US Patent Application 18221354. Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Touch Input Processing simplified abstract

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Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Touch Input Processing

Organization Name

Apple Inc.


Inventor(s)

Bruce D. Nilo of Morgan Hill CA (US)

Christopher K. Thomas of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Dominik Wagner of San Francisco CA (US)

Michael T. Turner of San Jose CA (US)

Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Touch Input Processing - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18221354 titled 'Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Touch Input Processing

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a system in an electronic device that detects user input on a user interface element. The input is processed using a standard gesture recognizer and a supplemental gesture recognizer.

  • The system determines if the content associated with the user interface element can be added to a drag operation.
  • If the content cannot be added, the system ignores the user input from the supplemental gesture recognizer and only uses the standard gesture recognizer.
  • If the content can be added, the system recognizes a gesture using both the standard and supplemental gesture recognizers and adds the content to the drag operation.


Original Abstract Submitted

At an electronic device, a user input is detected that corresponds to a respective user interface element in a portion of a user interface that is associated with a first standard gesture recognizer and a first supplemental gesture recognizer. The user input is processed in accordance with the first standard gesture recognizer and the first supplemental gesture recognizer. In accordance with a determination that content associated with the respective user interface element cannot be added to a drag operation, the device fails to recognize the user input using the first supplemental gesture recognizer, and processes the user input using the first standard gesture recognizer. On the other hand, in accordance with a determination that the content associated with the respective user interface element can be added to the drag operation, a gesture is recognized using the first supplemental gesture recognizer and the content is added to the drag operation.

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