Portable touch screen device, method and graphical user interface using emoticons

A touch screen, portable technology, applied to equipment with touchpad/sensor/detector, branch office equipment, electrical digital data processing, etc., can solve the problems of displaying, organizing and using a large number of emoji characters
CN102265586AActive Publication Date: 2011-11-30APPLE INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
APPLE INC
Publication Date
2011-11-30

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Abstract

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons.
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[0001] The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable electronic devices that provide emoji characters for electronic messages and documents, and, more particularly, to portable electronic devices that have touch screen displays that provide emoji characters for electronic messages and documents. Background technique

[0002] As portable electronic devices become ever more miniaturized and the number of functions performed by a given device increases, designing a user interface that allows a user to easily interact with a multifunction device becomes a distinct challenge. This challenge is particularly pronounced for hand-portable devices with touch-sensitive displays, which have much smaller screens than desktop or laptop computers. This is particularly disadvantageous since the user interface is the means through which the user receives not only content but also responses to user actions or behaviors attempted by the user including accessing the fea...

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