Stylus-Based Grab and Paste Interface for Touch Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of intuitive stylus-based user interface functions for relocating, copying, or deleting content on electronic touch sensitive devices, such as tablets and smartphones, which limits user convenience in organizing and transferring data.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of stylus-based techniques for grabbing, cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting data using a stylus with a touch sensitive device, where specific stylus actions or gestures trigger these functions, and the touch sensitive device controls the communication link for data transfer, optionally including animation and sound effects for user feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional touch interface methods are used for content management, then basic touch operations are simple, but intuitive stylus-based functions for relocating, copying, or deleting content are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a stylus as an intermediary tool between the user and the electronic device. The stylus includes a button that serves as a mediator to trigger grab and paste functions, enabling intuitive content management without requiring complex touch gestures or menu navigation. The stylus acts as a physical intermediary that simplifies content relocation operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service functionality where the stylus button automatically triggers the grab function when pressed during content selection. The device autonomously handles the copying or cutting of selected content to the stylus memory without requiring additional user confirmation or complex interface interactions, making the operation intuitive and efficient.
2Adaptability or versatility
If stylus-based grab and paste functions are implemented, then user convenience in organizing and transferring data is improved, but the device requires additional stylus actions and communication protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The stylus button is designed to perform multiple functions: it can trigger the grab function, serve as a selection tool, and potentially initiate paste operations. The communication link between the device and stylus is designed to handle multiple operations (grab, paste, delete) through a single standardized protocol, making the system versatile while managing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the state parameter of the stylus button to indicate different operations. When the button is pressed, it signals a grab operation; when held or pressed in different contexts, it can signal paste or delete operations. This parameter-based control allows the single button to manage multiple data transfer functions without requiring separate physical controls for each operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If content is grabbed to stylus memory, then content can be transferred between devices, but the stylus requires memory storage capability
Solution Approach 1:
The stylus memory is nested within the stylus device itself, creating a portable content repository. The stylus contains its own memory storage that can hold grabbed content independently of the source or destination device. This nested structure allows the stylus to function as a self-contained content transfer intermediary, enabling content relocation between different electronic devices without requiring centralized cloud storage or direct device-to-device connections.
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AI summary
Techniques are disclosed for grabbing and pasting content using a stylus in communication with an electronic device. The grab function can be used to copy/cut content from the device to stylus memory. The paste function can be used to delete content from the stylus memory, or paste that content to the same or different device. The user can grab content to the stylus with a stylus action, which may include manipulating a stylus control feature or performing a particular stylus gesture. The content may then be deleted from the stylus memory or pasted to a device by performing another stylus action, which may be the same or distinct from the grab stylus action. Pasting the content from the stylus memory to an electronic device may also include removing the content from the stylus memory. An animation can be displayed as content is sucked into stylus, or pasted to new locations.