A system amp; method for getting multitude of controls from a single control in the user interface for touch screen characterized devices

摘要

A system and method to provide multitude of controls from a single control is presented for touch screen device"s user interface. Since touch screen devices are becoming more and more compact the available area for the user interface gets reduced. But the interface requires minimum area for providing all the required functions for the user. Owing to the more compact device like smart watches or internet of things gadgets, the requirement for reducing the screen size is getting more and more prominent. At the same time meaningful info has to be conveyed to the user within the available area. A methodology for achieving this is provided in the invention. Only one control is provided in the touch screen, which when touched by the user activates the most used or required controls gets displayed. Till the moment the touch screen provides info for user requirement, which would have been compromised by more settings or other control icons. Current user interface suffers from this disadvantage. With this invention more controls gets available once the user activates the single control, now the user has to drag to the required settings or control of their interest. By this method, the user interface becomes simpler without the need for displaying unnecessarily more settings option. The more frequently used settings are displayed during activation of the single control only. Also user has the flexibility to choose what settings have to be displayed. Even if the screen is bigger, user doesn"t want their screen size to be filled with many unnecessary control icons. The presented invention thus facilitates the max utilization of the screen size for any touch screen device like mobile phones, tablets, smart watches etc. The invention improves the speed with which the user will use the touch screen as it reduces the due diligence.