Patent ID: 8161417
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having one or more computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of enhancing selectability of objects displayed on a mobile device's touch screen, the method comprising: determining that the mobile device is moving in a pattern that indicates the mobile device is being carried by a user who is presently walking, wherein the pattern is detected using readings from accelerometers in the mobile device; and displaying, though the mobile device's touch screen, a walk-mode interface that increases an ease with which the objects are selected through the touch screen as compared to a standard interface displayed when the user of the mobile device is not walking with the mobile device, wherein the ease with which the objects are selected is increased by automatically zooming into an area of the standard interface that is most likely to be utilized by the user and by not requiring the user to input a confirmation in response to requesting an action that generates a confirmation request in the standard interface.