Patents by Inventor Akiva Dov Leffert

Akiva Dov Leffert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface Using Mid-Drag Gestures
    Publication number: 20110074695
    Abstract: A method for modifying user interface behavior on a device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display includes: displaying a user interface; detecting a first portion of a single finger gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the single finger gesture has a finger contact with a first size; performing a first responsive behavior within the user interface in accordance with the first portion of the first gesture; detecting an increase in size of the single finger contact on the touch-sensitive surface; in response to detecting the increase in size of the single finger contact, performing a second responsive behavior within the user interface; detecting a second portion of the single finger gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, performing a third responsive behavior within the user interface in accordance with the second portion of the single finger gesture, wherein the third responsive behavior is different from the first responsive behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Peter William Rapp, Akiva Dov Leffert, Jason Robert Marr, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer, Jay Christopher Capela