Fling Gesture Window Association on Touchscreens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for accessing content on mobile devices, such as web pages, require intrusive and cumbersome steps, especially on touch-based interfaces with smaller screens, as they often necessitate secondary clicks and multiple selections to open new browser windows or tabs, disrupting the current browsing session.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that generates a graphical interface window in response to a fling gesture, allowing users to associate content with the window without interrupting the current session, by receiving a fling gesture on a computing device and creating a graphical interface window off-screen or on-screen based on user preference, which can be customized for touch-based devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a secondary click and multiple selection method is used to open new browser windows or tabs, then the current browsing session can be maintained, but the operation becomes intrusive and cumbersome on touch-based interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical click-based interaction system with a gesture-based system. Specifically, it substitutes the multi-step secondary click and menu selection process with a single fling gesture that directly triggers window or tab creation, thereby simplifying the interaction mechanism while maintaining the ability to access content without interrupting the current browsing session
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the interaction parameter from discrete click events to continuous gesture movements. By detecting the fling gesture's characteristics (direction, distance, speed), the system transforms the interaction into a more intuitive and efficient parameter-based control mechanism, reducing the number of steps required to open new windows or tabs
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional menu-based access methods are used on touch-based devices with smaller screens, then functionality is maintained, but the interface becomes more intrusive and less user-friendly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new interaction dimension by implementing gesture-based control on the touchscreen surface. Instead of relying on traditional two-dimensional button clicks and menu navigation, the fling gesture utilizes the touchscreen's spatial capabilities to create an intuitive three-dimensional interaction model that is better suited for small screen devices, thereby improving usability while maintaining full functionality
3Reliability
If multiple steps are required to access content in a new graphical interface window, then the current session can be preserved, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-configuring the fling gesture recognition system to automatically trigger window or tab creation upon detecting the appropriate gesture. This eliminates the need for subsequent menu navigation and selection steps, thereby reducing the time required to access content while ensuring the current browsing session remains uninterrupted through the background execution of the gesture recognition and window creation processes
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AI summary
Computer-implemented methods for associating, based on a fling gesture, content with a graphical interface window, are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, via a computing device, a fling gesture associated with an access point, wherein the fling gesture is a movement of the access point along a path from a first location on a display screen of the computing device to a second location on the display screen of the computing device, and wherein the access point is a reference to content. In response to the fling gesture, a graphical interface window is generated. The graphical interface window is then associated with the content referenced by the access point.