Title:
DIRECTIONAL PAD ON TOUCHSCREEN
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/140061
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs is disclosed. The method includes receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device, identifying a direction for the sliding motion; associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad, and providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device.
Inventors:
CHEN CHARLES L (US)
RAMAN TIRUVILWAMALAI VENKATRAM (US)
RAMAN TIRUVILWAMALAI VENKATRAM (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/034956
Publication Date:
April 02, 2015
Filing Date:
May 03, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC (US)
CHEN CHARLES L (US)
RAMAN TIRUVILWAMALAI VENKATRAM (US)
CHEN CHARLES L (US)
RAMAN TIRUVILWAMALAI VENKATRAM (US)
International Classes:
G06F3/048
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JAKOBSEN, Kraig A. et al. (P.O. Box 1022Minneapolis, Minnesota, US)
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