Kathleen M Bruce

US Patent:

20110320978, Dec 29, 2011

Filed:

Jun 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/825992

Inventors:

Samuel J. Horodezky - San Diego CA, US
Kam-Cheong Anthony Tsoi - San Diego CA, US
Kathleen M. Bruce - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 3/041
G06F 3/033

US Classification:

715823, 715858, 345173, 715863, 715810

Abstract:

Methods and devices provide a user interface featuring a gesture recognition overlay suitable for the small display of a mobile device equipped with a touchscreen user input/display. Such a gesture recognition overlay functionality may enable users to enter alphanumeric text and edit text by performing simple gestures on an overlay presented above other images on the touchscreen display. By providing a larger area for accepting user input touch gestures as well as presenting menus, the various embodiments facilitate text entry and editing operations on the relatively small area of most mobile device touchscreen displays. A variety of functions may be correlated to user inputs within the gesture recognition overlay, and various operating modes may be included in the functionality, such as a text selection mode and a toolbar menu mode.

US Patent:

20110225545, Sep 15, 2011

Filed:

Mar 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/750934

Inventors:

Samuel J. Horodezky - San Diego CA, US
Kam-Cheong Anthony Tsoi - San Diego CA, US
Kathleen M. Bruce - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715810

Abstract:

A method of displaying graphical user interface objects is disclosed and may include displaying a GUI object menu on a display and displaying a wrinkled portion at at least one an end of the GUI object menu. The wrinkle indicator may indicate that one or more GUI objects are available off screen at an edge of the display adjacent to the wrinkle indicator.