Systems and Methods for Touch-Screen-Based Remote Interaction with a Graphical User Interface

摘要

In an exemplary method, a user interface system receives touch screen input data representative of a touch screen input provided by a user on a touch screen of a remote control device configured to communicate wirelessly with an electronic device that provides a graphical user interface (“GUI”) for display on a display screen, converts the touch screen input to GUI input associated with the GUI provided by the electronic device for display on the display screen, and applies the GUI input to the GUI displayed on the display screen. In certain examples the user interface system converts the touch screen input to GUI input in accordance with a touch-screen-based directional-hop movement mode or a touch-screen-based free-cursor directional movement mode.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computer-implemented user interface system, touch screen input data representative of a touch screen input provided by a user on a touch screen of a remote control device configured to communicate wirelessly with an electronic device that provides a graphical user interface (“GUI”) having a grid of user selectable options for display on a display screen, the touch screen input having a distance component and a direction component; converting, by the computer-implemented user interface system, the touch screen input to a GUI input associated with the GUI displayed on the display screen, the converting including mapping the distance component and the direction component to a number of hops and a direction; and applying, by the computer-implemented user interface system, the GUI input to the GUI displayed on the display screen by moving a highlighter object away from a currently highlighted user selectable option in the grid of user selectable options by the number of hops in the direction to highlight a different user selectable option in the grid of user selectable options in the GUI.