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TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE, METHOD, AND
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR
DETERMINING COMMANDS BY APPLYING
HEURISTICS

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Inventors: Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA
(US); Greg Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen 0. Lemay, San Francisco, CA
(US); Scott Herz, San Jose, CA (US);
Marcel van Os, San Francisco, CA
(US); Bas Ording, San Francisco, CA
(US); Gregory Novick, Santa Clara, CA
(US); Wayne C. Westerman, San
Francisco, CA (US); Imran Chaudhri,
San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick Lee
Coffman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth Kocienda, Sunnyvale, CA
(US); Nitin K. Ganatra, San Jose, CA
(US); Freddy Allen Anzures, San
Francisco, CA (US); Jeremy A. Wyld,
San Jose, CA (US); Jeffrey Bush, San
Jose, CA (US); Michael Matas, San
Francisco, CA (US); Paul D. Marcos,
Los Altos, CA (US); Charles J. Pisula,
San Jose, CA (US); Virgil Scott King,
Mountain View, CA (US); Chris
Blumenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Francisco Ryan Tolmasky, Cupertino,
CA (US); Richard Williamson, Los
Gatos, CA (US); Andre M. J. Boule,
Sunnyvale, CA (US); Henri C.
Lamiraux, San Carlos, CA (US)

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Continuation of application No. 11/850,635, filed on
Sep. 5, 2007.

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Provisional application No. 60/937,993, filed on Jun.
29, 2007, provisional application No. 60/937,991,
filed on Jun. 29, 2007, provisional application No.
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ABSTRACT

A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with
a computing device with a touch screen display comprises:
detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen
display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more
finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and
processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger
contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen
scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or
more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen
translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the
one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to
transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to
displaying a next item in the set of items.
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and the airplane icon 6208 is replaced with the connnunications signal strength icon 402, as shown in FIG. 62A.
Additional description of airplane mode indicators can be
found in U.S. Provisional PatentApplicationNo. 60/947,315,
"Airplane Mode Indicator on a Portable Multifunction
Device," filed Jun. 29, 2007, and U.S. patent application Ser.
No. 11/961,743, "Airplane Mode Indicator on a Portable
Multifunction Device," filed Dec. 20, 2007, the content of
which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIG. 62C illustrates exemplary user interfaces for displaying and adjusting sound settings in accordance with some
embodiments. In some embodiments, if user selects to adjust
sound settings, VI 6200C (FIG. 62C) is displayed.
In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device
(e.g., device 100) displays a vibrate mode switch icon (e.g.,
icon 6212, FIG. 62C) on a touch screen display (e.g., display
112). The vibrate mode switch icon has an "on" position (not
shown) and an "off' position (e.g., 6214, FIG. 62C).
For example, in VI 6200C (FIG. 62C), a swipe gesture
from the "off' position 6214 to the "on" position is detected.
In response to detecting the swipe gesture, the vibrate mode
switch icon 6212 is displayed in the "on position" and the
device is set to be on vibrate mode.
In some embodiments, a contact with the settings icon
6210 (FIG. 62C) is detected. In response to detecting the
contact, the list of settings is displayed (VI 6200A, FIG. 62A).
FIG. 62D illustrates exemplary user interfaces for displaying and adjusting wallpaper settings in accordance with some
embodiments. In some embodiments, if a user selects to
adjust wallpaper settings (e.g., by a finger tap anywhere in the
wallpaper row in VI 6200A (FIG. 62A)), VI 6200D (FIG.
62D) is displayed. A user may change the wallpaper displayed on the device by making the desired selections on UI
6200D.
FIG. 62E illustrates exemplary user interfaces for displaying and adjusting general settings in accordance with some
embodiments. In some embodiments, if user selects to adjust
general settings, VI 6200E (FIG. 62E) is displayed. Some
general settings may include about, backlight, date and time,
keyboard, network, touch, legal, and reset settings.
For example, FIG. 62F illustrates exemplary user interfaces for displaying and adjusting touch settings in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, if a
user selects to adjust touch settings (by selecting "touch" in
VI 6200E in FIG. 62E), VI 6200F (FIG. 62F) is displayed.
In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device
(e.g., device 100) displays a show touch setting switch icon
(e.g., icon 6232, FIG. 62F) on a touch screen display (e.g.,
display 112). The slow touch setting switch icon has an "on"
position (not shown) and an "off' position (e.g., 6234, FIG.
62F).
For example, in UI 6200F (FIG. 62F), a swipe gesture from
the "off' position 6234 to the "on" position is detected. In
response to detecting the swipe gesture, the show touch setting icon switch 6232 is displayed in the "on" position and the
device is set to a show touch mode in which a shaded area
corresponding to a user's finger contact area is displayed on
the touch screen to aid the user in interacting with the touch
screen.
FIG. 62G illustrates exemplary user interfaces for displaying and adjusting iPod (trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.)
settings in accordance with some embodiments. In some
embodiments, if user selects iPod (trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.) settings, VI 6200G (FIG. 62G) is displayed.
In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device
(e.g., device 100) displays a shuffle mode icon (e.g., icon
6242, FIG. 62F) on a touch screen display (e.g., display 112).

The shuffle mode icon has an "on" position (not shown) and
an "off' position (e.g., 6244, FIG. 62G).
For example, in VI 6200G (FIG. 62G), a swipe gesture
from the "off' position 6244 to the "on" position is detected.
In response to detecting the swipe gesture, the shuffle mode
switch 6242 is displayed in the "on" position and the iPod
(trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.) feature of the device is
set to a shuffle mode.
FIG. 63 illustrates an exemplary method for adjusting dimming timers in accordance with some embodiments. Additional description of dinnning techniques can be found in
U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/883,821, "Portable Electronic Device With Auto-Dim Timers," filed Jan. 7,
2007, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/960,677, "Portable Electronic Device With Auto-Dim Timers," filed Dec.
19, 2007, the content of which is hereby incorporated by
reference in its entirety.
Additional description of settings-related techniques can
be found in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/883,
812, "Portable Electronic Device WithA Global Setting User
Interface," filed Jan. 7, 2007, and U.S. patent application Ser.
No. 11/960,669, "Portable Electronic Device With A Global
Setting User Interface," filed Dec. 19, 2007, the content of
which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has
been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be
exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in
view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen
and described in order to best explain the principles of the
invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable
others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to
the particular use contemplated.
What is claimed is:
1. A computing device, comprising:
a touch screen display;
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs
are stored in the memory and configured to be executed
by the one or more processors, the one or more programs
including:
instructions for detecting one or more finger contacts
with the touch screen display;
instructions for applying one or more heuristics to the
one or more finger contacts to determine a connnand
for the device; and
instructions for processing the connnand;
wherein the one or more heuristics comprise:
a vertical screen scrolling heuristic for determining
that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a
one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command rather than a two-dimensional screen translation connnand based on an angle of initial movement of a finger contact with respect to the touch
screen display;
a two-dimensional screen translation heuristic for
determining that the one or more finger contacts
correspond to the two-dimensional screen translation connnand rather than the one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling connnand based on the angle
of initial movement of the finger contact with
respect to the touch screen display; and
a next item heuristic for determining that the one or
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of items to displaying a next item in the set of items.
2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or
more heuristics include a heuristic for determining that the
one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to
translate content within a frame rather than translating an
entire page that includes the frame.
3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or
more heuristics include a heuristic for determining which
user interface object is selected when two user interface
objects have overlapping hit regions.
4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a contact comprising a
finger swipe gesture that initially moves within a predetermined angle of being perfectly vertical with respect to the
touch screen display corresponds to the one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command.
5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a contact comprising a
moving finger gesture that initially moves within a predefined
range of angles corresponds to the two-dimensional screen
translation command.
6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a contact comprising a
finger swipe gesture that initially moves within a predetermined angle of being perfectly horizontal with respect to the
touch screen display corresponds to a one-dimensional horizontal screen scrolling command rather than the two-dimensional screen translation command.
7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a contact comprising a
simultaneous two-thumb twisting gesture corresponds to a
90° screen rotation command.
8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, anN-finger translation
gesture corresponds to a command to translate an entire page
of content and an M-finger translation gesture corresponds to
a command to translate content within a frame rather than
translating the entire page of content that includes the frame.
9. The computing device of claim 1, including:
instructions for detecting one or more first finger contacts
with the touch screen display while a web browser application is displayed on the touch screen display;
instructions for applying a first set of heuristics for the web
browser application to the one or more first finger contacts to determine a first command for the device; and
instructions for processing the first command;
wherein the first set of heuristics comprises:
the vertical screen scrolling heuristic; and
the two-dimensional screen translation heuristic; and
instructions for detecting one or more second finger contacts with the touch screen display while a photo album
application is displayed on the touch screen display;
instructions for applying a second set of heuristics for the
photo album application to the one or more second finger
contacts to determine a second command for the device;
and
instructions for processing the second command;
wherein the second set of heuristics comprises:
the next item heuristic, wherein the respective item in the
set of items is a respective image in a set of images;
and
a heuristic for determining that the one or more second
finger contacts correspond to a command to transition
from displaying the respective image in the set of
images to displaying a previous image in the set of
images.

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one or more first finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional horizontal screen scrolling command rather than the
two-dimensional screen translation command based on the
angle of initial movement of the finger contact with respect to
the touch screen display.
11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
at a computing device with a touch screen display,
detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch
screen display;
applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger
contacts to determine a command for the device; and
processing the command;
wherein the one or more heuristics comprise:
a vertical screen scrolling heuristic for determining
that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a
one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command rather than a two-dimensional screen translation command based on an angle of initial movement of a finger contact with respect to the touch
screen display;
a two-dimensional screen translation heuristic for
determining that the one or more finger contacts
correspond to the two-dimensional screen translation command rather than the one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command based on the angle
of initial movement of the finger contact with
respect to the touch screen display; and
a next item heuristic for determining that the one or
more finger contacts correspond to a command to
transition from displaying a respective item in a set
of items to displaying a next item in the set of items.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11,
including:
while displaying a web browser application,
detecting one or more first finger contacts with the touch
screen display;
applying a first set of heuristics for the web browser
application to the one or more first finger contacts to
determine a first command for the device; and
processing the first command;
wherein the first set of heuristics comprises:
the vertical screen scrolling heuristic; and
the two-dimensional screen translation heuristic; and
while displaying a photo album application,
detecting one or more second finger contacts with the
touch screen display;
applying a second set of heuristics for the photo album
application to the one or more second finger contacts
to determine a second command for the device; and
processing the second command;
wherein the second set of heuristics comprises:
the next item heuristic, wherein the respective item in
the set of items is a respective image in a set of
images; and
a heuristic for determining that the one or more second finger contacts correspond to a command to
transition from displaying the respective image in
the set of images to displaying a previous image in
the set of images.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12,
wherein the first set of heuristics comprises a heuristic for
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command based on the angle of initial movement of the finger
from displaying a respective item in a set of items to
contact with respect to the touch screen display.
displaying a next item in the set of items.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11,
18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17,
wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a
wherein the computer readable medium has stored therein
contact comprising a finger swipe gesture that initially moves
instructions, which when executed by a device with a touch
within a predetermined angle of being perfectly vertical with
screen display, cause the device to:
respect to the touch screen display corresponds to the onewhile displaying a web browser application,
dimensional vertical screen scrolling command.
detect one or more first finger contacts with the touch
screen display;
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apply a first set of heuristics for the web browser appliwherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a 10
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mine a first command for the device; and
moves within a predefined range of angles corresponds to the
process the first command;
two-dimensional screen translation command.
wherein the first set of heuristics comprises:
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11,
the vertical screen scrolling heuristic; and
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the two-dimensional screen translation heuristic; and
contact comprising a finger swipe gesture that initially moves
while displaying a photo album application,
within a predetermined angle of being perfectly horizontal
detect one or more second finger contacts with the touch
with respect to the touch screen display corresponds to a
screen display;
one-dimensional horizontal screen scrolling command rather
apply a second set of heuristics for the photo album
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than the two-dimensional screen translation command.
application to the one or more second finger contacts
17. A computer readable storage medium having stored
to determine a second command for the device; and
therein instructions, which when executed by a device with a
process the second command;
touch screen display, cause the device to:
wherein the second set of heuristics comprises:
detect one or more finger contacts with the touch screen
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the next item heuristic, wherein the respective item in
display;
the set of items is a respective image in a set of
apply one or more heuristics to the one or more finger
images; and
contacts to determine a command for the device; and
a heuristic for determining that the one or more secprocess the command;
ond finger contacts correspond to a command to
wherein the one or more heuristics comprise:
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transition from displaying the respective image in
a vertical screen scrolling heuristic for determining that
the set of images to displaying a previous image in
the one or more finger contacts correspond to a onethe set of images.
dimensional vertical screen scrolling command rather
19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17,
than a two-dimensional screen translation command
wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a
based on an angle of initial movement of a finger
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contact with respect to the touch screen display;
within a predetermined angle of being perfectly vertical with
a two-dimensional screen translation heuristic for deterrespect to the touch screen display corresponds to the onemining that the one or more finger contacts corredimensional vertical screen scrolling command.
spond to the two-dimensional screen translation com20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17,
mand rather than the one-dimensional vertical screen
40 wherein, in one heuristic of the one or more heuristics, a
scrolling command based on the angle of initial movecontact comprising a moving finger gesture that initially
ment of the finger contact with respect to the touch
moves within a predefined range of angles corresponds to the
screen display; and
two-dimensional screen translation command.
a next item heuristic for determining that the one or more
finger contacts correspond to a command to transition
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