PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-10356309-B2
Application Number: US-201615281524-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: Portable electronic device for photo management

Abstract:
A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images. The device replaces the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array. The user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image. The portable device displays a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image in accordance with a scrolling gesture. The scrolling gesture comprises a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display.

Claims:
What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
 a phone, 
 a camera, 
 a touch screen display, 
 a processor, 
 a memory; and 
 one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the one or more programs including instructions for:
 displaying, on the touch screen display, an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; 
 detecting a gesture on the thumbnail image in the array; 
 in response to detecting the gesture on the thumbnail image in the array, replacing the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image, wherein the user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image; 
 while displaying the user-selected photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the gesture on the thumbnail image in the array, detecting a scrolling gesture comprising a movement of a contact on the touch screen display at a location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image; 
 in response to detecting the scrolling gesture, displaying a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image wherein the different photographic image corresponds to one of the thumbnail images in the displayed array of thumbnail images; 
 while displaying the different photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the scrolling gesture comprising the movement of the contact on the touch screen display at the location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image, detecting a change in an orientation of the portable electronic device; and, 
 in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the device while displaying the different photographic image, rotating the different photographic image on the touch screen display to a different orientation with respect to the touch screen display. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The device of  claim 1 , including instructions for:
 while displaying the different photographic image, detecting a gesture on an icon that when activated initiates transfer to a user interface for a camera; and 
 in response to detecting the gesture on the icon that when activated initiates transfer to the user interface for the camera, displaying the user interface for the camera. 
 
     
     
       3. The device of  claim 1 , wherein thumbnail images of videos are visually distinguished from thumbnails of still images in the array. 
     
     
       4. The device of  claim 1 , including instructions for:
 upon detecting user selection of an image deletion icon, displaying an image destruction animation of the different photographic image. 
 
     
     
       5. The device of  claim 4 , wherein the image destruction animation includes:
 splitting the different photographic image into multiple vertical stripes; and 
 visually moving the multiple vertical stripes out of the touch screen display with different stripes moving at different speeds. 
 
     
     
       6. The device of  claim 1 , including instructions for:
 upon detecting user selection of an email image icon, displaying an email composition user interface for composing an email message, with the different photographic image included in the email message being composed; and 
 after sending the email message, redisplaying the array of thumbnail images or the different photographic image. 
 
     
     
       7. The device of  claim 6 , including instructions for:
 upon detecting the user selection of the email image icon, displaying an animation of the different photographic image being resized and placed into the email message being composed. 
 
     
     
       8. The device of  claim 7 , wherein the animation of the different photographic image includes:
 visually shrinking the different photographic image to a predefined size; 
 visually moving the email composition user interface into the touch screen, the user interface including a message body region; and 
 visually fitting the shrunken different photographic image into the message body region. 
 
     
     
       9. The device of  claim 8 , including instructions for:
 upon detecting a user selection of the message body region, displaying a letter keyboard overlaid on the user selected image; and 
 upon detecting a user selection of the letter keyboard, displaying a user selected character in the message body region. 
 
     
     
       10. The device of  claim 1 , including instructions for:
 upon detecting user selection of an image contact assignment icon, displaying a list of contacts; and, 
 upon detecting user selection of a respective contact from the list of contacts, displaying a user interface for associating the different photographic image with the user selected contact. 
 
     
     
       11. The device of  claim 10 , wherein displaying a user interface for associating the different photographic image with the user selected contact includes enabling the user to adjust the different photographic image to form an adjusted image to be associated with the user selected contact. 
     
     
       12. The device of  claim 11 , wherein the adjustment of the different photographic image includes:
 moving the different photographic image on the touch screen in response to a movement of an one-finger contact gesture; 
 enlarging the different photographic image in response to a de-pinching gesture including multiple simultaneous and continuous contacts with the touch screen; and/or 
 reducing the different photographic image in response to a pinching gesture including multiple simultaneous and continuous contacts with the touch screen. 
 
     
     
       13. The device of  claim 1 , including instructions for:
 while displaying the different photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the scrolling gesture comprising the movement of the contact on the touch screen display at the location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image, detecting a gesture that includes a tap at a location corresponding to the different photographic image; and 
 in response to detecting the tap gesture that includes a tap at a location corresponding to the different photographic image, magnifying the different photographic image displayed, on the touch screen display, by a predetermined amount. 
 
     
     
       14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a portable electronic device with
 a phone, 
 a camera, 
 a touch screen display, 
 a processor, and 
 a memory; 
 the one or more programs including instructions for:
 displaying, on the touch screen display, an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; 
 detecting a gesture on the thumbnail image in the array; 
 in response to detecting the gesture on the thumbnail image in the array, replacing the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image, wherein the user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image; 
 while displaying the user-selected photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the gesture on the thumbnail image in the array, detecting a scrolling gesture comprising a movement of a contact on the touch screen display at a location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image; 
 in response to detecting the scrolling gesture, displaying a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image wherein the different photographic image corresponds to one of the thumbnail images in the displayed array of thumbnail images; 
 while displaying the different photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the scrolling gesture comprising the movement of the contact on the touch screen display at the location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image, detecting a change in an orientation of the portable electronic device; and, 
 in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the device while displaying the different photographic image, rotating the different photographic image on the touch screen display to a different orientation with respect to the touch screen display. 
 
 
     
     
       15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
 while displaying the different photographic image, detecting a gesture on an icon that when activated initiates transfer to a user interface for a camera; and 
 in response to detecting the gesture on the icon that when activated initiates transfer to the user interface for the camera, displaying the user interface for the camera. 
 
     
     
       16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , wherein thumbnail images of videos are visually distinguished from thumbnails of still images in the array. 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
 upon detecting user selection of an image deletion icon, displaying an image destruction animation of the different photographic image. 
 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 17 , wherein the image destruction animation includes:
 splitting the different photographic image into multiple vertical stripes; and 
 visually moving the multiple vertical stripes out of the touch screen display with different stripes moving at different speeds. 
 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
 upon detecting user selection of an email image icon, displaying an email composition user interface for composing an email message, with the different photographic image included in the email message being composed; and 
 after sending the email message, redisplaying the array of thumbnail images or the different photographic image. 
 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 19 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
 upon detecting the user selection of the email image icon, displaying an animation of the different photographic image being resized and placed into the email message being composed. 
 
     
     
       21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 20 , wherein the animation of the different photographic image includes:
 visually shrinking the different photographic image to a predefined size; 
 visually moving the email composition user interface into the touch screen, the user interface including a message body region; and 
 visually fitting the shrunken different photographic image into the message body region. 
 
     
     
       22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
 upon detecting a user selection of the message body region, displaying a letter keyboard overlaid on the user selected image; and 
 upon detecting a user selection of the letter keyboard, displaying a user selected character in the message body region. 
 
     
     
       23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
 upon detecting user selection of an image contact assignment icon, displaying a list of contacts; and, 
 upon detecting user selection of a respective contact from the list of contacts, displaying a user interface for associating the different photographic image with the user selected contact. 
 
     
     
       24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23 , wherein displaying a user interface for associating the different photographic image with the user selected contact includes enabling the user to adjust the different photographic image to form an adjusted image to be associated with the user selected contact. 
     
     
       25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 24 , wherein the adjustment of the different photographic image includes:
 moving the different photographic image on the touch screen in response to a movement of an one-finger contact gesture; 
 enlarging the different photographic image in response to a de-pinching gesture including multiple simultaneous and continuous contacts with the touch screen; and/or 
 reducing the different photographic image in response to a pinching gesture including multiple simultaneous and continuous contacts with the touch screen. 
 
     
     
       26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
 while displaying the different photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the scrolling gesture comprising the movement of the contact on the touch screen display at the location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image, detecting a gesture that includes a tap at a location corresponding to the different photographic image; and 
 in response to detecting the tap gesture that includes a tap at a location corresponding to the different photographic image, magnifying the different photographic image displayed, on the touch screen display, by a predetermined amount. 
 
     
     
       27. A method, comprising:
 displaying a user interface for a camera on a touch screen display of a portable electronic device, wherein:
 the portable electronic device includes
 a phone, 
 a camera, 
 a touch screen display, 
 a processor, and 
 a memory; 
 
 displaying, on the touch screen display, an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; 
 detecting a gesture on the thumbnail image in the array; 
 in response to detecting the gesture on the thumbnail image in the array, replacing the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image, wherein the user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image; 
 while displaying the user-selected photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the gesture on the thumbnail image in the array, detecting a scrolling gesture comprising a movement of a contact on the touch screen display at a location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image; 
 in response to detecting the scrolling gesture, displaying a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image wherein the different photographic image corresponds to one of the thumbnail images in the displayed array of thumbnail images; 
 while displaying the different photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the scrolling gesture comprising the movement of the contact on the touch screen display at the location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image, detecting a change in an orientation of the portable electronic device; and, 
 in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the device while displaying the different photographic image, rotating the different photographic image on the touch screen display to a different orientation with respect to the touch screen display. 
 
 
     
     
       28. The method of  claim 27 , further comprising:
 while displaying the different photographic image, detecting a gesture on an icon that when activated initiates transfer to a user interface for a camera; and 
 in response to detecting the gesture on the icon that when activated initiates transfer to the user interface for the camera, displaying the user interface for the camera. 
 
     
     
       29. The method of  claim 27 , wherein thumbnail images of videos are visually distinguished from thumbnails of still images in the array. 
     
     
       30. The method of  claim 27 , further comprising:
 upon detecting user selection of an image deletion icon, displaying an image destruction animation of the different photographic image. 
 
     
     
       31. The method of  claim 30 , wherein the image destruction animation includes:
 splitting the different photographic image into multiple vertical stripes; and 
 visually moving the multiple vertical stripes out of the touch screen display with different stripes moving at different speeds. 
 
     
     
       32. The method of  claim 27 , further comprising:
 upon detecting user selection of an email image icon, displaying an email composition user interface for composing an email message, with the different photographic image included in the email message being composed; and 
 after sending the email message, redisplaying the array of thumbnail images or the different photographic image. 
 
     
     
       33. The method of  claim 32 , further comprising:
 upon detecting the user selection of the email image icon, displaying an animation of the different photographic image being resized and placed into the email message being composed. 
 
     
     
       34. The method of  claim 33 , wherein the animation of the different photographic image includes:
 visually shrinking the different photographic image to a predefined size; 
 visually moving the email composition user interface into the touch screen, the user interface including a message body region; and 
 visually fitting the shrunken different photographic image into the message body region. 
 
     
     
       35. The method of  claim 34 , further comprising:
 upon detecting a user selection of the message body region, displaying a letter keyboard overlaid on the user selected image; and 
 upon detecting a user selection of the letter keyboard, displaying a user selected character in the message body region. 
 
     
     
       36. The method of  claim 27 , further comprising:
 upon detecting user selection of an image contact assignment icon, displaying a list of contacts; and, 
 upon detecting user selection of a respective contact from the list of contacts, displaying a user interface for associating the different photographic image with the user selected contact. 
 
     
     
       37. The method of  claim 36 , wherein displaying a user interface for associating the different photographic image with the user selected contact includes enabling the user to adjust the different photographic image to form an adjusted image to be associated with the user selected contact. 
     
     
       38. The method of  claim 37 , wherein the adjustment of the different photographic image includes:
 moving the different photographic image on the touch screen in response to a movement of an one-finger contact gesture; 
 enlarging the different photographic image in response to a de-pinching gesture including multiple simultaneous and continuous contacts with the touch screen; and/or 
 reducing the different photographic image in response to a pinching gesture including multiple simultaneous and continuous contacts with the touch screen. 
 
     
     
       39. The method of  claim 27 , further comprising:
 while displaying the different photographic image that was displayed in response to detecting the scrolling gesture comprising the movement of the contact on the touch screen display at the location that corresponds to the user-selected photographic image, detecting a gesture that includes a tap at a location corresponding to the different photographic image; and 
 in response to detecting the tap gesture that includes a tap at a location corresponding to the different photographic image, magnifying the different photographic image displayed, on the touch screen display, by a predetermined amount.

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/666,943, filed Nov. 1, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/361,912, filed Jan. 30, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,305,355, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/848,210, filed Aug. 30, 2007, entitled “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management,” now U.S. Pat. No. 8,106,856, and which claims priority to: (A) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/937,993 filed Jun. 29, 2007, entitled “Portable Multifunction Device”; (B) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/947,118, filed Jun. 29, 2007, entitled “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management”; (C) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/879,469, filed Jan. 8, 2007, entitled “Portable Multifunction Device”; (D) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/879,253, filed Jan. 7, 2007, entitled “Portable Multifunction Device”; (E) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/883,785, filed Jan. 6, 2007, entitled “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management”; and (F) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/824,769, filed Sep. 6, 2006, entitled “Portable Multifunction Device.” All of these applications are incorporated by referenced herein in their entirety. 
    
    
     This application is related to the following applications: (1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/188,182, “Touch Pad For Handheld Device,” filed on Jul. 1, 2002; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/722,948, “Touch Pad For Handheld Device,” filed on Nov. 25, 2003; (3) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/643,256, “Movable Touch Pad With Added Functionality,” filed on Aug. 18, 2003; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/654,108, “Ambidextrous Mouse,” filed on Sep. 2, 2003; (5) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “Multipoint Touchscreen,” filed on May 6, 2004; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No: 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed on Jul. 30, 2004; (7) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices” filed on Jan. 18, 2005; (8) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/057,050, “Display Actuator,” filed on Feb. 11, 2005; (9) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/658,777, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 4, 2005; and (10) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated by reference herein. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable electronic devices, and more particularly, to portable devices for photo management, such as digital photographing, photo editing, and emailing photos. 
     BACKGROUND 
     As portable electronic devices become more compact and capable of performing functions, it has become a significant challenge to design a user interface that allows users to easily interact with such a multifunction device. This challenge is more significant for handheld portable electronic devices, which have much smaller screens than desktop or laptop computers. This situation is unfortunate because a user interface is the gateway through which a user receives information and a device receives user actions or behaviors, including user attempts to access the portable electronic device&#39;s features, tools, and functions. 
     Some portable devices (e.g., mobile telephones, sometimes called mobile phones, cell phones, cellular telephones, and the like) have resorted to adding more push buttons, increasing the density of push buttons, overloading the functions of push buttons, or using complex menu systems to allow a user to access, store, and manipulate data. These approaches often result in complicated key sequences and menu hierarchies that must be memorized by the user. 
     Many conventional user interfaces, such as those that include physical push buttons, are also inflexible because a physical push button may prevent a user interface front being configured and/or adapted by either an application running on the portable electronic device or by users. When coupled with the time consuming requirement to memorize multiple key sequences and menu hierarchies, and the difficulty in activating a desired push button, such inflexibility is frustrating to most users. 
     For example, cell phones with a built-in digital camera have been on the market for some time. But existing cell phones are difficult to use for even basic photo-related operations such as displaying, deleting and sending a photo because of limitations with the cell phones&#39; user interface. 
     Accordingly, there is a need for portable multifunction devices with more transparent and intuitive user interfaces for photo management. 
     SUMMARY 
     The above deficiencies and other problems associated with user interfaces for portable devices are reduced or eliminated by the disclosed portable multifunction device. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device has a touch-sensitive display (also known as a “touch screen” or “touch screen display”) with a graphical user interface (GUI), one or more processors, memory and one or more modules, programs or sets of instructions stored in the memory for performing multiple functions. In some embodiments, the user interacts with the GUI primarily through finger contacts and gestures on the touch-sensitive display. Instructions for performing photo management may be included in a computer program product configured for execution by one or more processors. 
     One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a portable electronic device with a touch screen: displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; replaces the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array, wherein the user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image; and displays a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image, wherein the different photographic image is selected in accordance with a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a portable electronic device with a touch screen: displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; detects a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially vertical movement of user contact with the touch screen display; and responds to the scrolling gesture by scrolling the display of thumbnail images in accordance with a direction of the scrolling gesture; wherein the scrolling gesture is substantially independent of a horizontal position of the user contact with the touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic device. The device includes a touch screen display, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs. The one or more program are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include: instructions for displaying an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; instructions for replacing the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array, wherein the user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image; and instructions for displaying a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image, wherein the different photographic image is selected in accordance with a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic device. The device includes a touch screen display, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs. The one or more program are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include: instructions for displaying an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; instructions for detecting a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially vertical movement of user contact with the touch screen display; and instructions for responding to the scrolling gesture by scrolling the display of thumbnail images in accordance with a direction of the scrolling gesture; wherein the scrolling gesture is substantially independent of a horizontal position of the user contact with the touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-program product that includes a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein. The computer program mechanism includes instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to: display an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; replace the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array, wherein the user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image; and display a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image, wherein the different photographic image is selected in accordance with a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-program product that includes a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein. The computer program mechanism includes instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to: display an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; detect a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially vertical movement of user contact with the touch screen display; and respond to the scrolling gesture by scrolling the display of thumbnail images in accordance with a direction of the scrolling gesture; wherein the scrolling gesture is substantially independent of a horizontal position of the user contact with the touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising; means for displaying an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; means for replacing the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array, wherein the user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image; and means for displaying a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image, wherein the different photographic image is selected in accordance with a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising: means for displaying an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images; means for detecting a scrolling gesture comprising a substantially vertical movement of user contact with the touch screen display; and means for responding to the scrolling gesture by scrolling the display of thumbnail images in accordance with a direction of the scrolling gesture; wherein the scrolling gesture is substantially independent of a horizontal position of the user contact with e touch screen display. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which an electronic device with a touch screen: detects a first movement of a physical object on or near the touch screen display; while detecting the first movement, translates a first digital object displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction, wherein the first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects; in response to display of a previously hidden edge of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement, displays an area beyond the edge of the first digital object; after the first movement is no longer detected, translates the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed; detects a second. movement of the physical object on or near the touch screen display; and, in response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed, translates the first digital object in the first direction and displays a second digital object in the set of digital objects. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves an electronic device. The device includes a touch screen display, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs. The one or more program are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include: instructions for detecting a first movement of a physical object on or near the touch screen display; instructions for, while detecting the first movement, translating a first digital object displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction, wherein the first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects; instructions for, in response to display of a previously hidden edge of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement, displaying an area beyond the edge of the first digital object; instructions for, after the first movement is no longer detected, translating the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed; instructions for detecting a second movement of the physical object on or near the touch screen display; and instructions for, in response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed, translating the first digital object in the first direction and displaying second digital object in the set of digital objects. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-program product that includes a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein. The computer program mechanism includes instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to: detect a first movement of a physical object on or near the touch screen display; while detecting the first movement, translate a first digital object displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction, wherein the first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects; in response to display of a previously hidden edge of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement, display an area beyond the edge of the first digital object; after the first movement is no longer detected, translate the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed; detect a second movement of the physical object on or near the touch screen display; and, in response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed, translate the first digital object in the first direction and display a second digital object in the set of digital objects. 
     Another aspect of the invention involves an electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising: means for detecting a first movement of a physical object oil or near the touch screen display; means for, while detecting the first movement, translating a first digital object displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction, wherein the first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects; means for, in response to display of a previously hidden edge of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement, displaying an area beyond the edge of the first digital object; means for, after the first movement is no longer detected, translating the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed; means for detecting a second movement of the physical object on or near the touch screen display; and means for, in response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed, translating the first digital object in the first direction and displaying a second digital object in the set of digital objects. 
     Thus, the invention provides transparent and intuitive user interface for managing photos on a portable electronic device with a touch screen display 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       For a better understanding of the aforementioned embodiments of the invention as well as additional embodiments thereof, reference should be made to the Description of Embodiments below, in conjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures. 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a portable electronic device having a touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portable electronic device in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates an exemplary user interface for a menu of applications on a portable electronic device in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 5  illustrates an exemplary user interface for a camera in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 6  illustrates an exemplary user interface fax a camera roll in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIGS. 7A through 7C  illustrate an exemplary user interface for viewing and manipulating images in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 8  illustrates an exemplary user interface for viewing photo albums in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 9  illustrates an exemplary user interface for setting user preferences in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 10  illustrates an exemplary user interface for viewing an album iii accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 11  illustrates an exemplary user interface for viewing images in an album in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 12  illustrates an exemplary user interface for selecting a use for an image in an album in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIGS. 13A through 13G  illustrate an exemplary user interface for incorporating an image in an email message template in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIGS. 14A and 14B  illustrate an exemplary user interface for assigning an image to a contact in the users contact list in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 15  illustrates an exemplary user interface for incorporating an image in the user&#39;s wallpaper in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating a process for displaying thumbnail images on a touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 17  is a flowchart illustrating a process for performing operations in response to user contact with the touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 18  is a flowchart illustrating a process for deleting an image in response to a user contact with the touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 19  is a flowchart illustrating a process for displaying multiple photo albums on the touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 20  is a flowchart illustrating a process for performing additional operations upon a user selection of an additional options icon in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 21  is a flowchart illustrating an animated process for rendering an email service interface that includes a user selected image in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 22  is a flowchart illustrating a process for assigning an image to a user selected contact in the user&#39;s contact list in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIGS. 23A-23H  illustrate an exemplary user interface for viewing digital objects in a set of digital objects in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 24  is a flowchart illustrating a process for viewing digital objects in a set of digital objects in accordance with some embodiments. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits, and networks have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments. 
     Embodiments of a portable electronic device, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device is a portable communications device such as a mobile telephone that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/or music player functions. 
     The user interface may include a physical click wheel in addition to a touch screen or a virtual click wheel displayed on the touch screen. A click wheel is a physical user-interface device that may provide navigation commands based on an angular displacement of the wheel or a point of contact with the wheel by a user of the portable electronic device. A click wheel may also be used to provide a user command corresponding to selection of one or more items, for example, when the user of the portable electronic device presses down on at least a portion of the wheel or the center of the wheel. Alternatively, breaking contact with a click wheel image on a touch screen surface may indicate a user command corresponding to selection. For simplicity, in the discussion that follows, a portable electronic device that includes a touch screen is used as an exemplary embodiment. It should be understood, however, that some of the user interfaces and associated processes may be applied to other devices, such as personal computers and laptop computers, which may include one or more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physical click wheel, a physical keyboard, a mouse and/or a joystick. 
     In addition to photo management, the device may support a variety of other applications, such as a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a blogging application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application. 
     The various applications that may be executed on the portable electronic device may use at least one common physical user-interface device, such as the touch screen. One or more functions of the touch screen as well as corresponding information displayed on the portable electronic device may be adjusted and/or varied from one application to the next and/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as the touch screen) of the portable electronic device may support. the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent. 
     The user interfaces may include one or more soft keyboard embodiments. The soft keyboard embodiments may include standard (QWERTY) and/or non-standard configurations of symbols on the displayed icons of the keyboard, such as those described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/459,606, “Keyboards For Portable Electronic Devices,” filed Jul. 24, 2006, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/459,615, “Touch Screen Keyboards For Portable Electronic Devices,” filed Jul. 24, 2006, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. The keyboard embodiments may include a reduced number of icons (or soft keys) relative to the number of keys in existing physical keyboards, such as that for a typewriter. This may make it easier for users to select one or more icons in the keyboard, and thus, one or more corresponding symbols. The keyboard embodiments may be adaptive. For example, displayed icons may be modified in accordance with user actions, such as selecting one or more icons and/or one or more corresponding symbols. One or more applications on the portable electronic device may utilize common and/or different keyboard embodiments. Thus, the keyboard embodiment used may be tailored to at least some of the applications. In some embodiments, one or more keyboard embodiments may be tailored to a respective user. For example, based on a word usage history (lexicography, slang, individual usage) of the respective user. Some of the keyboard embodiments may be adjusted to reduce a probability of a user error when selecting one or more icons, and thus one or more symbols, when using the soft keyboard embodiments. 
     Attention is now directed towards embodiments of the portable electronic device.  FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a portable electronic device  100  with a touch-sensitive display  112  in accordance with some embodiments. The touch-sensitive display  112  is sometimes called a “touch screen” for convenience. The device  100  may include a memory  102  (which may include one or more computer readable storage mediums), a memory controller  122 , one or more processing units (CPU&#39;s)  120 , a peripherals interface  118 , RF circuitry  108 , audio circuitry  110 , a speaker  111 , a microphone  113 , an input/output (I/O) subsystem  106 , other input or control devices  116 , and an external port  124 . The device  100  may include one or more optical sensors  164 . These components may communicate over one or more communication buses or signal lines  103 . 
     it should be appreciated that the portable electronic device  100  is only one example of a portable electronic device  100 , and that the portable electronic device  100  may have more or fewer components than shown, may combine two or more components, or a may have a different configuration or arrangement of the components. The various components shown in  FIG. 1  may be implemented in hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software, including one or more signal processing and/or application specific integrated circuits. 
     Memory  102  may include high-speed random access memory and may also include non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Access to memory  102  by other components of the portable electronic device  100 , such as the CPU  120  and the peripherals interface may be controlled by the memory controller  122 . 
     The peripherals interface  118  couples the input and output peripherals of the portable electronic device to the CPU  120  and memory  102 . The one or more processors  120  run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructions stored in memory  102  to perform various functions for the portable electronic device  100  and to process data. 
     In some embodiments, the peripherals interface  118 , the CPU  120 , and the memory controller  122  may be implemented on a single chip, such as a chip  104 . In some other embodiments, they may be implemented on separate chips. 
     The RF (radio frequency) circuitry  108  receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals. The RF circuitry  108  converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via electromagnetic signals. The RE circuitry  108  may include well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. The RF circuitry  108  may communicate with networks, such as the Internet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies, including but not limited to Global System tor Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and/or IEEE 802.11n), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for email, instant messaging (IM), and/or Short Message Service (SMS)), or any other suitable communication protocol, including communication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of this document. 
     The audio circuitry  110 , the speaker  111 , and the microphone  113  provide an audio interface between a user and the portable electronic device  100 . The audio circuitry  110  receives audio data from the peripherals interface  118 , converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to the speaker  111 . The speaker  111 . converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves. The audio circuitry  110  also receives electrical signals converted by the microphone  113  from sound waves. The audio circuitry  110  converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to the peripherals interface  118  for processing. Audio data may be retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory  102  and/or the RF circuitry  108  by the peripherals interface  118 . In some embodiments, the audio circuitry  110  also includes a headset jack (not shown). The headset jack provides an interface between the audio circuitry  110  and removable audio input/output peripherals, such as output-only headphones or a headset with both output (e.g., a headphone for one or both ears)and input (e.g., a microphone). 
     The I/O subsystem  106  couples input/output peripherals on the portable electronic device  100 , such as the display system  112  and other input/control devices  116 , to the peripherals interface  118 , The I/O subsystem  106  may include a display controller  156  and one or more input controllers  160  for other input or control devices. The one or more input controllers  160  receive/send electrical signals from/to other input or control devices  116 . The other input/control devices  116  may include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments, input controller(s)  160  may be coupled to any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, infrared port, USB port, and a pointer device such as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g.,  208 ,  FIG. 2 ) may include an up/down button for volume control of the speaker  111  and/or the microphone  113 . The one or more buttons may include a push button (e.g.,  206 ,  FIG. 2 ). A quick press of the push button may disengage a lock of the touch screen  112  or begin a process that uses gestures on the touch screen to unlock the portable electronic device, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image,” tiled Dec. 23, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference. A longer press of the push button (e.g.,  206 ) may turn power to the portable electronic device  100  on or off. The user may be able to customize a functionality of one or more of the buttons. The touch screen  112  is used to implement virtual or soft buttons and one or more soft keyboards. 
     The touch-sensitive display system  112  provides an input interface and an output interface between the portable electronic device and a user. The display controller  156  receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to the display system  112 . The display system  112  displays visual output to the user. The visual output may include graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all of the visual output may correspond to user-interface objects, further details of which are described below. 
     A touch screen in display system  112  is a touch-sensitive surface that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactile contact. The display system  112  and the display controller  156  (along with any associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory  102 ) detect contact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on the display system  112  and converts the detected contact into interaction with user-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages or images) that are displayed on the touch screen. In an exemplary embodiment, a point of contact between a touch screen in the display system  112  and the user corresponds to a finger of the user. 
     The touch screen in the display system  112  may use LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, or LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, although other display technologies may be used in other embodiments. The touch screen in the display system  112  and the display controller  156  may detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with a touch screen in the display system  112 . A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of the display system  112  may be analogous to the multi-touch sensitive tablets described in the following U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846 (Westerman et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,570,557 (Westerman et al.), and/or U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,932 (Westerman), and/or U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0015024A1 each of which is hereby incorporated by reference. However, a touch screen in the display system  112  displays visual output from the portable electronic device  100 , whereas touch sensitive tablets do not provide visual output. The touch screen in the display system  112  may have a resolution in excess of 100 dpi, In an exemplary embodiment, the touch screen in the display system has a resolution of approximately 168 dpi. The user may make contact with the touch screen in the display system  112  using any suitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures, which are much less precise than stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger on the touch screen. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device translates the rough finger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user. 
     A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of the display system  112  may be as described in the following applications: (1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,” tiled on May 2, 2006; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “Multipoint Touchscreen,” filed on May 6, 2004; (3) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed on Jul. 30, 2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed on Jan. 31, 2005; (5) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” tiled on Jan. 18, 2005; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual input Device Placement On A Touch Screen User interface,” filed on Sep. 16, 2005; (7) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of A Computer With A Touch Screen Interface,” filed on Sep. 16, 2005; (8) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys Of A Touch-Screen Virtual Keyboard,” file on Sep. 16, 2005; and (9) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed on Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated by reference herein. 
     In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, the portable electronic device  100  may include a touchpad (not shown) for activating or deactivating particular functions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive area of the portable electronic device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. The touchpad may be a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the touch screen in the display system  112  or an extension of the touch-sensitive surface formed by the touch screen. 
     In some embodiments, the portable electronic device  100  may include a physical or virtual click wheel as an input control device  116 . A user may navigate among and interact with one or more graphical objects (henceforth referred to as icons) displayed in the display system  112  by rotating the click wheel or by moving a point of contact with the click wheel (e.g., where the amount of movement of the point of contact is measured by its angular displacement with respect to a center point of the click wheel). The click wheel may also be used to select one or more of the displayed icons. For example, the user may press down on at least a portion of the click wheel or an associated button. User commands and navigation commands provided by the user via the click wheel may be processed by an input controller  160  as well as one or more of the modules and/or sets of instructions in memory  102 . For a virtual click wheel, the click wheel and click wheel controller may be part of the display system  112  and the display controller  156 , respectively. For a virtual click wheel, the click wheel may be either an opaque or semitransparent object that appears and disappears on the touch screen display in response to user interaction with the device. In some embodiments, a virtual click wheel is displayed on the touch screen of a portable multifunction device and operated by user contact with the touch screen. 
     The device  100  also includes a power system  162  for powering the various components. The power system  162  may include a power management system, one or more power sources e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable electronic devices. 
     The device  100  may also include one or more optical sensors  164 .  FIG. 1  shows an optical sensor coupled to an optical sensor controller  158  in I/O subsystem  106 . The optical sensor  164  may include charge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistors. The optical sensor  164  receives light from the environment, projected through one or more lens, and converts the light to data representing an image. In conjunction with an imaging module  143 , the optical sensor  164  may capture still images or video. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is located on the back of the portable electronic device  100 , opposite the touch screen display  112  on the front of the portable electronic device, so that the touch screen display may be used as a viewfinder for either still and/or video image acquisition. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is located on the front of the portable electronic device so that the user&#39;s image may be obtained for videoconferencing while the user views the other video conference participants on the touch screen display. In some embodiments, the position of the optical sensor  164  can be changed by the user (e.g., by rotating the lens and the sensor in the portable electronic device housing) so that a single optical sensor  164  may be used along with the touch screen display for both video conferencing and still and/or video image acquisition. 
     The device  100  may also include one or more proximity sensors  166 .  FIG. 1  shows a proximity sensor  166  coupled to the peripherals interface  118 . Alternately, the proximity sensor  166  may be coupled to an input controller  160  in the I/O subsystem  106 . The proximity sensor  166  may perform as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/241,839, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device,” filed Sep. 30, 2005, and Ser. No. 11/240,788, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device,” filed Sep. 30, 2005, which are hereby incorporated by reference. In some embodiments, the proximity sensor turns off and disables the touch screen  112  when the multifunction device is placed near the user&#39;s our (e.g., when the user is making a phone call). in some embodiments, the proximity sensor keeps the screen off when the portable electronic device is in the user&#39;s pocket, purse, or other dark area to prevent unnecessary battery drainage when the portable electronic device is a locked state. 
     In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory  102  may include an operating system  126 , a communication module (or set of instructions)  128 , a contact/motion module (or set of instructions)  130 , a graphics module (or set of instructions)  132 , a text input module (or set of instructions)  134 , a Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions)  135 , and applications (or set of instructions)  136 . 
     The operating system  126  (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components. 
     The communication module  128  facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports  124  and also includes various software components for handling data received by the RF circuitry  108  and/or the external port  124 . The external port  124  (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with the 30-pin connector used on iPod (trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.) devices. 
     The contact/motion module  130  may detect contact with the touch screen in the display system  112  (in conjunction with the display controller  156 ) and other touch sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). The contact/motion module  130  includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact, such as determining if contact has occurred, determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch screen in the display system  112 , and determining if the contact has been broken (i.e., if the contact has ceased). Determining movement of the point of contact may include determining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point of contact. These operations may be applied to single contacts (e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g., “multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, the contact/motion module  130  and the display controller  156  also detects contact on a touchpad. In some embodiments, the contact/motion module  130  and the controller  160  detects contact on a click wheel. 
     The graphics module  132  includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on the display system  112 , including components for changing the intensity of graphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including without limitation text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations and the like. 
     The text input module  134 , which may be a component of graphics module  132 , provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications (e.g., contacts  137 , email  140 , IM  141 , blogging  142 , browser  147 , and any other application that needs text input). 
     The GPS module  135  determines the location of the portable electronic device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone  138  for use in location-based dialing, to camera  143  and/or blogger  142  as picture/video metadata., and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets). 
     The applications  136  may include the following modules (or sets of instructions), or a subset or superset thereof:
         a contacts module  137  (sometimes called an address book or contact list);   a telephone module  138 ;   a video conferencing module  139 ;   an e-mail client module  140 ;   an instant messaging (IM) module  141 ;   blogging module  142 ;   a camera module  143  for still and/or video images;   an image management module  144 ;   a video player module  145 ;   a music player module  146 ;   a browser module  147 ;   a calendar module  148 ;   widget modules  149 , which may include weather widget  149 - 1 , stocks widget  149 - 2 , calculator widget  149 - 3 , alarm clock widget  149 - 4 , dictionary widget  149 - 5 , and other widgets obtained by the user, as well as user-created widgets  149 - 6 ;   widget creator module  150  for making user-created widgets  149 - 6 ; and/or   search module  151 .       

     Examples of other applications  136  that may be stored. in memory  102  include memo pad and other word processing applications, JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voice replication. 
     In conjunction with display system  112 , display controller  156 , optical sensor(s)  164 , optical sensor controller  158 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and image management module  144 , the camera module  143  may be used to capture still images or video (including a video stream) and store them into memory  102 , browse the still images or videos, modify characteristics of a still image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory  102 . Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using camera module  143  are described further below. 
     In conjunction with display system  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , and camera module  143 , the image management module  144  may be used to arrange, modify or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album , and store still and/or video images. Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using image management module  144  are described further below. 
     Note that the above identified modules and applications (including the camera module  143  and the image management module  144 ) correspond to a set of instructions for performing one or more functions described above. These modules sets of instructions need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules may be combined or otherwise re-arranged in various embodiments. In some embodiments, memory  102  may store a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, memory  102  may store additional modules and data structures not described above. 
     In some embodiments, the portable electronic device  100  is a device where operation of a predefined. set of functions on the portable electronic device is performed exclusively through a touch screen in the display system  112  and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screen and/or a touchpad as the primary input/control device for operation of the portable electronic device  100 , the number of physical input/control devices (such as push buttons, dials, and the like) on the portable electronic device  100  may be reduced. 
     The predefined set of functions that may be performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad include navigation between user interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user, navigates the portable electronic device  100  to a main, home, or root menu from any user interface that may be displayed on the portable electronic device  100 . In such embodiments, the touchpad may be referred to as a “menu button.” In some other embodiments, the menu button may be a physical push button or other physical input/control device instead of a touchpad. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates a portable electronic device  100  having a touch screen  112  in accordance with some embodiments. The touch screen may display one or more graphics. In this embodiment, as well as others described below, a user may select one or more of the graphics by making contact or touching the graphics, for example, with one or more fingers  202  (not drawn to scale in the figure) or a stylus (not shown in the figure). In some embodiments, selection of one or more graphics occurs when the user breaks contact with the one or more graphics. In some embodiments, the contact may include a gesture, such as one or more taps, one or more swipes (from left to right, right to left, upward and/or downward and/or a rolling of a finger (from right to left, left to right, upward and/or downward) that has made contact with the portable electronic device  100 . In some embodiments, inadvertent contact with a graphic may not select the graphic. For example, a swipe gesture with that sweeps over an application icon may not select the corresponding application when the gesture corresponding to selection is a tap. In other words, the portable electronic device  100  interprets the meaning of a gesture and acts accordingly after considering which application or module is in use at the moment. 
     The device  100  may also include one or more physical buttons, such as “home” or menu button  204 . As described previously, the menu button  204  may be used to navigate to any application  136  in a set of applications that may be executed on the portable electronic device  100 . Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI in touch screen  112 . 
     in one embodiment, the portable electronic device  100  includes a touch screen  112 , a menu button  204 , a push button  206  for powering the portable electronic device on/off and locking the portable electronic device, and volume adjustment button(s)  208 . The push button  206  may be used to turn the power on/off on the portable electronic device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the portable electronic device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefined time interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the portable electronic device or initiate an unlock process. In an alternative embodiment, the portable electronic device  100  also may accept verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through the microphone  113 . 
     Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”) and associated processes that may be implemented on a portable electronic device  100 . 
       FIG. 3  illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portable electronic device in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  300  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
         Unlock image  302  that is moved with a finger gesture to unlock the portable electronic device;   Arrow  304  that provides a visual cue to the unlock gesture;   Channel  306  that provides additional cues to the unlock gesture;   Time  308 ;   Day  310 ;   Date  312 ; and   Wallpaper image  314 .       

     In some embodiments, the portable electronic device detects contact with the touch-sensitive display (e.g., a user&#39;s finger making contact on or near the unlock image  302 ) while the portable electronic device is in a user-interface lock state. The device moves the unlock image  302  in accordance with the contact. The device transitions to a user-interface unlock state if the detected contact corresponds to a predefined gesture, such as moving the unlock image across channel  306 . Conversely, the portable electronic device maintains the user-interface lock state if the detected contact does not correspond to the predefined gesture. As noted above, processes that use gestures on the touch screen to unlock the portable electronic device are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates an exemplary user interface for a menu of applications on a portable electronic device in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  400  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
         Signal strength indicator  402  for wireless communication;   Time  404 ;   Battery status indicator  406 ;   Tray  408  with icons for frequently used applications, such as one or of the following:
           Phone  138 ;   a E-mail client  140 , which may include an indicator  410  of the number of unread e-mails;   a Browser  147 ; and   Music player  146 ; and   
           Icons for other applications, such as one or more of the following:
           IM  141 ;   Image manage e  44 ;   Camera  143 ;   Video player  145 ;   Weather  149 - 1 ;   Stocks  149 - 2 ;   Blog  142 ;   Calendar  148 ;   Calculator  149 - 3 ;   Alarm clock  149 - 4 ;   Dictionary  149 - 5 ; and   User-created widget  149 - 6 .   
               

     In some embodiments, UI  400  displays all of the available applications  136  on one screen so that there is no need to scroll through a list of applications e.g., via a scroll bar). In some embodiments, as the number of applications increase, the icons corresponding to the applications may decrease in size so that all applications may be displayed on a single screen without scrolling. In some embodiments, having all applications on one screen and a menu button enables a user to access any desired application with at most two inputs, such as activating the menu button  204  and then activating the desired application (e.g., by a tap or other finger gesture on the icon corresponding to the application). 
     In some embodiments, UI  400  provides into ted access to both widget-based applications and non-widget-based applications. In some embodiments, all of the widgets, whether user-created or not, are displayed in UI  400 . In other embodiments, activating the icon for user-created widget  149 - 6  may lead to another UI (not shown) that contains the user-created widgets or icons corresponding to the user-created widgets. 
     In some embodiments, a user may rearrange the icons in UI  400 , e.g., using processes described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/459,602, “Portable Electronic Device With Interface Reconfiguration Mode,” filed Jul. 24, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference. For example, a user may move application icons in and out of tray  408  using finger gestures on or near corresponding icons displayed on the touch screen  112 . 
       FIG. 5  illustrates an exemplary user interface for a camera in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  500  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
         Viewfinder  502 ;   Camera roll  504  that manages images and/or videos taken with c camera;   Shutter  506  for taking still images;   Record button  508  for starting and stopping video recording;   Timer  510  for taking an image or recording a video after a predefined time delay; and   Image  512  that appears (e.g., via the animation illustrated schematically in  FIG. 5 ) to be added to camera roll  504  when it is obtained.       

       FIG. 6  illustrates an exemplary user interface for a virtual camera roll in accordance with some embodiments. The portable electronic device displays the user interface after a user finger gesture  514  on the camera roll icon  504  in  FIG. 5 . In some embodiments, the finger gesture is a momentary, substantially single-position contact with the touch screen, while in other embodiments other finger gestures may be used. In some embodiments, user interface  600  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 , and  406 , as described above;   Thumbnail images  602  of images and/or videos obtained by camera  143 ;   Camera icon  604  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon)initiates transfer to the camera UI (e.g., UI  500 );       

       FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating a process for displaying thumbnail images on a touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. Upon detecting the finger gesture  514  ( 1602 ), the portable electronic device identifies a set of thumbnail images in the virtual camera roll ( 1604 ) and displays the thumbnail images on the touch screen ( 1606 ). In some embodiments, the thumbnail images are displayed in a 2-D array ( FIG. 6 ). In some other embodiments, the thumbnail images are displayed in a vertical column or a horizontal row. In some embodiments, a thumbnail image may have a description including a name, a file size, and a timestamp indicating when the image was created. In some embodiments, the thumbnail images of videos have a unique appearance that is visually distinguishable from the other still images. The portable electronic device displays the camera icon  604  at the bottom of the touch screen ( 1608 ) and starts monitoring next user contact with the touch screen ( 1610 ). 
     In some embodiments, the user may scroll through the thumbnail images  602  using vertically upward/downward finger gestures  606  on the touch screen ( 1612 ). Upon detecting such a finger gesture(e.g., a vertical finger swipe), the portable electronic device scrolls the set of thumbnail images accordingly ( 1618 ). In some embodiments, the scrolling gesture is independent of a horizontal position of the user contact with the touch screen display. In some embodiments, the scrolling gesture is substantially independent of a horizontal position of the user contact with the touch screen display (e.g., one or more. side regions of the touch screen display may be reserved for other functions, such as functions corresponding to icons, soft keys or application navigation functions, and not available for the scroll gesture). In some embodiments, in response to a stationary gesture on a particular thumbnail image ( 1614 ), e.g., a finger tap  608  on the thumbnail image  602 - 11 , the portable electronic device initiates a process of generating an enlarged display of the corresponding image (e.g., UI  700 A) on the touch screen. A more detailed description of this process is provided below in connection with  FIGS. 7 and 17 . In some embodiments, upon detecting a user&#39;s finger gesture on the camera icon  604  ( 1616 ), the portable electronic device brings back the camera UI  500  as shown in.  FIG. 5 . 
       FIGS. 7A . through  7 C illustrate an exemplary user interface for viewing and manipulating images in accordance with some embodiments. Note that one skilled in the art would understand that the term “image” in the present application covers both still images and video streams. 
     In some embodiments, user interface  700 A includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 ,  406 , and  604 , as described above;   Camera roll icon  702  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates transfer to the camera roll UI (e.g., UI  600 );   Image  704 ;   Additional options icon  706  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates transfer to a UI with additional options for use of image  704  (e.g., UI  1200 ,  FIG. 12 ));   Previous image icon  708  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon initiates display of the previous image in the virtual camera roll (e.g.,  602 - 10 );   Play icon  710  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates a slide show of the images in the virtual camera roll;   Next image icon  712  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture the icon) initiates display of the next image in the virtual camera roll (e.g.,  602 - 12 ); and   Delete symbol icon  714  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates display of a UI to confirm that the user wants to delete image  704  (e.g. UI  700 B,  FIG. 7B ).       

       FIG. 17  is a flowchart illustrating a process for performing operations in response to user contact with the touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. After detecting a user selection of a thumbnail image ( 1702 ), the portable electronic device identifies an image associated with the thumbnail image ( 1704 ). Generally, this identified image is larger than the thumbnail image. In some embodiments, the thumbnail image is a sub-sampled version of the larger image. As shown in  FIG. 7A , the large image is displayed on the touch screen in replacement of all the thumbnail images ( 1706 ). The portable electronic device displays various icons at predefined locations on the touch screen ( 1708 ) and waits for next user contact with the touch screen ( 1710 ). 
     In some embodiments, as shown in  FIG. 7A , the portable electronic device performs the same operation(s) in response to different user contacts. In some embodiments, a user can browse images in the virtual camera roll through three different gestures: (i) a finger gesture on the previous/next image icon  708 / 712  ( 1716 ), (ii) a user image navigation gesture by a finger tap  715 / 718  adjacent to the left/right edge of the touch screen ( 1714 ), or (iii) a leftward/rightward horizontal finger swipe gesture  720  on the touch screen ( 1712 ). Upon detecting any of these user gestures, the portable electronic device replaces the image on the touch screen with the previous/next one in the virtual camera roll ( 1724 ). In some embodiments, this replacement is an animated process of moving the current image out of the touch screen to the right/left side and moving the previous/next image into the touch screen from the left/right side. With multiple means to perform the same task, the portable electronic device allows a user to choose whichever the user prefers, thereby making the photo management simpler and more intuitive. In some embodiments, the tap gestures  715  and  718  are used to magnify (e.g., by zooming in) an image by a predetermined amount, rather than to view a previous or next image. For this case, the user is still provided with two different types of gestures for browsing images: (i) a finger gesture on the previous/next image icon  708 / 712  ( 1716 ) and (ii) a leftward/rightward horizontal finger swipe gesture  720  On the touch screen ( 1712 ). 
     In some embodiments, the portable electronic device rotates the image  704  by an angle in response to a user image rotation gesture. For example, the user image rotation gesture may include three simultaneous finger contacts  722 ,  724  and  726  with the image  704 . When the three finger contacts move in the directions indicated by the respective arrows for at least a predefined distance, the portable electronic device rotates the image  704  from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation or from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation. In some embodiments, the rotation gesture is a two-finger multitouch gesture e.g., simultaneous finger contacts  722  and  726 ). In some embodiments, the image rotates in response to detection of a change in the orientation of the device using accelerometers to detect the orientation of the device). For example, the image may rotate to maintain proper viewing orientation as the touch screen  112  is physically rotated from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation. 
     In some embodiments, a user finger gesture on the additional options icon  706  ( 1718 ) triggers the portable electronic device to render additional operations on the image  704 . A more detailed description of some exemplary operations associated with the icon  706  is provided b-low in connection with  FIGS. 12 and 20 . 
     In some embodiments, a user finger gesture on the delete symbol icon  714  ( 1717 ) causes the portable electronic device to provide a user interface  700 B as shown in  FIG. 7B . Through the user interface  700 B, the user can delete the current image  704  from the camera roll. The user interface  700 B includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 ,  406 ,  604 ,  702 , and  704 , as described above;   Delete icon  716  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) deletes the image  704 ; and   Cancel icon  718  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) returns the portable electronic device to the previous user interface (e.g. UI  700 A)       

       FIG. 18  is a flowchart illustrating a process for deleting an image in response to a user contact with the touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. Upon detecting a user contact with the delete symbol icon  714  ( 1802 ), the portable electronic device displays the delete icon  716 , the cancel icon  718 , and the camera icon  604  on top of the image  704  ( 1804 ) and then monitors next user contact with the touch screen ( 1806 ). 
     In some embodiments, in response to a finger gesture on the delete icon  716  ( 1810 ), the portable electronic device eliminates the icons  716 ,  718  from the touch screen ( 1816 ) and initiates an animated process of “shredding” the image  704  ( 1818 ). In some embodiments, the shredding process includes breaking the image  704  into vertical stripes and dropping the vertical stripes from the touch screen at different paces. Other shredding animations, such as placing the image in a trash icon, may be used in other embodiments. 
     In some embodiments, the portable electronic device brings back the camera roll user interface  600  as shown in  FIG. 6  after deleting the image  704 . The user can then repeat any aforementioned processes shown in  FIG. 16 . In some other embodiments, the portable electronic device displays the next image in the virtual camera roll on the touch screen. The user may repeat any aforementioned processes shown in  FIG. 17 . 
     If the portable electronic device detects a finger gesture on the cancel icon  718  ( 1812 ), it the device brings back the user interface  700 A as shown in  FIG. 7A . If the next user action is a finger gesture on the camera icon  604  ( 1814 ), the portable electronic device switches back to the camera mode user interface  500 , which allows the user to take new photos. 
     This deletion process, which requires user finger gestures on two different user interfaces (e.g.,  700 A and  700 B), reduces the chance of a user accidentally deleting an image or other similar item. 
     In some embodiments, the portable electronic device stores images with different photo albums. The images may conic from different sources. They may be downloaded from locations such as the user&#39;s desktop or laptop computer and a website on the Internet, etc. For example, one album may include images downloaded from a website through the web browser  147 , images attached to email messages received by the user of the portable electronic device, and photos taken by the portable electronic device using the camera module  143 . 
       FIG. 8  illustrates an exemplary user interface for viewing photo albums in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  800  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 , and  406 , as described above;   Graphics  804 , e.g., thumbnail images of the first picture or a user-selected picture in the corresponding albums;   Album names  806 ;   Selection icons  808  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates display of the corresponding album (e.g., UI  1000 ,  FIG. 10 ); and   Settings icon  810 , that brings up a settings menu (e.g.,  FIG. 9 ) when activated by a user gesture (e.g., a tap gesture).       

       FIG. 19  is a flowchart illustrating a process for displaying multiple photo albums on the touch screen in accordance with sonic embodiments. After detecting a finger gesture  412  ( FIG. 4 ) on the icon for the image management module  144  ( 1902 ), the portable electronic device identifies a set of photo albums ( 1904 ) and displays them on the touch screen ( 1906 ).  FIG. 8  depicts a vertically list of photo albums  804  list, each album having a thumbnail image  804 , a name  806 , and a selection icon  808 . In some embodiments, the photo albums are ordered alphabetically by their names, In some other embodiments, the photo albums are ordered by their creation timestamps, e.g., with the most recent one at the top of the list. 
     The portable electronic device displays a setting icon  810  at the bottom of the touch screen ( 1908 ) and monitors user contact with the touch screen ( 1910 ). As will be described below in connection with  FIG. 9 , a user can configure the image management module  144  to operate in a user-chosen manner through the setting icon  810 . 
     If there is a long photo album list, the user may scroll through the list using vertically upward/downward finger gestures  812  such as a vertical finger swipe on the touch screen ( 1912 ,  1920 ). When the user selects a particular album by a finger gesture ( 1914 ), the portable electronic device opens the album by executing the process described above in connection with  FIG. 16 . The virtual camera roll shown in  FIG. 6  is one of many photo albums. User operations associated with the virtual camera roll also applies to images in a user-chosen album. A more detailed description of exemplary user operations is provided below in connection with  FIGS. 10-12 , In some embodiments, a user may initiate display of an album by contacting any region on the touch screen corresponding to the album (e.g., a finger tap on the graphic  804 , album name  806 , or selection icon  808 ). 
     Upon detecting a finger gesture on the setting icon  810  ( 1916 ), the portable electronic device renders a Settings user interface that enables the user to configure the image management service ( 1918 ).  FIG. 9  illustrates an exemplary Settings user interface  900  for setting user preferences in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  900  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 , and  406 , as described above;   Music setting  902  for selecting the music during a slide show (e.g., Now Playing, 90s Music, Recently Added, or Oft);   Repeat setting  904  for selecting whether the slide show repeats e.g., On or Off);   Shuffle setting  906  for selecting whether the images in the slide show are displayed in a random or pseudo-random order e.g., On or Off);   Time per slide setting  908  (e.g., 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 seconds or manual);   Transition setting  910  (e.g., random, wipe across, wipe down, or off);   TV out setting  912  for external display (e.g., on, off, or ask user);   TV signal setting  914  (e.g., NTSC or PAL);   Auto Rotate setting  916  (e.g. on or off)   Done icon  918  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) returns the portable electronic device to the previous UI (e.g., UI  800 ); and   Selection icons  920  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) show choices for the corresponding settings.       

     In some embodiments, a user may touch anywhere in a row for a particular setting to initiate display of the corresponding setting choices. For example, upon detecting a finger tap on TV Signal setting  914 , the portable electronic device brings up a dropdown. menu adjacent to the corresponding row. The dropdown menu lists configuration options associated with the setting. The user can select one option over another by applying a finger gesture on the selected option. 
       FIG. 10  illustrates an exemplary user interface for viewing an album in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  1000  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 , and  406 , as described above;   Photo albums icon  1002  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates transfer to the photo albums UI (e.g., UI  800 );   Thumbnail images  1006  of images in the corresponding album;   Play icon  1008  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates a slide show of the images in the album;       

     The user interface  1000  is similar to the user interface  600  associated with the camera roll icon  504 . Both user interfaces perform similar operations upon detecting a user contact with the thumbnail images. For example, the user may scroll through the thumbnails  1006  using vertically upward/downward gestures  1010  on the touch screen. In some embodiments, a stationary gesture on a particular thumbnail (e.g., a finger tap  1012  on thumbnail  1006 - 11 ) initiates transfer to an enlarged display of the corresponding image (e.g., UI  1100 ). 
     In some embodiments, there are differences between the two user interfaces. For example, the user interface  1000  has a play icon  1008  while the user interface  600  has a camera icon  604 . A user selection of the play icon  1008  triggers the portable electronic device to begin a slide show of the images in the user-selected album. In contrast, the portable electronic device returns to the camera mode (e.g., for taking pictures) when there is a user finger gesture on the camera icon  604 . 
     Upon user selection of a particular image, the portable electronic device renders a new user interface displaying the user-selected image.  FIG. 11  illustrates such an exemplary user interface for viewing images in an album in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  1100  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 , and  406 , as described above;   Album name icon  1102  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates transfer to the corresponding album UI (e.g., UI  1000 );   Image  1106 ;   Additional options icon  1108  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates transfer to a UI with additional options for use of image  1106  (e.g., UI  1200 ,  FIG. 12 ));   Previous image icon  1110  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates display of the previous image in the album (e.g.,  1006 - 10 );   Play icon  1112  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates a slide show of the images in the album; and   Next image icon  1114  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates display of the next image in the album.       

     Clearly, the user interface  1100  is very similar to the user interface  700 A. Various image browsing functions described above with respect to  FIG. 7A  are also available at the user interface  1100 . For example, the user can initiate viewing of the previous image by making a tap gesture  1118  on the left side of the image or making a swipe gesture  1116  from left to right on the image. Similarly, the user can initiate viewing of the next image by making a tap gesture  1120  on the right side of the image or making a swipe gesture  1116  from right to left on the image. 
     In some embodiments, image  1106  moves off screen to the left as the next image moves on screen from the right. In some embodiments, image  1106  moves off screen to the right as the previous image moves on screen from the left. 
     With multiple ways to perform the same task, the portable electronic device enables a user to choose whichever methodology or gesture the user prefers, thereby making the photo management simpler and more intuitive. 
     A detailed description of the portable electronic device&#39;s operations in response to user selections of the previous image icon  1110 , the play icon  1112 , and the next image icon  1114  have been provided above in connection with  FIGS. 7A and 17 . In response to a user contact with the additional options icon  706  ( FIG. 7A ) or  1108  ( FIG. 11 ), the portable electronic device renders a new interface with additional options for the user to choose in connection with the image being displayed. 
       FIG. 12  illustrates such an exemplary user interface for selecting a use for an image in an album in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, user interface  1200  includes the following elements, or a subset or superset thereof:
           402 ,  404 ,  406 ,  1602 , and  1106  as described above;   Email photo icon  1208  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates a process for incorporating the image  1106  in an email (e.g., as illustrated in  FIGS. 13A-13G );   Assign to contact icon  1210  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates a process for associating the image  1106  with a contact in the user&#39;s contact list (e.g., as illustrated in  FIGS. 14A-14B );   Use as wallpaper icon  1212  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates a process for incorporating the image  1106  in the users wallpaper (e.g., as illustrated in  FIG. 15 ); and.   Cancel icon  1214  that when activated (e.g., by a finger gesture on the icon) initiates transfer back to the previous UI (e.g., UI  1100 ).       

     In some embodiments, as shown in  FIG. 12 , the image  1106  is displayed in the background and one or more the function icons  1208 ,  1210 ,  1712 ,  1714 , are superimposed over the displayed image  1106 . 
       FIG. 20  is a flowchart illustrating a process for performing additional operations upon a user selection of an additional options icon (e.g., icon  1108  in UI  1100 ,  FIG. 11 ) in accordance with some embodiments, Upon detecting a finger gesture  1122  on the additional options icon ( 2002 ), the portable electronic device displays a list of option icons on the touch screen ( 2004 ). Each option icon corresponds to a specific operation on the image being displayed, As shown in  FIG. 12 , the list includes Email photo icon  1208 , Assign to contact icon  1210 , Use as wallpaper icon  1212 , and Cancel icon  1214 . In some other embodiments, the user interface  1200  may include a subset of these icons, and may also include additional image usage icons for invoking other image usage functions. 
     If the user selects the email photo icon  1208  by a finger gesture ( 2008 ), the portable electronic device renders an email service interface that allows the user to send the image  1106  to somebody through email. If the user selects the assign to contact icon  1210  ( 2010 ), the portable electronic device displays a user interface (having a list of contacts) for the user to select a contact to be associated with the image  1106 . Similarly, if the user selects the use as wallpaper icon  1212  ( 2012 ), the portable electronic device displays a user interface for the user to edit the image  1106  and set it as the portable electronic device&#39;s wallpaper. 
       FIG. 21  is a flowchart illustrating an animated process for rendering an email service interface that includes a user selected image in accordance with some embodiments. After detecting the user selection of Email photo icon  1208  ( 2102 ), the portable electronic device animates a process of introducing an email message template onto the touch screen and placing the image into a predefined region of the email message template. In some embodiments, the animation includes initially reducing the image&#39;s size ( FIG. 13A ) ( 2104 ); sliding or otherwise rendering an email message template behind the image  1106  ( FIG. 13B ) ( 2106 ); and fitting the image into the message body field ( FIG. 13C ) of an email composition user interface  1300 C ( 2108 ). 
     In some embodiments, following the animation, the device monitors the touch screen for user contact ( 2110 ). When the user taps on or makes other predefined gestures  1302  ( FIG. 13D ) on the To: field of the email recipient field to enter an email address ( 2112 ). The portable electronic device then displays the user&#39;s contact list ( 2122 ) ( FIG. 13E ). After detecting a user finger gesture or other predefined gesture on a recipient/contact ( 2124 ) (e.g., a finger tap  1316  on Bob Adams in  FIG. 13E ), the portable electronic device associates the recipient&#39;s email address with the email message and displays the contact&#39;s name in the To: field ( 2126 ) (e.g., “Bob Adams” in  FIG. 13F ). 
     In some embodiments, in response to a user finger tap or other predefined gestures on predefined fields within the email message template ( 2114 ,  2116 ) (e.g., finger taps  1304 ,  1306  in  FIG. 13D , or “Other Email” in  FIG. 13E ), the portable electronic device displays a letter keyboard  616  ( 2128 ) on the touch screen. The user may enter text into the respective fields through the letter keyboard  616  ( FIG. 13F ). In some embodiments, the user may also enter an email address by tapping on character icons in the letter keyboard or other character keyboards. 
     As shown in  FIG. 13 ( 1 , after detecting a finger gesture on the send icon  1314  ( 2120 ), the portable electronic device sends the email message to its recipient(s) ( 2132 ) and returns to the user interface  1000  or  1100 . But if the user selects the cancel icon  1308  ( 2118 ), the portable electronic device may display the save draft icon  1310  and the don&#39;t save icon  1312  ( 2130 ). The device saves the draft in a draft folder associated with the client module  140  if the user chooses the save draft icon  1310  or deletes the draft if the user chooses the don&#39;t save icon  1312 . 
     Assuming that the user taps or makes other predefined gestures on the assign to contact icon  1210  shown in  FIG. 12 ,  FIG. 22  is a flowchart illustrating a process for assigning an image to a user selected contact in the user&#39;s contact list in accordance with some embodiments. 
     Upon a user selection of the assign to contact icon  1210 , the portable electronic device displays the user&#39;s contact list ( FIG. 14A ). After the user selects a contact in the contact list (e.g., a finger tap  1401  on Bob Adams in  FIG. 14A ), the portable electronic device produces a new user interface  1400 B as shown in  FIG. 14B  and monitors next user contact with the touch screen ( 2208 ). In some embodiments, the user interface  1400 B includes the user instructions  1402  ( 2202 ), the user-selected image  1106  ( 2204 ), the cancel icon  1404  and the set photo icon  1406  ( 2206 ). 
     The portable electronic device modifies the image ( 2214 ) in response to a user finger gesture on the image  1106  ( 2212 ). For example, the user may crop, scale, and otherwise adjust the image  1106  using different types of finger gestures. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device moves the image on the touch screen in response to a movement of one-finger contact gesture  1408 ; enlarges the image in response to a de-pinching gesture including at least two simultaneous and continuous contacts  1410  and  1412 ; reduces the image in response to a pinching gesture including at least two simultaneous and continuous contacts  1410  and  1412 ; and/or rotates the image in response to a twisting gesture including two or more simultaneous and continuous contacts  1410  and  1412 . 
     In some embodiments, the user assigns the modified image to the user-selected contact by tapping on the set photo icon  1406  ( 2216 ). This triggers the portable electronic device to associate the modified image with the contact. If the user selects the cancel icon  1404  ( 2218 ), the portable electronic device terminates the image assignment and brings back the user interface  1100 . 
     If the user taps or makes other predefined gestures on the use as wallpaper icon  1212  in  FIG. 12 , the portable electronic device displays a user interface for incorporating an image in the user&#39;s wallpaper.  FIG. 15  illustrates such an exemplary user interface  1500  in accordance with some embodiments. 
     In some embodiments, this wallpaper setting process is similar to the assign to contact process. For example, the user may move the image with a one-finger gesture  1508 ; enlarge the image with a de-pinching gesture using multiple contacts  1510  and  1512 ; reduce the image with a pinching gesture using multiple contacts  1510  and  1512 ; and/or rotate the image with a twisting gesture using multiple contacts  1510  and  1512 . 
     The wallpaper setting process is completed after the user selects the set photo icon  1506 . If the user selects the cancel icon  1504 , the portable electronic device stops the assignment process and brings back the UI  1100  in  FIG. 11 . In some embodiments, the interface  1500  also includes user instruction information  1502 . 
       FIGS. 23A-23H  illustrate an exemplary user interface for viewing digital objects in a set of digital objects in accordance with some embodiments. 
     In  FIG. 23A , the displayed digital object is a digital image  2300 - 1 . In this example, the entire image  2300 - 1  is displayed in  FIG. 23A . This exemplary image includes a first person  2302 - 1  and a second person  2302 - 2 . In response to detecting a de-pinching gesture  2304  and  2306  on or about the second person  2302 - 2 , a command to zoom in on a portion of the image  2300 - 1  that includes the second person  2302 - 2  is executed. Upon execution of the command to zoom in, a reduced portion of the image  2300 - 1  is displayed at a higher magnification than in  FIG. 23A . For example, in  FIG. 23B  the second person  2302 - 2  is shown at a higher magnification than in  FIG. 23A  and the first person  2302 - 1  is no longer shown. 
     In  FIG. 23C , a swipe gesture  2310  is detected on or near the touch screen display. In response, the displayed portion of the image  2300 - 1 , including the second. person  2302 - 2 , is translated in a direction corresponding to the direction of the swipe gesture  2310 , as shown in  FIGS. 23C-23D , where the image is translated horizontally from right to left. An edge  2312  of the (enlarged) image  2300 - 1  is displayed in  FIG. 23D . In response to continued detection of the swipe gesture  2310  ( FIG. 23D ), an area.  2314  beyond the edge  2312  is displayed (e.g., a black area or other area visually distinct from the digital object). After the swipe gesture  2310  is no longer detected, as shown in  FIG. 23E , the image  2300 - 1 , including the image of the second person  2302 - 2 , is translated in a second direction  2316  until the area  2314  is no longer displayed (e.g., horizontally from left to right). 
     In response to detection of a second swipe gesture  2318 , the displayed portion of the image  2300 - 1  is translated in a direction corresponding to the direction of the second swipe gesture  2318 , as shown in  FIG. 230 , and a second digital image  2300 - 2  is displayed. In some embodiments, as shown in  FIGS. 23G and 23H , the second digital image  2300 - 2  (or, more generally, digital object) slides on to the touch screen as the first digital image  2300 - 1  slides off of the touch screen. 
     In this example, the display of area  2314  lets the user know that the edge of the (enlarged) digital object has been reached during the first gesture  2310 . Upon detecting the second gesture  2318  in the same or substantially the same direction as the first gesture, the device transitions to the display of another image in a set of images, rather than just repeating the visual indication that the edge of the digital object has been reached. 
       FIG. 24  is a flowchart illustrating a process  2400  for viewing digital objects in a set of digital objects in accordance with some embodiments. 
     In some embodiments, a device with a touch screen display (e.g., device  100 , a tablet computer, or a desktop computer with a touch screen display) detects ( 2402 ) a first movement of a physical object on or near the touch screen display. In some embodiments, the device is a portable electronic device. In some embodiments, the physical object is a finger. In some embodiments, the physical object is a stylus. In some embodiments, the first movement is a horizontal swipe gesture (e.g.,  2310 ,  FIG. 23C ). 
     While detecting the first movement, the device translates ( 2404 ) a first digital object e.g., a digital image  2300 - 1 ) displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction. In some embodiments, prior to the translating, at least one edge of the first digital object extends beyond the touch screen display in the first direction. 
     The first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects. In some embodiments, the set of digital objects is a set of digital images (e.g.,  2300 - 1 ,  2300 - 2 , etc., which may be part of an album or part of a set of images taken with a camera in the device In some embodiments, the set of digital objects is a set of web pages (e.g., a set of web pages selected by a user for display in a browser). In some embodiments, the set of digital objects is a set of electronic documents. 
     In response to display of a previously hidden edge (e.g., edge  2312 ,  FIG. 23D ) of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement (e.g., swipe gesture  2310 ,  FIG. 23D ), the device displays ( 2406 ) an area beyond the edge of the first digital object (e.g., area  2314 ). 
     After the first movement is no longer detected, the device translates ( 2408 ) the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed. For example, in  FIG. 23E  the digital image  2300 - 1  is translated in a direction  2316  (e.g., horizontally from left to right) until the area  2314  is no longer displayed. In some embodiments, the second direction is opposite the first direction. In some embodiments, the first digital object is translated in the second direction using a damped motion. In some embodiments, the change from translating the first digital object in the first direction to translating the first digital object in the second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed makes the edge of the first digital object appear to be elastically attached to an edge of the touch screen display or to an edge displayed on the touch screen display. 
     The device detects ( 2410 ) a second movement e.g., a second swipe gesture  2318  from right to left,  FIG. 23F ) of the physical object on or near the touch screen display. 
     In response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed (e.g., edge  2312 ,  FIG. 23F ), the device translates ( 2412 ) the first digital object in the first direction and displays a second digital object (e.g., a digital image  2300 - 2 ,  FIGS. 23G and 23H ) in the set of digital objects. 
     Thus, depending on the context, similar movements (e.g.,  2310  and  2318  are both right to left swipe gestures) allow a user to either (1) translate a displayed first digital object or (2) transition from displaying the first digital object to displaying a second digital object in a set of digital objects. 
     In some embodiments, the time between the first and second movements must be less than a predetermined value (e.g., 0.5 seconds). Otherwise, the device will not transition to displaying the second digital object. Rather, the device may just translate the first digital object and show the area beyond the edge of the object (to show the user again that the edge of the first digital object has been reached). 
     In some embodiments, if the entire first digital object is displayed (e.g.,  FIG. 23A ), then the first movement (e.g., a horizontal swipe gesture will transition the device to display another digital object in the set of digital objects. 
     Process  2400  permits a touch screen user to easily navigate within a displayed digital object and between digital objects in a set of digital objects. 
     The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20160930
Publication Date: 20190716
Grant Date: 20190716
Priority Date: 20060906
Inventors: MATAS, MICHAEL J.
Christie, Greg N.
MARCOS, PAUL D.
FORSTALL, SCOTT
VAN OS, MARCEL
ORDING, BAS
CHAUDHRI, IMRAN
Assignee: APPLE INC
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