{
  "patent_number": "US 12737107",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Devices React to Different Kinds of Presses and Swipes",
  "original_title": "User interfaces responsive to an input directed to an input device",
  "summary": "This patent describes user interfaces that respond in various ways to how you interact with physical controls, like pressing harder or longer, or swiping near them, to perform different actions.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes user interfaces that integrate various hardware inputs to trigger different actions. For example, a device might perform one operation if you press a button lightly and a different one if you press it with more intensity, even if you don't move your finger. It also covers media capture, where pressing a button for a short time might take a photo, while a longer press records a video. The patent also describes customizing controls by swiping near a physical button, adjusting media playback speed dynamically, and making adjustments both before and after you fully release contact with a hardware control.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover user interfaces that only respond to simple on/off button presses without varying intensity or duration.",
    "Does not cover purely software-based gestures on a touchscreen that are unrelated to physical hardware controls.",
    "Does not cover customizing controls by swiping directly on the screen, far from any hardware control.",
    "Does not cover systems where adjustments only occur during continuous contact with a hardware control, without considering actions before or after contact ends."
  ],
  "filed": "2024-09-20",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "User interfaces integrating variable hardware inputs are described, including user interfaces that perform different operations in response to presses of different intensities with and without movement, user interfaces that perform different media capture operations based on presses of different lengths with and without movement, user interfaces with controls that can be customized by swiping near a hardware control, user interfaces for media playback with dynamic speed adjustments, and user interfaces that perform adjustments before and after contact with a hardware control ends.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737107/user-interfaces-responsive-to-an-input-directed-to-an-input-device",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737107/user-interfaces-responsive-to-an-input-directed-to-an-input-device/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12737107",
  "relatedPatents": []
}