a single module of a respective application 136-1 or application view 175. In other embodiments, they are included in two or more software modules.
It shall be understood that the foregoing discussion regarding event handling of user touches on touch-sensitive displays also applies to other forms of user inputs to operate multifunction devices 100 with input-devices, not all of which are initiated on touch screens. For example, mouse movement and mouse button presses, optionally coordinated with single or multiple keyboard presses or holds; contact movements such as taps, drags, scrolls, etc., on touch-pads; pen stylus inputs; movement of the device; oral instructions; detected eye movements; biometric inputs; and/or any combination thereof is optionally utilized as inputs corresponding to sub-events which define an event to be recognized.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more physical buttons, such as a “home” or menu button 204. As described previously, menu button 204 is, optionally, used to navigate to any application 136 in a set of applications that are, optionally executed on device 100. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI displayed on touch screen 112.
In one embodiment, device 100 includes touch screen 112, menu button 204, push button 206 for powering the device on/off and locking the device, volume adjustment button(s) 208, Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card slot 210, head set jack 212, and docking/charging external port 124. Push button 206 is, optionally, used to turn the power on/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefined time interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate an unlock process. In an alternative embodiment, device 100 also accepts verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through microphone 113. Device 100 also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165 for detecting intensity of contacts on touch screen 112 and/or one or more tactile output generators 167 for generating tactile outputs for a user of device 100.
Although some of the examples which follow will be given with reference to inputs on touch screen 112 (where the touch sensitive surface and the display are combined), in some embodiments, the device detects inputs on a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the display, as shown in
Additionally, while the following examples are given primarily with reference to finger inputs (e.g., finger contacts, finger tap gestures, finger swipe gestures), it should be understood that, in some embodiments, one or more of the finger inputs are replaced with input from another input device (e.g., a mouse based input or stylus input). For example, a swipe gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click (e.g., instead of a contact) followed by movement of the cursor along the path of the swipe (e.g., instead of movement of the contact). As another example, a tap gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click while the cursor is located over the location of the tap gesture (e.g., instead of detection of the contact followed by ceasing to detect the contact). Similarly, when multiple user inputs are simultaneously detected, it should be understood that multiple computer mice are, optionally, used simultaneously, or mouse and finger contacts are, optionally, used simultaneously.
As used herein, the term “focus selector” refers to an input element that indicates a current part of a user interface with which a user is interacting. In some implementations that include a cursor or other location marker, the cursor acts as a “focus selector,” so that when an input (e.g., a press input) is detected on a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touch-sensitive surface 195 in
Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”) and associated processes that may be implemented on an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, such as device 100.
It should be noted that the icon labels illustrated in
In some embodiments, the home screen includes two regions: a tray 408 and an icon region 201. As shown in
The tray 408 optionally includes icons of the user's favorite applications on the computing device 100. Initially, the tray 408 may include a set of default icons. The user may customize the tray 408 to include other icons than the default icons. In some embodiments, the user customizes the tray 408 by selecting an icon from the icon region 201 and dragging and dropping the selected icon into the tray 408 to add the icon to the tray 408. To remove an icon from the tray 408, the user selects an icon displayed in the favorites region for a threshold amount of time which causes the computing device 100 to display a control to remove the icon. User selection of the control causes the computing device 100 to remove the icon from the tray 408.
In some embodiments, the launch gesture includes a contact, e.g., a finger or stylus tap, on an icon displayed in the icon view 200. In general, a gesture is considered to be “on” an icon if the contact touches at least a portion of the icon displayed on the touch screen 112. In
Responsive to user selection of the home button 204 as indicated by contact 301 of the home button 204, the computing device 100 dismisses the application view 400 of the calendar application from the touch screen 112 and displays the icon view 200 as shown in
In some embodiments, the shared view gesture includes the selection of an icon from the icon view 200 and dragging the icon a threshold distance from its initial (i.e., first) position in the icon view 200 to a second position within the icon view 200. For example, the icon is dragged a threshold distance of five pixels of the touch screen 112 from the icon's initial position to signify a request to display an associated application in a shared screen view. In
In some embodiments, a shared screen view is activated using an application selector (also referred to as an application launcher, application selector, multitasking selector, application selector, etc.). An application selector is a user interface element that allows for selection of one or more applications for display in a shared screen view. In some embodiments, activation of the shared screen view using an application selector replaces the use of the shared view gesture, while in other embodiments, the shared screen view may be activated using either the application selector or the shared view gesture. In some embodiments, the shared view gesture is used to activate a shared screen view from the home screen, while the application selector is used to activated a shared screen view from any other screen (e.g., while an application is currently displayed). Application selectors and additional details regarding activating and interacting with a shared screen view are discussed below in reference to
The shared screen view 600 shown in
In the shared screen view 600, the computing device 100 displays the application view 400 of the calendar application in a first portion 605 (i.e., a right portion) of the touch screen 112 and displays the application view 601 of the messaging application in a second portion 603 (i.e., a left portion) of the touch screen 112. As shown in
In some embodiments, the computing device 100 automatically displays an application requested for activation in a shared screen view in the second portion 603 of the shared screen view 600 with a default width. The default width is optionally ¼ of the width of the touch screen 112. One or more other applications executing in the background of the device 100 are displayed in the shared screen view 600 in the remaining ¾ of the width of the touch screen 112. For example, the second portion 603 displaying the messages application has a width substantially equivalent to ¼ of the width of the touch screen 112 and the first portion 605 displaying the calendar application has a width substantially equivalent to ¾ of the width of the touch screen 112. Alternatively, the second portion 603 has a default width of ½ or ⅓ of the width of the touch screen 112 or a default size that is configured by a user of device 100.
In some embodiments, responsive to the computing device 100 detecting a shared screen view gesture directed towards an icon (or detecting input at an affordance within an application selector), the computing device 100 determines whether the selected application corresponding to the icon is resizable. The computing device 100 determines whether the application is resizable responsive to detecting the shared screen view gesture to avoid having to make the determination at the time when a request is received to change the width of the application. The prior determination allows the computing device 100 to resize the width of the application without any added delay when the request to resize the width of the application is received. However, in other embodiments the computing device 100 determines whether the application is resizable responsive to receiving a request to change the width of the application. In some embodiments, determining whether the selected application is resizable is performed by multitasking module 180 (or a component thereof, such as compatibility module 184,
If the application is resizable, the computing device 100 determines if the width of the application is continuously resizable or if the width of the application is only resizable to one or more predetermined widths (as described in more detail below). If the width of the application is continuously resizable, the user can change the width of the application to any desired width. If the width of the application is only resizable to predetermined widths, the user can only change the width of the application to one of the predetermined widths.
If the computing device 100 determines that the width of the application is fixed (i.e., the width cannot be resized), the computing device 100 determines the default width with which the application can be displayed on the touch screen 112. The default width, in some embodiments, is ¼ of the width of the touch screen 112. Alternatively, the default width is, in some embodiments, ⅓ of the width of the touch screen 112, ½ of the width of the touch screen 112, or a width configured by a user of device 100. The computing device 100 also determines, in some embodiments whether any other active applications, such as those executing in the background of the computing device 100, are resizable as described above.
Furthermore, in some embodiments multiple applications up to a maximum number of applications (e.g., three applications) can be displayed in the shared screen view. Responsive to a shared screen view gesture to add an application to the shared screen view, the computing device 100 determines a total number of activated applications that would be displayed in the shared screen view as a result of adding the requested application to the shared screen view. If adding the application causes the total number of applications for display in the shared screen view to exceed the maximum number (i.e. a threshold number), the computing device 100 removes one of the applications from the shared screen view, as will be further described below. For example, the computing device 100 removes the oldest (i.e., least recently activated) application from the shared screen view.
As mentioned previously, the user optionally resizes the width of the applications displayed in the shared screen view. The computing device 100 detects a gesture provided by the user that is indicative of a user request to resize, e.g., change the width of the applications displayed in the shared screen view.
The resize gesture includes the user making contact with two fingers (in some embodiments, the two fingers make contact in a substantially simultaneous manner) on the touch screen 112 with the first finger contacting an application view of a first application displayed in the shared screen view and the second finger contacting another application view of a second application displayed in the shared screen view. As shown in
In the example user interface shown in
As mentioned previously, if the width of an application is resizable, the width is either continuously resizable or resizable to one or more predetermined widths. Assuming that both the messages application and the calendar application are continuously resizable, the width of application view 601 (messages application, e.g., instant messaging module 141) increases in proportion with the movement of contact 607A and contact 607B to the right. Similarly, the width of application view 400 (calendars application, e.g., calendar module 148) simultaneously decreases in proportion with the movement of contact 607A and contact 607B to the right.
If the width of a first application displayed in the shared screen view is only resizable to one or more predetermined widths and the second application is continuously resizable, the predetermined width for the first application controls the width for the second application. That is, responsive to detecting the resize gesture, the computing device 100 automatically displays the first application at one of the predetermined widths and displays the second application at a width corresponding to a width of the remaining portion of the touch screen 112 that is not occupied by the first application.
For example, assume that the messages application shown in
If the user moves the two fingers contacting the touch screen 112 within a threshold distance (e.g., five pixels or some other value configured by a user of the device 100) of a vertical edge of the touch screen 112, the computing device 100 detects that the contact 607A and contact 607B are within the threshold distance of the vertical edge and dismisses the application bordered by the vertical edge from the shared screen view. In
As shown in
If the user moves the two fingers contacting the touch screen 112 within a threshold distance of the vertical edge of the touch screen 112, the application bordered by the vertical edge (e.g., messages application in this example) is dismissed from the shared screen view 600. In
However, as mentioned previously, the messages application can only be displayed with predefined fixed widths. As contact 607A and contact 607B move towards the right as shown in
Additional details regarding resizing applications in the shared screen view are discussed below in reference to
In some embodiments, the user inputs a “flick” gesture to dismiss one of the applications displayed in the shared screen view. The flick gesture includes the user making substantially simultaneous contact with two fingers on the touch screen 112 with the first finger contacting an application view of the first application displayed in the shared screen view and the second finger contacting the second application view of a second application displayed in the shared screen view. As shown in
The flick gesture also includes a quick vertical movement of the finger placed on the application that the user wants to dismiss while the other finger maintains its position on the touch screen 112. For example, the flick gesture includes a quick vertical movement of contact 701B in the direction of the arrow shown in
Additional details regarding dismissing and promoting applications displayed in the shared screen view are discussed below in reference to
Some embodiments also allow users to quickly swap locations of concurrently displayed applications in a shared screen view. For example, in some embodiments, the user inputs a rotate gesture indicative of a request for the applications displayed in the shared screen view to switch positions on the touch screen 112. In the shared screen view 600 illustrated in
The rotate gesture includes the user initially making contact (in some embodiments, substantially simultaneous or concurrent contact) with two fingers (e.g., a first finger and a thumb or a first finger and a second finger) on the touch screen 112 with the first finger contacting an application view of a first application displayed in the shared screen view and the second finger contacting another application view of a second application displayed in the shared screen view. As shown in
Once the user's first finger and/or second finger are no longer contacting the touch screen 112, the computing device 100 detects completion of the rotate gesture and displays the application view 601 and application view 400 such that they have switched places on the touch screen 112. In particular, the computing device 100 displays application view 400 of the calendar application in the first portion 605 which was previously occupied by application view 601 of the messages application (
An additional gesture for swapping the locations of concurrently displayed applications is discussed below in reference to
As mentioned previously, user selection of home button 204 causes the computing device 100 to dismiss the shared screen view from being displayed on the touch screen 112 and to instead display the icon view 200 on the touch screen 112. Although the shared screen view is no longer displayed on the touch screen 112, any applications displayed in the shared screen view are still executing as background processes on the computing device 100.
Alternatively, the computing device 100, in some embodiments, receives a close gesture from the user to dismiss the shared screen view, as shown in
Also,
If multiple applications are already executing in the background of the computing device 100 at the time a shared screen view gesture is received, the computing device 100 displays the application view of the application being requested to be displayed in the shared screen view such that the application view is locked to the position of the user's finger on the touch screen 112. For example, responsive to the shared screen view gesture at the notes icon 219, the computing device 100 displays the shared screen view 600 as shown in
If the user selects the home button 204 in
In
When the shared screen view 600 is displayed as shown in
In some embodiments, the measurement indicated by the UI element 1101 is a percentage of the touch screen 112 occupied by each of the applications displayed in the shared screen view 1100. For example, the UI element 1101 indicates that the application view 601 occupies 25% of the touch screen 112 whereas the application view 400 occupies 75% of the touch screen 112. Alternatively, the measurement is a pixel width of the touch screen 112 occupied by each of the applications displayed in the shared screen view 1100. In another example, the measurement indicates at least one of a first width option describing a predetermined width for the first application in which the first application can be displayed and a second width option describing a predetermined width for the second application in which the second application can be displayed if one or more of the applications can only be resized to predetermined widths. Note that the UI element 1101 is optionally displayed in the shared screen view 600 shown in
Similar to
In some embodiments, the computing device 100 displays notifications indicating activities or events associated with applications on computing device 100. When an activity or an event occurs, the computing device 100 displays a notification informing the user of the activity. An activity includes receiving a text message in the messages application from another computing device 100, displaying a reminder of an upcoming event indicated in the calendar application, receiving an e-mail in the mail application, receiving a request for a video chat in the video chat application, or any other type of activity.
In some embodiments, the user activates the application associated with the notification in the shared screen view via a shared screen view gesture on the notification. Note that the shared view gesture shown in
The shared screen view gesture shown in
Notifications can also be displayed while an application view of an application is displayed on the touch screen 112 as shown in
Additional details regarding gestures for interacting with a notification while in the shared screen view are discussed below in reference to
In some embodiments, the applications in the array view are applications currently running on the computing device 100 and, in some other embodiments, the applications in the array view can be all applications installed on the computing device 100. The applications are presented as discrete miniature (mini) applications (apps) and the discrete mini apps display application views (i.e., active or cached views) of the corresponding applications. However, the displayed application views cannot be interacted with by a user of the computing device 100. In some embodiments, user interface elements are displayed between each pair of discrete mini apps in the array view.
In some embodiments, a user can use user interface elements 1315 to reorder or modify the applications presented in the shared screen view. A user interface element 1315 is, in some embodiments, displayed between each or one or more pairs of discrete mini apps in the array view. The user interface element 1315 can include visual indicators that indicate the pair of discrete mini apps can be joined. For example, the visual indicators can include arrows, patterns, colors, animations, or any other suitable indicator of joining discrete mini apps to display in a shared screen view. For example, if the user interface element is between two unjoined discrete mini apps, such as user interface element 1315A in
To join two unjoined discrete mini apps, such as 1310A and 1310B, a user can use a gesture to select a user interface element 1315A between the discrete mini apps 1310A and 1310B. The gesture can be a contact 1305A at a location corresponding to the user interface element 1315A displayed on the computing device 100. Responsive to detection of the contact 1305A, the discrete mini apps 1310A and 1310B are placed substantially adjacent to each other, as shown in
Additionally, responsive to detection of the contact 1305A, the user interface element 1315A can be visually distinguished to include visual indicators that indicate the pair of discrete mini apps 1310A and 1310B can be unjoined, as shown in
In some embodiments, discrete mini apps can be joined to be displayed in a shared screen view based on a gesture, as shown in
In some embodiments, the discrete mini apps 1310B and 1310C are unjoined, as shown in
In some embodiments, the zoomed out array view 1400 can be accessed from the array view 1300, as shown in
In a similar manner as the array gesture described in 14A and 14B, a gesture can be used to return to the array view from the zoomed out array view 1400. The array-to-multi gesture can include a first contact 1405A and a concurrent second contact 1405B in the array view 1400, as shown in
Functionality of the zoomed out array view includes all functionality present in the array view 1300. For example, discrete mini apps 1410 can be joined and unjoined by user interface elements 1415 or through the join and unjoin gesture as described previously in conjunction with
Applications can be reordered in the array view through a gesture. The reorder gesture can include a contact 1505 at a location corresponding to a discrete mini app such as 1510C, as shown in
In the example shown in
In some embodiments, tapping within an input field within the non-focused application changes the application to which keyboard output is sent. For example, the device 100 displays a first application (an application that is the currently-focused application and is also displaying a keyboard, such as messages application 1610A in the above example) and a second application (a non-focused application, such as web browser application 1642 in the above example) in a shared screen view. The device then detects a first contact within an input field (e.g., input element 1682) of the non-focused application. In response to detecting the first contact within the input field of the non-focused application, the device determines whether an input mode of the keyboard matches an input type accepted by the input field. In accordance with a determination that the input type accepted by the input field does not match the input mode of the keyboard, the device changes the input mode of the keyboard. For example, in accordance with a determination that input element 1684 only accepts emoticons (also referred to herein as emoji) as input, then in response to the first contact being within the input element 1684, the device changes the input mode of the keyboard from a first input mode (e.g., U.S. English mode) to a second input mode (e.g., U.S. emoji). In accordance with a determination that the input type accepted by the input field does match the input mode of the keyboard, the device maintains the input mode of the keyboard and outputs input received at the keyboard to the non-focused application. In some embodiments, in response to detecting the first contact at the input field, the device also changes the currently-focused application (e.g., the device updates the first application to be the non-focused application and updates the second application to be the currently-focused application).
In some embodiments, changing the input mode includes changing the keyboard to operate as a different keyboard (e.g., if the input field only accepts Japanese characters, then the device updates the keyboard to operate as a Japanese keyboard and to cease operating as a U.S. English keyboard).
Although the keyboard 1620 is pictured in
Additional details relating to sharing objects within a shared screen view and, more specifically, to dragging content between applications while in a shared screen view are discussed below in reference to
The computing device 100 determines if the application associated with the icon is compatible with PIP configuration (e.g., by communicating with PIP module 186,
An application can also be presented in a PIP layout through a second gesture in an application view 1710 of the application. The application view for example displays an application at a first width in a first portion of the display screen.
Upon completion of the second PIP gesture, the application is presented as a PIP 1720 at a location associated with the final location as shown in
Additional details relating to a picture-in-picture display mode are discussed below in reference to
Additional text-selection gestures are provided in some embodiments. More specifically,
Referring now to
The computing device 100 displays 2200 a first application. The first application is displayed on the computing device 100 in a full-screen mode such as the calendar application shown in
The computing device detects 2205 a gesture to display a second application in a shared screen view. In some embodiments, the computing device 100 detects a contact on an icon corresponding to the second application and a continuous movement of the contact from a first location of the icon to a second location on the icon view without the contact breaking contact with the touch screen 112. For example, in
Referring now to
The computing device 100 displays 2300 a first application and a second application in a shared screen view. The shared screen view includes the first application displayed in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application displayed in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display where the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping. The computing device 100 detects 2301 a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion. The computing device 100 detects 2303 continuous movement of the first contact and the second contact. The continuous movement has a lateral component of movement without the first contact and the second contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to the continuous movement, the computing device 100 displays 2305 the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display and the second application in the second portion each with a revised width.
Referring now to
The computing device 100 displays 2400 an icon view in a full-screen mode, the icon view displaying a plurality of icons each associated with an application on the electronic device. The computing device 100 displays 2401 a notification overlaying at least a portion of the icon view, the notification indicative of an activity associated with a first application. The computing device 100 detects 2403 a contact on the notification at a first location. The computing device 100 detects 2405 continuous movement of the contact from the first location to a second location. The continuous movement has a vertical component of movement without the contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to detecting the continuous movement, the computing device 100 dismisses 2407 the icon view and the notification and displays a shared screen view. The shared screen view includes the first application displayed in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display and a second application displayed in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping.
Referring now to
The computing device 100 displays 2500 a first application and a second application in a shared screen view. The shared screen view includes the first application displayed in a first portion of the touch-sensitive display with a perspective effect and the second application displayed in a second portion of the touch-sensitive display with the perspective effect, wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping. The computing device 100 detects a first contact on the first application displayed in the first portion and a concurrent second contact on the second application displayed in the second portion. Responsive to the detection, the computing device 100 displays 2503 a user interface element across at least a portion of the shared screen view. The user interface element includes a measurement of the touch-sensitive display occupied by each of the first application and the second application. The computing device 100 detects 2505 a continuous movement of the first contact and the second contact. The continuous movement has a lateral component of movement without the first contact and the second contact breaking contact with the touch-sensitive display. Responsive to the continuous movement, the computing device displays 2507 the first application in the first portion of the touch-sensitive display with the perspective effect and displays the second application in the second portion with the perspective effect each with a revised width. The user interface element is also updated to indicate an updated measurement of the touch-sensitive display currently occupied by the revised width of each of the first application and the second application.
The method begins by displaying 2610, on a display screen of a computing device, an array view of the computing device, the array view including a first application displayed as a first discrete mini application and a second application displayed as a second discrete mini application. The array view includes a user interface element between the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application that provides a visual indication the mini applications can be joined (e.g., arrows pointing inward toward each other). Next, a first contact is detected 2620 on the user interface element and, in response, an updated array view is displayed 2630, with the first discrete mini application adjacent to the second discrete mini application. The updated array view includes an updated user interface element displayed 2640 over a shared edge between the first and second mini applications that provides a visual indication the mini applications can be unjoined (e.g., arrows pointing outward away from each other). In some circumstances, the first application and the second application were previously opened on the computing device.
The method includes other steps in some embodiments, such as detecting a second finger contact on the updated user interface element and, in response, displaying the array view of the computing device in the prior state with the applications unjoined. In response to detecting a second finger contact on the first discrete mini application and a gesture moving the second finger contact in a first direction, displaying a second updated array view of the computing device, the second updated array view including the first discrete mini application, the second discrete mini application, and the user interface element, with the first discrete mini application horizontally aligned with the second discrete mini application, the user interface element located between the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application, the user interface horizontally aligned with the first and second discrete mini applications, the first arrow of the user interface element pointing to the second discrete mini application, and the second arrow of the user interface element pointing to the first discrete mini application.
In response to detecting a third finger contact and a concurrent fourth finger contact on the computing device that are vertically aligned and a gesture decreasing the distance between the third finger contact and the fourth finger contact on the computing device (e.g., a pinch gesture), displaying a zoomed out array view of the computing device including additional discrete mini applications and additional elements. The additional discrete mini applications are horizontally aligned with the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application and the additional elements between each pair of additional discrete mini applications in some embodiments.
The method begins by displaying 2710, on a display screen of a computing device, an array view of the computing device, the array view including a first application displayed as a first discrete mini application and a second application displayed as a second discrete mini application, wherein the first discrete mini app is horizontally aligned with the second discrete mini application. Next, detecting 2720 a first finger contact on the first discrete mini application and a concurrent second finger contact on the second discrete mini application, and responsive to detecting 2730 a decrease in a distance between the first finger contact and the second finger contact (e.g., a pinch), displaying 2740 an updated array view of the computing device, the updated array view including the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application, wherein the first discrete mini application is horizontally aligned with, adjacent to, and sharing an edge with the second discrete mini application. In some circumstances, the first application and the second application were previously opened on the computing device.
The method includes other steps in some embodiments, such as detecting a third finger contact on the first discrete mini application and a concurrent fourth finger contact on the second discrete mini application, responsive to detecting distance between the third finger contact and the fourth finger contact increasing, displaying the array view of the computing device. In response to detecting a third finger contact on the first discrete mini application and detecting a gesture moving the third finger contact in a first direction, displaying a second updated array view of the computing device, the second updated array view including the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application, wherein the first discrete mini application is horizontally aligned with the second discrete mini application and the order of the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application is reversed.
In response to detecting a third finger contact and a concurrent fourth finger contact on the computing device, wherein the third finger contact and the concurrent fourth finger contact are vertically aligned and detecting a gesture decreasing distance between the third finger contact and the fourth finger contact on the computing device, displaying a zoomed out array view of the computing device, the zoomed out array view including additional discrete mini applications, the additional discrete mini applications horizontally aligned with the first discrete mini application and the second discrete mini application.
Corresponding to the methods of
The method begins with displaying 2810, on a display screen of a computing device, a shared screen view of the computing device, the shared screen view including a first application displayed at a first width in a first portion of the display screen and a second application displayed at a second width in a second portion of the display screen, the first application including a keyboard object in a first sub portion of the first portion at the first width of the display screen. Next, detecting 2820 a first finger contact and a second finger contact in the first sub portion, and detecting 2830 a gesture increasing distance between the first finger contact and the second finger contact, the gesture indicating a request to change width of the keyboard object in the first sub portion from the first width to a third width, the third width greater than or equal to the first width plus the second width. Then, responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying 2840 an updated shared screen view, wherein the keyboard object is displayed in a second sub portion of the content region.
The method includes other steps in some embodiments, such as detecting a third finger contact and a fourth finger contact in the third sub portion of the content region and detecting a gesture decreasing distance between the third finger contact and the fourth finger contact, the gesture indicating a request to change width of the keyboard object in the third sub portion from the third width to a fourth width, the fourth width less than the third width, and responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying an updated shared screen view, wherein the keyboard object is displayed at the fourth width. In some embodiments, the fourth width is the first width and the keyboard object is displayed in the first sub portion, or the fourth width is the second width and the keyboard object is displayed in the fourth sub portion.
Corresponding to the method of
The method begins by displaying 2910, on a display screen of a computing device, an opened application view of the computing device, the opened application view including a first application displayed at a first width in a first portion of the display screen. Then, detecting 2920 a four-finger contact on the display screen and detecting 2930 a gesture moving the four-finger contact, the gesture indicating a request to change a first layout of the first application in the first portion of the content region to a picture-in-picture (PIP) layout. Next, responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying 2940 an overlaid screen view, wherein the first application is displayed as a PIP layout in a sub portion of the display screen.
The method includes other steps in some embodiments, such as detecting a second four-finger contact on the display screen and detecting a gesture moving the second four-finger contact, the gesture indicating a request to change the PIP layout of the first application in the sub portion of the content region to the first layout, responsive to detecting the gesture, displaying the overlaid screen view.
An alternative method for invoking a picture-in-picture view includes, according to some embodiments, receiving, at a computing device, a first gesture dragging an application icon a threshold distance from an initial position of the application icon in an icon view that displays a plurality of application icons that are each associated with a corresponding application, the first gesture indicative of a request to display the application associated with the application icon. Determining if the application associated with the application icon is compatible with a picture-in-picture (PIP) configuration. This is related to the gesture 2205 of
Corresponding to the method of
The method begins by displaying 3010, on a display screen of a computing device, a shared screen view of the computing device, the shared screen view including a first application displayed at a first width in a first portion of the display screen and a second application displayed at a second width in a second portion of the display screen. Then, detecting 3020 a five-finger contact and a five-finger slide gesture 3030 on the display screen indicating a request to display a default application in the shared screen view. Next, responsive to detecting the gesture in a first lateral direction, displaying 3040 an updated shared screen view, the updated shared screen view including the first application displayed in the shared screen view and the default application displayed in the shared screen view.
The method includes other steps in some embodiments, such as detecting a second five-finger contact on the display screen, detecting movement of the second five-finger contact in a second lateral direction, the gesture indicating a request to remove from display the default application in the shared screen view, and responsive to detecting the gesture in the second lateral direction, displaying the shared screen view.
Corresponding to the methods of
The method of
The method includes other steps in some embodiments, such as detecting lateral direction. Also, detecting movement of the second finger contact in a lateral direction and shifting the end marker in the lateral direction.
A similar method includes displaying, on a display screen of a computing device, text displayed in a first portion of a content region of the display screen, detecting a first contact in a sub portion of the first portion of the content region, and responsive to detecting the first finger contact, displaying a front marker and an end marker at the beginning and end of a portion of the text corresponding to the sub portion. Then detecting a second finger contact and a third finger contact on the display screen, detecting a gesture moving the first finger contact in lateral direction, and shifting the front marker in the lateral direction.
The method includes other steps in some embodiments, such as detecting movement of the third finger contact in a lateral direction and shifting the end marker in the lateral direction; and detecting movement of the second finger contact and the third finger contact in a lateral direction and shifting the front marker and the end marker in the lateral direction.
The method of
Corresponding to the methods of
Referring now to
In other embodiments, gesture 3325 is a sliding gesture that moves in a right-to-left direction (in some other embodiments the sliding gesture is in a left-to-right, up-to-down, down-to-up, or diagonal direction, or some other gesture configured by a user of device 100) on the touch screen 112 of portable multifunction device 100. In these embodiments, the application selector is revealed in accordance with movement of the sliding gesture. For example, as pictured in
In some embodiments, a sliding gesture reveals all of the application selector and, thus, any movement of gesture 3325 across touch screen 112 reveals all of the application selector, as pictured in
As shown in
In some embodiments, application selector 182 is initially populated with affordances corresponding to a default application 1, a default application 2, and a multitasking history (e.g., multitasking history 188,
As shown in
In some embodiments, the scrolling gesture (e.g., gesture 3525) causes device 100 to determine whether application selector 182 contains additional affordances that are not currently displayed. In accordance with a determination that application selector 182 does contain additional affordances, application selector 182 is scrolled to display one or more of the additional affordances. In accordance with a determination that application selector 182 does not contain additional affordances, application selector 182 is not scrolled and continues to display the same set of affordances (in some embodiments, application selector 182 is still scrolled slightly to reveal an empty area below or above (depending on the direction of the scrolling) all of the currently-displayed affordances within the application selector, in order to provide a visual indication to users that no additional affordances are currently associated with application selector 182 (this visual effect is referred to as rubber-banding or bouncing back)).
In some embodiments, application selector 182 also displays a plus affordance (e.g., plus affordance 3510). If device 100 (or a component thereof, such as contact/motion module 130) detects a touch input at the plus affordance 3510, then a user of device 100 is presented with a list of applications that are compatible with the shared screen mode (e.g., as determined by compatibility module 184). The user is then able to select one or more applications from the list, in order to add affordances corresponding to the selected one or more applications to application selector 182. The contents of application selectors and, more specifically, manually removing affordances from application selector 182 is discussed in more detail below with reference to
As shown in
After displaying application 2, a user may provide further input on touch screen 112 (e.g., gesture 3640-1 or gesture 3640-2), as also shown in
In some embodiments, in response to detecting either gesture 3640-1 or gesture 3640-2, application selector 182 is again displayed (as pictured in
In some embodiments, a pin affordance (e.g., pin affordance 4110,
In some embodiments, to enhance usability, application selectors contain a configurable list of application-specific affordances. In some embodiments, an application selector is pre-populated with a default list of application-specific affordances (e.g., affordances that uniquely identify each application, such as an active view of the application overlaid by an icon corresponding to the application) selected in accordance with commonly-used applications that are compatible with the shared screen mode (compatible apps are determined by compatibility module 184,
Returning to the description of gesture 3640-2 (
In some embodiments, as the gesture 3640-2 continues to move on the touch screen 112, application 2 (and content displayed therein) is resized in accordance with the movement. As shown in
In some embodiments, as shown in
In particular,
In other embodiments, gesture 3710 is compared to a threshold (e.g., a threshold velocity associated with movement of the gesture, a threshold distance travelled, a location of a liftoff event associated with the gesture, etc.), in order to determine whether to promote a side application to be the main application. For example, a velocity associated with movement of the gesture 3710 is compared to the threshold velocity in order to determine whether to resize application 2 to occupy substantially all of touch screen 112. Upon determining that gesture 3710 satisfies (e.g., is greater than or equal to) the threshold velocity, application 2 is promoted to be the main application (as pictured in
In some embodiments, after a side application (e.g., application 2 in the exemplary user interfaces of
In other embodiments (and as discussed above with respect to gesture 3710 of
In some embodiments, after a side application (e.g., application 2 in the exemplary user interface of
In some embodiments, the re-displayed side application occupies the same portion of the screen that the side application occupied before it was dismissed and the main application is resized accordingly (as pictured in
In some embodiments, an additional gesture is available that allows users to quickly swap the locations of the main and side applications. As pictured in
In some embodiments, during gestures used to resize applications displayed in a shared screen mode (e.g., gestures used to resize and then dismiss main and side applications, such as those discussed above in reference to
As shown in
In some embodiments, as the gesture 3710 moves from the first position to the second position, the device 100 determines whether the current position of gesture 3710 has moved to (i.e., the current position of the gesture 3710 is at the threshold) or past (or that the current position of gesture 3710 has moved within a predefined distance of) the first threshold (e.g., threshold 3781). In accordance with a determination that the current position of gesture 3710 has moved to or past the first threshold (e.g., threshold 3781), the device 100 ceases resizing application 2 and still continues to resize application 1, thus revealing a new user interface portion (e.g., home screen wallpaper 3792) between application 1 and application 2. In some embodiments, upon determining that the current position of gesture 3710 has moved to or past (i.e., once the current position has moved to or past the threshold, the threshold has been satisfied) the first threshold, the display of application 1 is modified so that application 1 appears to fall backwards within the touch screen 112 (i.e., application 1 appears to fall into the touch screen 112) as it separates from application 2 and/or the border between applications 1 and 2. In some embodiments, as the gesture 3710 continues to move towards application 1, the device 100 continues to decrease the size of application 1 and to reveal correspondingly more of the new user interface portion (e.g., more of the home screen wallpaper 3792).
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the gesture 3710 has reached a current position that is past the threshold 3780, the device 100 presents an animation that shows application 2 rapidly resizing and catching up to application 1, as application 1 is dismissed from the touch screen 112. In some embodiments, while application 2 catches up to application 1, application 2 increases in size until it occupies substantially all of touch screen 112 and covers up the new user interface portion (e.g., home screen wall paper 3792, as shown in
In some embodiments, the features described above in reference to a resize gesture that moves in a substantially horizontal direction towards the main application (e.g. gesture 3710,
In some embodiments, as the gesture 3730 moves from the first position to the second position, the device 100 determines whether the current position of gesture 3730 has moved to (i.e., the current position of the gesture 3730 is at the threshold) or past (or that the current position of gesture 3730 has moved within a predefined distance of) the first threshold (e.g., threshold 3781). In accordance with a determination that the current position of gesture 3730 has moved to or past the first threshold (e.g., threshold 3781), the device 100 ceases resizing application 1 and still continues to resize application 2, thus revealing a new user interface portion (e.g., home screen wallpaper 3792) between application 1 and application 2. In some embodiments, upon determining that the current position of gesture 3730 has moved to or past (i.e., once the current position has moved to or past the threshold, the threshold has been satisfied) the first threshold, the display of application 2 is modified so that application 2 appears to fall backwards within the touch screen 112 (i.e., away from a user of the device 100) as it separates from application 1 and/or the border between applications 1 and 2 (i.e., application 1 appears to fall into the touch screen 112). In some embodiments, as the gesture 3730 continues to move towards application 2, the device 100 continues to decrease the size of application 2 and to reveal correspondingly more of the new user interface portion (e.g., home screen wallpaper 3792).
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the gesture 3730 has reached a current position that is past the threshold 3783, the device 100 presents an animation that shows application 1 rapidly resizing and catching up to application 2, as application 2 is dismissed from the touch screen 112. In some embodiments, while application 1 catches up to application 2 during the animation, application 1 increases in size until it occupies substantially all of touch screen 112 and covers up the new user interface portion (e.g., home screen wall paper 3792, as shown in
After the extended press gesture (e.g., contact 3810) satisfies a threshold amount of time (e.g., the contact/motion module 130 determines that the press has lasted for more than two seconds), application selector 182 changes to a modification mode (e.g., by graphics module 132) in which affordances can be added, removed, or re-ordered. In the modification mode, application selector 182 displays an x-symbol 3820 (in some embodiments, an x-symbol is also referred to as a remove affordance) on top of each of the displayed application-specific affordances within application selector 182. In some embodiments, activation of the modification mode also reveals plus affordance 3510 (while in other embodiments, plus affordance 3510 is always displayed with application selector 182, e.g., as pictured in
Continuing the example of the modification mode available for application selector 182, and as pictured in
In some embodiments, removal of an application-specific affordance causes device 100 to attempt to select or suggest a replacement application-specific affordance and to add the replacement application-specific affordance to application selector 182 (in some embodiments, device 100 suggests an application-specific affordance to a user of device 100 and the suggested affordance is not added to the application selector until approval is received from the user).
In some embodiments, the determination that additional application-specific affordances are associated with application selector 182 is performed by accessing information associated with a current user of device 100 (e.g., by accessing multitasking usage information (e.g., stored with multitasking data 176 for each application and aggregated for analysis by multitasking module 180) associated with the current user and generating a new application-specific affordance for an application that is commonly used by the current user). In this way, application selector 182 is populated with additional application-specific affordances based on usage information associated with the current user.
In this way, depending on the location of the swipe gesture that is detected near an edge of the touch-sensitive display (near the middle of the touch-sensitive display, such as gesture 3640, or away from the middle of the touch-sensitive display, such as gesture 3910), the touch-sensitive display is updated to either display an application selector or to display a tongue affordance for revealing an application selector. In some embodiments, the swipe gesture that is near the middle of the screen also passes over the home button 204 and, in accordance with a determination that the swipe gesture has passed over the home button 204, the device 100 reveals the application selector. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the home button has not been passed over by the swipe gesture, the device 100 instead displays the tongue affordance.
As illustrated in
For example, gesture 4030, in some embodiments, moves border affordance 4010 towards application 1 (e.g., in a leftward direction), in order to request an increase in the displayed area for application 2 and a corresponding decrease in the displayed area for application 1. In accordance with movement of gesture 4030 towards application 1, applications 1 and 2 are continuously resized (e.g., application 1 reduces in size and application 2 increases in size). In some embodiments, application 1 or 2 may only be resizable to fixed widths (e.g., ⅓, ½, or full-screen, as discussed in more detail above regarding
For example, if application 2 is only resizable to fixed widths (e.g., ⅓, ½, or full-screen) and gesture 4030 moves border affordance 4010 to a position on touch screen 112 beyond distance threshold 4020 (as pictured in
Attention is now directed to the use of a pin affordance to activate a shared screen mode, as illustrated in
In some embodiments, pinning an application as a side application (application 2 in the above example) links the pinned side application to the currently-displayed main application (application 1 in the above example). In some embodiments, linking includes creating a record that indicates that application 2 is pinned as a side application whenever application 1 is launched (e.g., multitasking data 176 corresponding to application 1 is updated to include this record). As such, in these embodiments, until application 2 is dismissed or promoted (dismissal and promotion of side applications is discussed above in reference to
In some other embodiments, side applications are pinned to the shared screen view (instead of being pinned to individual applications). In these other embodiments, pinning application 2 (discussed in the aforementioned example) results in pinning application 2 to the shared screen view, such that opening any new application that is compatible with the shared screen view results in displaying the new application in the shared screen view with application 2 as the side application (e.g., if a user pins application 2, exits to a home screen (by clicking physical home button 204), uses a gesture to launch the application selector (e.g., gesture 3325,
In some embodiments, pinning an application also allows the application to be resized (e.g., before pinning, overlaid application 2 of
Instead of clicking (e.g., tapping on) pin affordance 4110 as pictured in
In some embodiments, in response to receiving user input (e.g., contact 4130) within dimmed application, a determination is made as to whether the received user input is of a first predetermined or of a second predetermined type. For example, in accordance with a determination that the received user input is a tap input (e.g., contact 4130 momentarily makes contact with touch screen 112 and is then removed (or lifted off) from the touch screen 112), then application 2 is dismissed from touch screen 112. In accordance with a determination that the received user input is a scroll gesture (e.g., contact 4130 makes contact with the touch screen 112 and then moves in a direction that is parallel to a border between applications 1 and 2 (i.e., a downward or upward direction)), then the device 100 updates touch screen 112 (e.g., using graphics module 132) to scroll within the dimmed application 1. Thus, in these embodiments, users are able to scroll within dimmed applications using a scroll gesture and can quickly return to the dimmed application by tapping within the dimmed application.
Upon determining that a characteristic of gesture 4220 satisfies a threshold (e.g., velocity, distance travelled, location of liftoff event, etc.), content 4210 is then displayed within application 1 (as pictured in
In some embodiments, the displayed application selector contains a filtered list of application-specific affordances. For example, if content 4210 is an image, then the list of applications associated with the application selector is filtered to display only those applications capable of accepting (e.g., displaying, processing, or sending) images. For example, applications such as a weather widget 149-1 or calculator widget 149-3 would be filtered out of the list, in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, the application selector is filtered before displaying the application selector with the plurality of affordances. In some embodiments, the application selector is filtered when the determination is made that that gesture is within the predetermined distance of the edge of the touch-sensitive display.
In some embodiments, while still continuing gesture 4230 (e.g., a liftoff event has not yet occurred), a user is able to drag content 4210 on top of (or substantially on top of) one of the application-specific affordances within application selector 182. As pictured in
In some embodiments, a gesture similar to gesture 4230 can be utilized to drag content from a side application (e.g., application 2 of
In some embodiments, in order to further enhance and improve user experience in a multitasking mode, side applications remain stateful in numerous scenarios.
In some embodiments, a user is able to rotate portable multifunction device 100 (e.g., a user rotates the device while facing the display screen), in order to automatically switch portable multifunction device 100 from a landscape view to a portrait view (i.e., rotating device 100 results in a change in the orientation of device 100). In some embodiments, device/global internal state 157 (
Continuing the preceding discussion of some embodiments exhibiting stateful side application behavior,
After rotating device 100 again to activate a landscape view,
Concluding the above discussion of some embodiments exhibiting stateful side application behavior,
In response to the gesture at the home button of device 100, touch screen 112 ceases to display the shared screen view and instead displays a home screen associated with device 100, as pictured in
In response to touch input 4520 at an affordance corresponding to application 5, the shared screen view is again activated with concurrently displayed applications 5 and 2 (as pictured in
Similar to
Similar to
In some embodiments, upon determining that the full-screen video content (e.g., playing video content 4810 or video application 4830) is compatible with PIP mode, the video content is displayed with a reduced size and overlaying a home screen of device 100 (as pictured in
In some embodiments, a location and/or a new size for displaying PIP-ed content in the new application is determined in accordance with a location corresponding to important content within the new application (e.g., the new location, in some embodiments is determined by PIP module 186,
In some embodiments, a second instance of the video content is instantiated (e.g., PIP-ed content 5080 with playing video content 4810) and the full-screen video content is simultaneously paused (e.g., full-screen content 5090 with paused video content 5010). In some embodiments, the reduced size for PIP-ed content 5080 is determined in accordance with information associated with a user of device 100 (e.g., in accordance with desired PIP display sizes configured by the user and stored with PIP module 186,
In some embodiments, with reference to
As pictured in
Furthermore, to provide a seamless user experience with PIP-ed content, in some embodiments, gestures are provided to re-display PIP-ed content in a full-screen display mode. As pictured in
Turning now to
Turning now to
Continuing with the example, while displaying the previous application, a new three-finger gesture (e.g., gesture 5320) is detected on the touch screen 112 moving in a substantially horizontal and rightward direction. In response to detecting gesture 5320, application 1 is revealed (or some other next application optionally identified by device 100 in accordance with a usage history (e.g., stored with multitasking data 176,
In some embodiments, the gestures described above for swiping between previous and next applications are also available in a shared screen view. For example,
In some embodiments, the previously-displayed application (application 3 in the preceding example) is selected based on a history of previously-displayed applications associated with a user of the device 100 (e.g., the history is retrieved by the device 100 from memory 102 and the device 100 then selects a previously-displayed application from the retrieved history). In some embodiments, the device 100 also determines whether the previously-displayed application is compatible with the shared screen mode (e.g., compatibility module 184 performs the determination and reports back to graphics module 132 with the result of the determination). In accordance with a determination that the previously-selected application is compatible with the shared screen mode, the graphics module 132 renders application 3 in the space previously occupied by application 1 (as shown in
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the previously-selected application is not compatible with the shared screen mode, the graphics module 132 renders the previously-selected application in full-screen mode (i.e., not in shared screen mode). With reference to
In addition to the aforementioned gestures for navigating between previous and next applications, in some embodiments, additional gestures are also available for quickly navigating to previously-displayed applications.
As shown in
Additional details regarding
Attention is now directed to
Referring now to
In some embodiments, while temporarily displaying the second application, the electronic device optionally reduces (5410) a brightness associated with a second portion of the touch-sensitive display displaying the first application (e.g.,
Specifically with reference to
Additionally, a similar gesture (similar to gesture 5310) allows users to redisplay the first application in an efficient and intuitive manner. Specifically, in some embodiments, the electronic device detects (5426) a second gesture over the displayed second application (e.g., gesture 5320,
Returning back to
Referring now to
In accordance with a determination that that the first application is compatible with the shared screen mode (5430), the electronic device: (i) resizes the first application and display the resized first application on the touch-sensitive display (5432); and (ii) concurrently displays the second application on the touch-sensitive display such that the resized first application and the concurrently displayed second application occupy substantially all of the touch-sensitive display (5434, see also
Continuing on with the current example and now referencing
First, with reference to 5440-5446 of
Second, with reference to 5448-5452 of
Third, with reference to 5454-5458 of
Fourth, with reference to 5460-5464 of
Fifth, with reference to 5466-5482 of
In some embodiments, the electronic device determines (5470) whether movement of the gesture is towards the first or the second application. If the electronic device determines that movement of the gesture is towards the first application (5470—First) and additionally determines that the gesture has reached near to (e.g., within a predetermined distance of) an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the first application (5474—Yes), then the electronic device displays (5478) only the second application and ceases to display the first application (in other words, the first application has been dismissed, e.g.,
If the electronic device determines that movement of the gesture is towards the first application (5470—First) and additionally determines that the gesture has not reached near to (e.g., within a predetermined distance of) an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the first application (5474—No), then the electronic device increases (5476) a display area for the second application and decreases a display area for the first application (e.g.,
If the electronic device determines that movement of the gesture is towards the second application (5470—Second) and additionally determines that the gesture has reached near to (e.g., within a predetermined distance of) an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the second application (5472—Yes), then the electronic device displays (5480) only the first application and ceases to display the second application (in other words, the second application has been dismissed, e.g.,
If the electronic device determines that movement of the gesture is towards the second application (5470—Second) and additionally determines that the gesture has not reached near to (e.g., within a predetermined distance of) an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the second application (5472—No), then the electronic device increases (5482) a display area for the first application and decreases a display area for the second application (e.g.,
Attention is now directed to
In some embodiments, the electronic device concurrently displays (5502) a first application and a second application on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device (e.g.,
Attention is now directed to
In some embodiments, the electronic device concurrently displays (5602) a first application and a second application on the touch-sensitive display. The electronic device displays (5604) a notification associated with a third application on the touch-sensitive display (e.g.,
The electronic device, in some embodiments, detects (5608) a first contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive display over the displayed notification (e.g., gesture 4610,
Further details relating to some embodiments of methods 5400, 5500, and 5600 are also provided in more detail above, in reference to
Attention is now directed to
In some embodiments and as shown in
In response to receiving the first contact, the electronic device displays (5708) an application selector on the touch-sensitive display (e.g.,
In some embodiments, displaying the application selector also includes populating (5712) the application selector with a plurality of default affordances (e.g., affordances for applications 2-5 are displayed in application selector 182,
In some embodiments, while displaying the application selector, the electronic device displays (5750) a first set of affordances within the application selector and detects (5752) a gesture substantially within the application selector. In response to detecting the gesture (5754), the electronic device: (i) determines whether the application selector is associated with additional affordances not contained within the first set of affordances; (ii) in accordance with a determination that the application selector is associated with additional affordances, displays one or more of the additional affordances (e.g.,
Turning now to
In response to detecting the second contact at the affordance (5720), the electronic device: (i) ceases to display the application selector (5722,
In some embodiments of method 5700 and as diagrammed in
In response to detecting the gesture, the electronic device determines (5730) whether the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of the edge (e.g., 0 cm, 1 cm, or 2 cm or 2 pixels, 5 pixels, or 7 pixels) of the touch-sensitive display. Upon determining that the gesture has moved to within a predetermined distance of the edge, the electronic device temporarily displays the application selector with a plurality of affordances (e.g.,
The electronic device then detects (5736) movement of the gesture towards a displayed affordance within the application selector and the displayed affordance corresponds to a third application (e.g., application 4 of
To provide users with the ability to customize affordances displayed within the application selector, some embodiments also provide gestures for removal of affordances from the application selector. For example, in some embodiments and as diagrammed in
Further details relating to some embodiments of method 5700 are also provided in more detail above, in reference to
Attention is now directed to
As shown in
In response to detecting the selection, the electronic device: (i) resizes (5808) the video content to fit within a reduced area of the touch-sensitive display; and (ii) displays (5810) the resized video content overlaying a screen associated with the hardware button (e.g., a home screen,
The electronic device, in some embodiments, next determines (5816) whether the first application contains any content of a predetermined content type. The predetermined content type is optionally identified by the first application (5818) and/or the predetermined content type is optionally identified by a user (5820). Upon determining that the first application contains content of the predetermined content type, the electronic device: (i) determines (5824) one or more locations on the touch-sensitive display that correspond to the content of the predetermined content type; and (ii) resizes and/or moves (5826) the resized video content to avoid the one or more locations (e.g., as pictured in
In some embodiments, the electronic device detects a second contact (5828) on the resized video content and, in response to detecting the second contact, moves the resized video content in accordance with movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., gesture 4850 on playing video content 4810 moves in a downward direction and, in response to gesture 4850, playing video content 4810 moves to a new location,
In some embodiments, numerous additional gestures are provided to allow users to interact with full size and reduced size video content. For example, some embodiments of a method 5900 are shown in
In some embodiments, the electronic device detects (5916) a de-pinch gesture on the resized video content (e.g., gestures 5220 and 5230,
In some embodiments of the method 5900, additional gestures are provided that allows users to send resized video content to various other devices (i.e., other than the electronic device). For example, in some embodiments, the electronic device detects (5924) a gesture on the resized video content (e.g., gesture 5150,
Further details relating to some embodiments of methods 5800 and 5900 are also provided in more detail above, in reference to
Attention is now directed to
As shown in
In some embodiments, the device displays (6006) an affordance on the touch-sensitive display that overlays the second application, the affordance indicating that the application selector is accessible. In this way, a user of the device is provided with a visual indication that the application selector is accessible. In some embodiments, the affordance includes a transparent (or translucent) horizontal bar-shaped user interface element that overlays a top portion of the second application. In some embodiments, the affordance includes text that provides additional information about accessing the application selector (e.g., “swipe to display app selector”).
In some embodiments, method 6000 continues when the device detects (6008) a swipe gesture at the second application (e.g., gesture 3640-2,
Upon determining that the swipe gesture satisfies that threshold, the device replaces (6014) the second application with an application selector that includes a plurality of selectable affordances corresponding to applications available on the electronic device. The application selector is displayed in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the second application (
In some embodiments, replacing the second application with the application selector includes (6016) scaling down the second application (and content displayed therein) to successively smaller sizes and revealing more of the application selector as the swipe gesture moves in the direction that is substantially parallel to the border. Stated another way, replacing includes gradually replacing and gradually scaling down, in accordance with movement of the gesture 3640-2 in the downward direction, such that more of the application selector is revealed as the gesture travels closer to the bottom edge of the touch-sensitive display, and such that the content associated with the second application is gradually scaled down as the gesture 3640-2 travels in the downward direction (e.g., content 3602 in
In some embodiments, the scaling down includes (6018) determining whether the second application has reached a predefined size and, upon determining that the second application has reached the predefined size, ceasing to scaled down the second application (and the content displayed therein). In some embodiments, the predefined size is determined by the device after detecting that the gesture 3640-2 has satisfied the threshold. In some embodiments, as the content is scaled down from the first size (e.g., content 3602 in
In some embodiments, the content having the predefined size is displayed (6020) within a particular selectable affordance, corresponding to the second application, of the plurality of selectable affordances within the application selector (as shown in
Further details relating to some embodiments of method 6000 are also provided in more detail above, in reference to
Attention is now directed to
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Method 6100 also includes the electronic device detecting (6108) a gesture on the touch-sensitive display corresponding to movement of the border in a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the border. In some embodiments, the gesture includes a contact at the border (e.g., border 3792) between the first and second applications and movement of the contact in a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the border (i.e., a leftward direction towards the main application (application 1) or a rightward direction towards the side application (application 2)). In some embodiments, the gesture includes two substantially simultaneous contacts (e.g., contacts 607A and 607B,
In some embodiments, while detecting the gesture the electronic device: (i) resizes (6110) the first and second applications in accordance with movement of the border and (ii) determines whether the movement of the border satisfies a first threshold (e.g., determines whether a current position of the border has moved beyond threshold 3781). In some embodiments, the determination instead involves determining whether a width corresponding to the first or the second application during the resizing satisfies a threshold width (e.g., the width is greater than a maximum width or less than a minimum width). In some embodiments, resizing the first and second applications involves blurring (6112) content displayed within the first and second applications during the resizing. In some embodiments, blurring the content displayed within the first and second applications during the resizing includes displaying an icon associated with the first application over the blurred content of the first application and displaying an icon associated with the second application over the blurred content of the second application. In some embodiments, resizing the first and second applications in accordance with the movement of the border includes (6114) resizing display widths for the first and second applications (i.e., display heights remain constant) and, during the resizing, the first and second applications continue to occupy substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
Upon determining that the movement of the border satisfies the first threshold (or, alternatively, upon determining that a characteristic of the gesture (e.g., distance travelled, velocity, or the like) satisfies a threshold), the electronic device splits (6134) the first and second applications at the border, exposing a new user interface portion (e.g., a background portion of a home screen) between the first and second applications. In some embodiments, the new user interface portion corresponds (6136) to a wallpaper graphic that appears on the home screen. In some embodiments, the new user interface portion is a wallpaper (e.g., a wallpaper selected by a user of the electronic device) that appears on a springboard interface of the electronic device. In some embodiments, the home screen comprises (i) a springboard interface that includes selectable icons corresponding to applications available on the electronic device and also includes (ii) a dock portion, at a bottom portion below the springboard interface, that includes additional applications (distinct from those displayed within the springboard interface). When the first direction is towards the second application (6116), the first threshold has a first value and, when the first direction is towards the first application, the first threshold has a second value that is greater than the first value. In some embodiments, the first and second thresholds correspond to available sizes for the side or main application. In some embodiments, when the first direction is towards the second application, the first threshold has a first value that corresponds to a first distance away from an edge of the touch-sensitive display and, when the first direction is towards the first application, the first threshold has a second value that corresponds to a second distance away from the edge of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second distance is a greater distance away from the edge than the first distance. The method 6100 includes two processing paths depending on the first direction. Processing operations 6118 through 6124 correspond to the first processing path that is taken when the first direction is towards the second application and processing operations 6126 through 6132 correspond to the second processing path that is taken when the first direction is towards the first application.
In some embodiments, in the first processing path, the first direction is towards (6118) the second application and the resizing includes decreasing a width of the second application in conjunction with increasing a width of the first application (e.g., gesture 3730,
Additionally, in some embodiments, while continuing to decrease the width of the second application, the device determines (6122) whether a second threshold (e.g., threshold 3783) has been satisfied (e.g., determines whether a current position of the border has move beyond the threshold 3783). Upon determining that the second threshold has been satisfied, the device increases (6124) the width of the first application until the first application occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display in conjunction with decreasing the width of the second application until the second application and the new user interface portion (e.g., a background portion of the home screen) are no longer visible on the touch-sensitive display (as shown in
In some embodiments, in the second processing path, the first direction is towards (6126) the first application and the resizing includes decreasing a width of the first application in conjunction with increasing a width of the second application (e.g., gesture 3710,
Additionally, in some embodiments, while continuing to decrease the width of the first application, the device determines (6130) whether a second threshold (e.g., threshold 3780) has been satisfied (e.g., determines whether a current position of the border has moved beyond the threshold 3780). Upon determining that the second threshold has been satisfied, the device increases (6132) the width of the second application until the second application occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display in conjunction with decreasing the width of the first application until the first application and the new user interface portion are no longer visible on the touch-sensitive display (as shown in
Further details relating to some embodiments of method 6100 are also provided in more detail above, in reference to
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In some embodiments, presenting includes (6210) overlaying the plurality of additional portions on top of the first application such that a portion of the first application remains visible on the touch-sensitive display. In other words, each additional portion covers up a portion of the first application. Alternatively, presenting includes moving (6212) the first application towards a different edge (e.g., a rightmost edge) of the touch-sensitive display, opposite to the edge, such that a smaller portion, as compared to a larger portion that is visible while the first application is displayed in the full-screen mode, of the first application remains visible on the touch-sensitive display. As shown in
In some embodiments, presenting includes sliding (6214) each successive additional portion out from the edge and on to the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the plurality of additional portions are ordered (6216) such that a first additional portion appearing closest to the first application (e.g., the additional portion corresponding to application 5,
Turning now to
In some embodiments, while continuing to detect the contact (i.e., contact 5360 continues to remain in contact with the touch-sensitive display and does not break contact with the touch-sensitive display) on the touch-sensitive display, the device detects (6224) an increase in the intensity of the contact. In some circumstances, the increase in the intensity of the contact corresponds to a user pressing harder on the touch-sensitive display, such that the force/pressure applied by the contact increases. In response to detecting the increase in the intensity of the contact (or in accordance with a determination that an intensity of the contact after the increase in the intensity satisfies another threshold (e.g., IT2) or that the increase in the intensity satisfies the another threshold), the device: displays at least one new additional portion, distinct from each additional portion of the plurality of additional portions, on the touch-sensitive display. For example, as shown in
In some embodiments, instead of or in addition to revealing the at least one new additional portion in response to the increase in the intensity of the contact, the device increases a display size, on the touch-sensitive display, for each additional portion of the plurality of additional portions (e.g., as shown in
In some embodiments, while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive display (i.e., the contact is a continuous contact and does not break contact with the surface of the touch-sensitive display), the device detects (6228) movement of the contact towards a first additional portion of the plurality of additional portions (e.g., as shown in
In some embodiments, after presenting the plurality of additional portions (e.g., in operation 6208), the device detects (6234) liftoff of the contact from the touch-sensitive display and continues to display the plurality of additional portions and the first application on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, a user of the device is able to press hard enough to satisfy the first intensity threshold (e.g., IT1) and then release the contact and the device will continue to display the plurality of additional portions without the user needing to maintain the contact on the touch-sensitive display. For example, if the user lifts off contact 5360 from the touch-sensitive display after satisfying IT1 and causing the device to present the plurality of additional portions, the device will, in these embodiments, continue to display the plurality of additional portions even after the liftoff of the contact (e.g., the additional portions corresponding to each of applications 2-5, as shown in
In some embodiments, a user of the device configures a preference as to whether a liftoff event will cause the device to continue displaying the additional portions or whether a liftoff event will cause the device to cease displaying the additional portions.
In some embodiments, the additional portions described above (in reference to
In some embodiments, the additional portions described above are displayed at varying levels of depth and/or blurring based on when the application corresponding to each additional portion was last used. For example, with reference to
Further details relating to some embodiments of method 6200 are also provided above, in reference to
Although
In accordance with some embodiments,
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The processing unit 6305 is configured to: cause display of (e.g., using display unit 6301) a first application on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6307); detect a first contact on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with detecting unit 6309 and touch-sensitive surface unit 6303); in response to detecting the first contact: temporarily display the second application overlaying at least a portion of the displayed first application (e.g., with displaying unit 6307 and display unit 6301); determine whether the first application is compatible with a shared screen mode (e.g., with determining unit 6311); upon determining that the first application is compatible with the shared screen mode: (i) resize the first application (e.g., with resizing unit 6313) and display the resized first application on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with display unit 6301 and displaying unit 6307); and (ii) concurrently display the second application on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with displaying unit 6307 and display unit 6301) such that the resized first application and the concurrently displayed second application occupy substantially all of the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments of the electronic device 6300, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 6307-6323) is further configured to perform the method in any one of A2-A22 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 6405 is configured to: cause concurrent display of (e.g., using display unit 6401) a first application and a second application on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6407); detect a first contact at a border between the concurrently displayed first and second applications (e.g., with detecting unit 6409 and touch-sensitive surface unit 6403); immediately following detecting the first contact, detect a gesture from a location of the first contact towards an edge of the touch-sensitive display adjacent to the displayed first application temporarily display the second application overlaying at least a portion of the displayed first application (e.g., with detecting unit 6409 and touch-sensitive surface unit 6403); upon detecting the gesture: (i) select a fixed display area from a plurality of predefined fixed display areas for the second application (e.g., with selecting unit 6411), (ii) automatically resize the second application to the selected fixed display area (e.g., with resizing unit 6413), and (iii) automatically resize the first application to occupy substantially all of a remaining area of the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with resizing unit 6413). In some embodiments of the electronic device 6400, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 6407-6419) is further configured to perform the method in any one of A24-A26 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 6505 is configured to: cause concurrent display of (e.g., using display unit 6501) a first application and a second application on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6507); display a notification associated with a third application on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6507); detect a first contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive display over the displayed notification (e.g., with detecting unit 6509 and touch-sensitive surface unit 6503); upon detecting the first contact: (i) detect a gesture from the first location to a second location on the touch-sensitive display over the displayed second application (e.g., with detecting unit 6509 and touch-sensitive surface unit 6503) and (ii) detect a liftoff event at the second location (e.g., with detecting unit 6509 and touch-sensitive surface unit 6503); in response to detecting the liftoff event: (i) cease to display the notification (e.g., with ceasing unit 6511 and displaying unit 6507) and (ii) replace the displayed second application with the third application (e.g., with replacing unit 6513 and displaying unit 6507). In some embodiments of the electronic device 6500, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 6507-6515) is further configured to perform the method in any one of A28-A29 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 6605 is configured to: cause display of (e.g., using display unit 6601) a first application in a full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607); receive a first contact on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the receiving unit 6611); in response to receiving the first contact, display an application selector on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the displayed application selector overlays at least a portion of the displayed first application (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607); detect a second contact at an affordance displayed within the application selector (e.g., with the detecting unit 6609 and the touch-sensitive surface unit 6603); in response to detecting the second contact at the affordance: (i) cease to display the application selector (e.g., with the ceasing unit 6613 and the displaying unit 6607) and (ii) display a second application corresponding to the selected affordance in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the application selector (e.g., with the displaying unit 6607). In some embodiments of the electronic device 6600, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 6607-6629) is further configured to perform the method in any one of B2-B12 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 6705 is configured to cause the electronic device to: play video content in a full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., using display unit 6701 and with the playing unit 6707); while playing the video content in the full-screen mode, detect a selection of a hardware button of the electronic device (e.g., with the detecting unit 6709); in response to detecting the selection: (i) resize the video content to fit within a reduced area of the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the resizing unit 6711) and (ii) display the resized video content overlaying a screen associated with the hardware button (e.g., with the displaying unit 6713). In some embodiments of the electronic device 6700, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 6707-6719) is further configured to perform the method in any one of C2-C6 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 6805 is configured to cause the electronic device to: play video content in a full-screen mode on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., using display unit 6801 and with the playing unit 6807), the video content being associated with a first application; while playing the video content in the full-screen mode, receive a pinch gesture at the displayed video content (e.g., with the receiving unit 6809); in response to receiving the pinch gesture: (i) resize the video content to a reduced display size (e.g., with the resizing unit 6811) and (ii) display the video content having the reduced display size overlaying a portion of the first application (e.g., with the displaying unit 6813). In some embodiments of the electronic device 6800, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 6807-6819) is further configured to perform the method in any one of C8-C13 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 6905 is configured to cause the electronic device to: display, on the touch-sensitive display, a first application and a second application, such that the first and second applications occupy substantially all of the touch-sensitive display and are separated at a border between the first and second applications (e.g., using display unit 6901 and with the displaying unit 6907); detect a swipe gesture at the second application (e.g., with the detecting unit 6909), the swipe gesture moving in a direction that is substantially parallel to the border; in response to detecting the swipe gesture, determine whether the swipe gesture satisfies a threshold (e.g., with the determining unit 6911); and upon determining that the swipe gesture satisfies the threshold, replace the second application with an application selector that includes a plurality of selectable affordances corresponding to applications available on the electronic device, the application selector being displayed in an area of the touch-sensitive display previously occupied by the second application (e.g., with the replacing unit 6913). In some embodiments of the electronic device 6900, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 6907-6915) is further configured to perform the method in any one of D2-D9 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 7005 is configured to cause the electronic device to: display, on the touch-sensitive display, a first application and a second application such that the first and second applications occupy substantially all of the touch-sensitive display and are separated at a border between the first and second applications (e.g., using display unit 7001 and with the displaying unit 7007); detect a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to movement of the border in a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the border (e.g., with the detecting unit 7009); while detecting the gesture, (i) resize the first and second applications in accordance with the movement of the border (e.g., with the resizing unit 7011) and (ii) determine whether the movement of the border satisfies a first threshold (e.g., with the determining unit 7013); and upon determining that the movement of the border satisfies the first threshold, split the first and second applications at the border to expose a new user interface portion (e.g., a background portion of a home screen) between the first and second applications (e.g., with the splitting unit 7015). In some embodiments of the electronic device 7000, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 7007-7023) is further configured to perform the method in any one of E2-E13 described above in the “Summary” section.
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The processing unit 7105 is configured to cause the electronic device to: display a first application in a full-screen move on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., using display unit 7101 and with the displaying unit 7107); detect a contact over the first application within a predetermined distance of an edge of the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the detecting unit 7109); determine an intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display (e.g., with the determining unit 7111); and upon determining that the intensity of the contact exceeds an intensity threshold, present, at or near the edge of the touch-sensitive display, a plurality of additional portions, each additional portion of the plurality of additional portions corresponding to a recently-display application (e.g. with the presenting unit 7113). In some embodiments of the electronic device 7100, the processing unit (or one or more components thereof, such as units 7107-7121) is further configured to perform the method in any one of F2-F14 described above in the “Summary” section.
The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best use the invention and various described embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/001,600, filed Aug. 24, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/589,900, filed May 8, 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,795,490, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/732,618, filed Jun. 5, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,648,062, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/165,171, filed May 21, 2015, U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/108,990, filed Jan. 28, 2015, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/011,531, filed Jun. 12, 2014, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. This application also relates to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/814,420, filed Jul. 30, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,101,879, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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