Patent ID: 8234588
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of panning and zooming a displayed image on a display screen of an electronic device using an auxiliary input device on the electronic device, the method comprising: displaying an image on the display screen; toggling between a pan mode and a zoom mode that respectively pan and zoom the displayed image in response to detection of successive depression of the auxiliary input device; displaying an abbreviated menu having a short list of menu options which is a subset of a full menu of options of selectable actions available relative to the displayed image and the selectable actions of the short list of menu options having been assessed a higher probability for being selected than at least a portion of the selectable actions of the full menu of options that are not included in the short list of menu options, and the short list of menu options includes an option for at least one of panning and zooming; and generating the short list of menu options to include a default-designated option for one of the pan mode and the zoom mode, where the pan mode is the default-designated option when the mode immediately before was the zoom mode and the zoom mode is the default-designated option when the mode immediately before was the pan mode.