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

Active Publication Date: 2011-11-30
APPLE INC
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However, in existing portable electronic devices with small display screens, it is rather cumbersome to display, organize and use a large number of emoticons

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[0055] Reference will now be made in detail to the 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 present invention. However, it will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention 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.

[0056] It will also be understood that although the terms first, second etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish elements from each other. For example, a first gesture could be termed a second gesture, and, similarly, a second gesture could be termed a first gesture, without dep...

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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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technical field [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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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04M1/725G06F3/023G06F3/048H04M1/7243
CPCH04M1/72547G06F3/04883G06F3/04817H04M2250/22G06F3/0482H04M1/7243G06F3/041H04M1/73H04M2201/42G06F3/0236G06F3/04886G06F3/0219
Inventor B·A·摩尔B·奥丁E·C·弗奇斯S·J·奇克K·科西恩达
Owner APPLE INC
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