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1. 20 30 40 45 50 60 65 8 with the communication network 419 the device 400 can be equipped with an integral or internal antenna 418 for trans mitting signals to the communication network 419 Likewise the device 400 can be equipped with another antenna 416 for receiving communication from the communication network 419 These antennae 416 418 in another exemplary imple mentation are combined into a single antenna not shown As one skilled in the art would appreciate the antenna or anten nae 416 418 in another implementation can be externally mounted on the communication device 400 When equipped for two way communication the commu nication device 400 features a communication subsystem 411 As is understood in the art this communication sub system 411 is modified so that the communication system 411 can support the operational needs of the communication device 400 The subsystem 411 includes a transmitter 414 and receiver 412 including the associated antenna or antennae 416 418 as described above local oscillators LOs 413 and a processing module that in the presently described exem plary implementation is a digital signal processor DSP 420 It is contemplated that communication by the communica tion device 400 with the wireless network 419 can be any type of communication that both the wireless network 419 and communication device 400 are enabled to transmit receive and process In general these ca2. a QL uod jeues s Ju0sse20Jd sulgjs sqng eoi eg 1940 cvv eoepneJu INI sjeubis NY WIS vvv uoneoi ddy jueujeDeue N swo Nid J9UIO yoog sseJppv e S 801N0q sweibold 91 Joyiuusuel Cual Viv A 9S Sv 214 osr SSP US 8 493 495 B2 Sheet 6 of 7 Jul 23 2013 U S Patent PLS 81S 9IG c VS OLG U S Patent Jul 23 2013 Sheet 7 of 7 US 8 493 495 B2 512 N 5 7 5 FULL ZOOM 7 f B f i 1 NO ZOOM 514 FIG 7 US 8 493 495 B2 1 MEDIA MODULE CONTROL CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority from U S Provisional Pat App Ser No 61 365 116 filed on Jul 16 2010 the contents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety for all pur poses FIELD OF THE TECHNOLOGY The technology disclosed herein the technology relates to controlling zoom in a media module in a communication device BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1 illustrates a communication system including a mobile communication device to which example implemen tations of the technology can be applied FIG 2 illustrates methods of the technology FIG 3 illustrates a handheld communication device FIG 4 illustrates a block diagram of a handheld commu nications device FIG 5 illustrates a zoom bar of the technology in a portrait device display FIG 6 illustrates a zoom bar of the technolog
3. Java Java is normally compiled to byte code which the Java virtual machine JVM then either interprets or just in time compiles to machine code and then executes The Java pro gram code can be common across devices stored among programs 458 and loaded into flash memory 424 for execu tion by processor s 438 The camera module is known to the operating system 457 The operating system 457 typically written in a language such as C is typically device spe cific Referring to FIG 2 the technology can request media module zoom specifications 202 e g zoom range via the operating system 457 The technology also can request dis play specifications 204 e g size orientation via the operat ing system 457 Upon receiving the zoom range 206 the technology can divide the zoom range in to n discrete steps 210 The number of discrete steps can be set in the program code or can be adjustable In some implementations n is set by program code to five 5 Continuing to refer to FIG 2 and also referring to FIG 5 display 422 in portrait orientation and FIG 6 display 422 in landscape orientation after receiving device display speci fication 208 and receiving media module zoom specification 206 the technology can present 212 a zoom bar 510 shown in FIG 5 and FIG 6 as a vertically oriented zoom bar 510 on the right side of the device display 422 selectable by a user to each of the n steps without displaying the numerical val
4. for Microwave Access or WiMAX or various other networks Although WWAN 102 is described as a Wide Area network that term is intended herein also to incorporate wireless Metropolitan Area Networks WMAN and other similar technologies for providing coordinated ser vice wirelessly over an area larger than that covered by typical WLANs The WWAN 102 may further comprise a wireless network gateway 110 that connects the mobile communication devices 103 to transport facilities 112 and through the trans port facilities 112 to a wireless connector system 120 Trans port facilities may include one or more private networks or lines the Internet a virtual private network or any other suitable network The wireless connector system 120 may be operated for example by an organization or enterprise such as a corporation university or governmental department which allows access to a network 124 such as an internal or enterprise network e g an intranet and its resources or the wireless connector system 120 may be operated by a mobile network provider In some implementations the network 124 may be realized using the Internet rather than or in addition to an internal or enterprise network The wireless network gateway 110 provides an interface between the wireless connector system 120 and the WWAN 102 which facilitates communication between the mobile communication devices 103 and other devices not shown connected directly or indire
5. termination of selection of the zoom bar by the device selection means The technology can take the form of hardware software or both hardware and software elements In some implementa tions the technology is implemented in software which includes but is not limited to firmware resident software microcode a Field Programmable Gate Array FPGA or Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASIC etc In par ticular for real time or near real time use an FPGA or ASIC implementation is desirable Furthermore the present technology can take the form of a computer program product comprising program modules accessible from computer usable or computer readable medium storing program code for use by or in connection with one or more computers processors or instruction execu tion system For the purposes of this description a computer usable or computer readable medium can be any apparatus that can contain store communicate propagate or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system apparatus or device The medium can be non transitory e g an electronic magnetic optical electro magnetic infrared or semiconductor system or apparatus or US 8 493 495 B2 11 device or transitory e g a signal Examples of a non transitory computer readable medium include a semiconduc tor or solid state memory magnetic tape a removable com puter diskette a random access memory RAM a read o
6. wide area network the public Internet or combinations thereof and may include vir tual networks constructed using any of these alone or in combination mobile communication device 103 may alter natively connect to the wireless connector system 120 using a US 8 493 495 B2 5 computer 117 such as desktop or notebook computer via the network 124 A link 106 may be provided for exchanging information between the mobile communication device 103 and a computer 117 connected to the wireless connector system 120 The link 106 may comprise one or both of a physical interface and short range wireless communication interface The physical interface may comprise one or com binations of an Ethernet connection Universal Serial Bus USB connection Firewire also known as an IEEE 1394 interface connection or other serial data connection via respective ports or interfaces of the mobile communication device 103 and computer 117 The short range wireless com munication interface may be a personal area network PAN interface A Personal Area Network is a wireless point to point connection meaning no physical cables are used to connect the two end points The short range wireless com munication interface may comprise one or a combination of an infrared IR connection such as an Infrared Data Asso ciation IrDA connection a short range radio frequency RF connection such as one specified by IEEE 802 15 1 or the BLUETOOTH special interes
7. LAN 104 or other suitable network arrangements In some implementations the mobile commu nication devices 103 are configured to communicate over both the WWAN 102 and WLAN 104 and to roam between these networks In some implementations the wireless net work 101 may comprise multiple W WANs 102 and WLANs 104 The WWAN 102 may be implemented as any suitable wireless access network technology By way of example but not limitation the WWAN 102 may be implemented as a wireless network that includes a number of transceiver base stations 108 where each of the base stations 108 provides wireless Radio Frequency RF coverage to a corresponding areaorcell The WWAN 102 is typically operated by a mobile network service provider that provides subscription packages to users of the mobile communication devices 103 In some implementations the WWAN 102 conforms to one or more of the following wireless network types Mobitex Radio Net work DataTAC GSM Global System for Mobile Commu nication GPRS General Packet Radio System TDMA Time Division Multiple Access COMA Code Division Multiple Access CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data iDEN integrated Digital Enhanced Network EvDO Evo lution Data Optimized CDMA2000 EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution UMTS Universal Mobile Tele communication Systems HSPDA High Speed Downlink Packet Access IEEE 802 16e also referred to as Worldwide US 8 493 495 B2 3 Interoperability
8. Search Report mailed Jul 11 2011 In corre guides htc evo htc evo ug pdf May 3 2010 sponding application No 10195462 6 HTC Droid Incredible User Manual http cache vzw com multime dia mim htc incredible incredible pdf 2010 cited by examiner US 8 493 495 B2 Sheet 1 of 7 Jul 23 2013 U S Patent L Sls m Vi cor SALLY ey col UMU J lnduioo kuala LI i ss ulejs S 5 uoneoiddy Jojoeuuo Bom og SS JIAA g OZI JOAIS Aemayes saniioe 4 SS ju9juo2 SHE NSN yodsuei SSSS E Pel 1 EI I SSOISIIAA LI SS e o m Ebb A NNI XB Li eee ERES veh E COL e2eneju jutog Sso2oy NYIM CEL i 04 9Ll JeAJeS BuiBesso A US 8 493 495 B2 Sheet 2 of 7 Jul 23 2013 U S Patent yg INOOZ AHL NO T3 31 T3A31NWOOZ LNdNI 1 dNI OL INOOZ AHL AVId SIG INHOJS3d Bbc 912 T3A31 pz NOOZ ONIGUVOsY LNdNI 3A130903 dva INOOZ LN3S3Hd CLC ld voc 80c Sd31S ALAYOSIC N OLNI 39NVM INOCZ 3GlAIG 90z Ole COS NOILVOIsIDAdS AW1dSIO 39IA3Q 1S3nOdH NOdl LVOl4JIO3dS AV IdSIG 39IA3Q JAIO3M NOILVOI3IO3dS INOOZ 3 INGOW VIQ3MW 3AI323H NOILVOIJIO3dS INOOZ JINON VIQ3N 1S3anoaM US 8 493 495 B2 Sheet 3 of 7 Jul 23 2013 U S Patent FIG 3 US 8 493 495 B2 Sheet 4 of 7 Jul 23 2013 U S Patent 9cv 9EV ver ctv CCV OV 8cv sui s sqns suoneoiunuJulo 1 ulO gt amp
9. ated with a touch screen as described below The auxiliary I O subsystem 428 can take the form of a variety of different navigation tools multi directional or single directional such as a trackball navigation tool 321 as illustrated in the exemplary implementation shown in FIG 3 orathumbwheel a navigation pad a joystick touch sensitive interface or other I O interface These navigation tools may be located on the front surface of the communication device 400 or may be located on any exterior surface of the commu nication device 400 Other auxiliary I O subsystems may include external display devices and externally connected keyboards not shown While the above examples have been provided in relation to the auxiliary I O subsystem 428 other subsystems capable of providing input or receiving output from the communication device 400 are considered within the scope of this disclosure Additionally other keys may be placed along the side of the communication device 300 to function as escape keys volume control keys scrolling keys power switches or user programmable keys and may like wise be programmed accordingly The keyboard 432 can include a plurality of keys that can be ofa physical nature suchas actuable buttons or the buttons can be ofa software nature typically constituted by represen tations of physical keys on a display screen 422 referred to herein as virtual keys It is also contemplated that the user input can be
10. az United States Patent US008493495B2 10 Patent No US 8 493 495 B2 D Souza et al 45 Date of Patent Jul 23 2013 54 MEDIA MODULE CONTROL 2008 0025712 Al 1 2008 Furuya s s 396 88 2008 0204462 Al 8 2008 Reed et al i 2009 0049408 AI 2 2009 Naaman et al Ce Duet ees usis pisc ida 2009 0315842 Al 12 2009 Peng iu obin Roy Glennie Waterigo 2010 0208122 Al 8 2010 Yumiki we 348 333 08 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 73 Assignee Research In Motion Limited Waterloo WO 2010080793 A2 7 2010 CA GA OTHER PUBLICATIONS Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this Snapture New iPhone Camera App Adds Zoom Burst Mode Silent patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Mode Most of What Apple Left Out http justanotheriphoneblog U S C 154 b by 223 days com wordpress iphone software snapture new iphone camera app adds zoom burst mode silent mode most of what apple left out 21 Appl No 12 970 169 Published on Apr 6 2008 HTC Hero User Manual support sprint com global pdf user_ 22 Filed Dec 16 2010 guides htc hero htc hero ug pdf Nov 18 2009 65 Prior Publication Data Continued US 2012 0013784 Al Jan 19 2012 Primary Examiner Gevell Selby 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Novak Druce Connolly Related U S Application Data Bove Quigg LLP 60 Provisional application No 61 365 116 filed on Jul 57 ABSTRACT 16 2010 The technology includes processor implemented methods computer program products a
11. ceived on the mobile communication devices 103 is decrypted using the private encryption key stored in memory Similarly data sent to the wireless connec tor system 120 from the mobile communication devices 103 is encrypted using the private encryption key stored in the memory of the mobile communication device 103 The encrypted data when received on the wireless connector sys tem 120 is decrypted using the private encryption key retrieved from the user s mailbox The wireless network gateway 110 is adapted to send data packets received from the mobile communication device 103 over the WWAN 102 to the wireless connector system 120 The wireless connector system 120 then sends the data pack ets to the appropriate connection point such as the messaging server 132 or content servers 134 or application server 136 Conversely the wireless connector system 120 sends data packets received for example from the messaging server 132 or content servers 134 or application servers 136 to the wire less network gateway 110 that then transmit the data packets to the destination mobile communication device 103 The AP interfaces 116 of the WLAN 104 provide similar sending functions between the mobile communication device 103 the wireless connector system 120 and network connection point such as the messaging server 132 content server 134 and application server 136 The network 124 may comprise a private local area net work metropolitan area network
12. ctly to the WWAN 102 Accord ingly communications sent via the mobile communication devices 103 are transported via the WWAN 102 and the wireless network gateway 110 through transport facilities 112 to the wireless connector system 120 Communications sent from the wireless connector system 120 are received by the wireless network gateway 110 and transported via the WWAN 102 to the mobile communication devices 103 The WLAN 104 comprises a wireless network that in some implementations conforms to IEEE 802 11x standards sometimes referred to as Wi Fi such as for example the IEEE 802 1 1a 802 11b and or 802 11g standard Other com munication protocols may be used for the WLAN 104 in other implementations such as for example IEEE 802 11n IEEE 802 16e also referred to as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access or WiMAX or IEEE 802 20 also referred to as Mobile Wireless Broadband Access The WLAN 104 includes one or more wireless RF Access Points AP 114 one of which is shown in FIG 1 that collectively provide a WLAN coverage area The WLAN 104 may be a personal network of the user an enterprise network or a hotspot offered by an internet service provider ISP a mobile network provider or a property owner in a public or semi public area for example The access points 114 are connected to an access point AP interface 116 that may connect to the wireless connector system 120 directly for example if the acc
13. disposed substantially between the indica tors The slider bar can display zoom level as one of the n discrete steps from a first step equal to no zoom level and an nth step equal to full zoom level User input regarding a zoom level can be received Zoom to the received zoom level can be performed on the displayed image The relative zoom level can be displayed in the zoom bar In some implementations the zoom bar can occupy a space substantially along the margin of an edge of the display In some implementations the zoom bar size in the dimension along a line connecting the indicators can be substantially greater than the zoom bar size perpendicular to the line con necting the indicators In some implementations prior to presenting a zoom bar on the device display device display specifications can be requested and device display specifica tions comprising display size and display orientation can be received and the zoom bar size in the dimension along the line connecting the indicators can be greater than one half of the display size in the dimension parallel to the line connect ing the indicators In some implementations n can be one of fixed and selectable In some implementations the media module can be one of a still camera module and a video camera module In some implementations the zoom bar can be terminated from the display upon at least one of selection of the lowest of the n levels expiration of a predetermined period of time
14. e character command or function displayed at a corresponding position on the display screen 422 rather than touching the display screen 422 Furthermore the communication device e g 400 is equipped with components to enable operation of various programs as shown in FIG 4 In an exemplary implementa tion the flash memory 424 is enabled to provide a storage location for the operating system 457 device programs 458 and data The operating system 457 is generally configured to manage other programs 458 that are also stored in memory 424 and executable on the processor 438 The operating sys US 8 493 495 B2 7 tem 457 honors requests for services made by programs 458 through predefined program interfaces More specifically the operating system 457 typically determines the order in which multiple programs 458 are executed on the processor 438 and the execution time allotted for each program 458 manages the sharing of memory 424 among multiple programs 458 handles input and output to and from other device subsystems 442 and so on In addition operators can typically interact directly with the operating system 457 through a user inter face usually including the keyboard 432 and display screen 422 While in an exemplary implementation the operating system 457 is stored in flash memory 424 the operating system 457 in other implementations is stored in read only memory ROM or similar storage element not shown As those skilled in t
15. eive signals from the communication network 419 Other systems may not use such identifying information GPRS UMTS and EDGE use a Subscriber Identity Module SIM in order to allow communication with the communication net work 419 Likewise most CDMA systems use a Removable User Identity Module RUIM in order to communicate with the CDMA network The RUIM and SIM card can be used in multiple different communication devices 400 The commu nication device 400 may be able to operate some features without a SIM RUIM card but the device 400 will not be able to communicate with the network 419 A SIM RUIM inter face 444 located within the communication device 400 allows for removal or insertion of a SIM RUIM card not shown The SIM RUIM card features memory and holds key con figurations 451 and other information 453 such as identifi cation and subscriber related information With a properly enabled communication device 400 two way communica tion between the communication device 400 and communi cation network 419 is possible If the communication device 400 is enabled as described above or the communication network 419 does not use such enablement the two way communication enabled communi cation device 400 is able to both transmit and receive infor mation from the communication network 419 The transfer of communication can be from the communication device 400 orto the communication device 400 In orderto communicate 0 an 5
16. ess point 114 is part of an enterprise WLAN 104 in which the wireless con nector system 120 resides or indirectly as indicated by the dashed line in FIG 1 via the transport facilities 112 if the access point 114 is a personal Wi Fi network or Wi Fi hotspot in which case a mechanism for securely connecting to the wireless connector system 120 such as a virtual private net work VPN may be used The AP interface 116 provides translation and routing services between the access points 114 and the wireless connector system 120 to facilitate com munication directly or indirectly with the wireless connector system 120 The wireless connector system 120 may be implemented as one or more servers and is typically located behind a firewall 113 The wireless connector system 120 manages communi 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 cations including email Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP and HTTP Secure HTTPS communications to and from a set of managed mobile communication devices 103 The wireless connector system 120 also provides administra tive control and management capabilities over users and mobile communication devices 103 that may connect to the wireless connector system 120 The wireless connector system 120 allows the mobile com munication devices 103 to access the network 124 and con nected resources and services such as a messaging server 132 for example a Microsoft Exchange Server amp IBM L
17. he art will appreciate the operating system 457 device program 458 or parts thereof may be loaded in RAM 426 or other volatile memory In some implementations the flash memory 424 may con tain programs 458 for execution on the device 400 includ ing but not limited to an address book 452 a personal information manager PIM 454 and a device state 450 Furthermore programs 458 and other information 456 including data can be segregated upon storage in the flash memory 424 of the device 400 When the communication device 400 is enabled for two way communication within the wireless communication net work 419 the device 400 can send and receive signals from a mobile communication service Examples of communication systems enabled for two way communication include but are not limited to the General Packet Radio Service GPRS network the Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service UMTS network the Enhanced Data for Global Evolution EDGE network the Code Division Multiple Access CDMA network High Speed Packet Access HSPA net works Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service Time Division Duplexing UMTS TDD Ultra Mobile Broadband UMB networks Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access WiMAX and other networks that can be used for data and voice or just data or voice For the systems listed above the communication device 400 may use a unique iden tifier to enable the communication device 400 to transmit and rec
18. ine connecting the indicators is substantially greater than the zoom bar size perpendicular to the line connecting the indicators 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 12 4 The processor resources implemented method of claim 3 further comprising prior to rendering a zoom bar on the device display requesting device display specifications and receiving device display specifications comprising dis play size and display orientation and wherein the zoom bar size in the dimension along the line connecting the indicators is greater than one half of the display size in the dimension parallel to the line connect ing the indicators 5 The processor resources implemented method of claim 1 wherein n is one of fixed and selectable 6 The processor resources implemented method of claim 1 wherein the media module is one of a still camera module and a video camera module 7 The processor resources implemented method of claim 1 further comprising terminating the zoom bar from the dis play upon at least one of selection of the lowest of the n levels expiration of a predetermined period of time termina tion of selection of the zoom bar by the device selection means 8 A computer program product for controlling a zoom feature in a media module in a communication device the computer program product comprising at least one non transitory computer readable medium and at least one program module operable upon exec
19. low for displaying of information to an operator of the communication device 400 When the communication device 400 is equipped with a keyboard 432 e g 332 the keyboard can also be communicatively coupled with the microproces sor 438 The communication device 400 can include a speaker 434 a microphone 436 random access memory RAM 426 and flash memory 424 all of which may be communicatively coupled to the microprocessor 438 Other similar compo nents may be provided on the communication device 400 as well and optionally communicatively coupled to the micro processor 438 Other communication subsystems 440 and other communication device subsystems 442 are generally indicated as being functionally connected with the micropro cessor 438 as well An example of a communication sub system 440 is a short range communication system such as BLUETOOTH communication module or a WI FI com munication module a communication module in compliance with IEEE 802 11b and associated circuits and components Additionally the microprocessor 438 is able to perform oper ating system functions and enables execution of programs on 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 the communication device 400 In some implementations not all of the above components may be included in the commu nication device 400 For example in at least one implemen tation the keyboard 432 is not provided as a separate compo nent and is instead integr
20. mb actuable e g like the keys of the keyboard 332 Some implementations provide the navigation tool 327 in the form of a trackball 321 that may be utilized to instruct two dimensional screen cursor movement in substantially any direction as well as act as an actuator when the trackball 321 is depressed like a button Other implementations can provide the navigation tool in the form of a trackpad a touch screen a touchpad a pointing stick joystick graphics tablet or combinations thereof The place ment of the navigation tool 327 may be above the keyboard 332 and below the display screen 322 here the navigation 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 tool 327 may avoid interference during keyboarding and does not block the operator s view ofthe display screen 322 during use The device 300 may be configured to send and receive messages The device 300 includes a body 371 that may in some implementations be configured to be held in one hand by an operator of the device 300 during text entry A display 322 is included that is located on a front face 370 of the body 371 and upon which information is displayed to the operator e g during text entry The device 300 may also be configured to send and receive voice communications such as mobile telephone calls The device 300 also can include a camera not shown to allow the device 300 to take electronic photographs that can be referred to as photos or pictures F
21. n be classified as voice and data Voice communication generally refers to communica tion in which signals for audible sounds are transmitted by the communication device 400 through the communication net work 419 Data generally refers to all other types of commu nication that the communication device 400 is capable of performing within the constraints of the wireless network 419 Example device programs that can depend on such data include email contacts and calendars For each such pro gram synchronization with home based versions of the pro gram can be desirable for either or both of their long term and short term utility As an example emails are often time sensitive so substantially real time or near real time syn chronization may be desired Contacts on the other hand can be usually updated less frequently without inconvenience Therefore the utility of the communication device 400 is enhanced when connectable within a communication system and when connectable on a wireless basis in a network 419 in which voice text messaging and other data transfer are accommodated Device 400 can include programs such as a web browser a file browser and client programs for interact ing with server programs Devices e g 103 300 400 foruse in the technology can be characterized by an identification number assigned to the device Such identification numbers cannot be changed and are locked to each device Multimedia enabled smart ph
22. nd electronic devices for media 51 Int CI module control Media module zoom specifications are H04N 5 222 2006 01 requested Media module zoom specifications comprising 52 U S CI zoom range are received The received zoom range is divided USPC eee 348 333 12 348 208 6 348 222 1 into n discrete steps A zoom bar is presented comprises an 58 Field of Classification Search indicator of increasing zoom direction an indicator of USPC uyanalla aka 348 222 1 333 01 333 12 347 decreasing zoom direction and a slider bar is presented The See application file for complete search history slider bar is disposed substantially between the indicators The slider bar displays zoom level as one of the n discrete 56 References Cited steps from a first step equal to no zoom level and an nth step equal to full zoom level User input regarding a zoom level is U S PATENT DOCUMENTS received Zoom is performed on the displayed image The 8 040 398 B2 10 2011 Yoshida wii 3482401 relative zoom level is displayed in the zoom bar 2002 0135601 A1 9 2002 Watanabe 2005 0140813 A1 6 2005 Wani 348 333 12 516 7 Z e 21 Claims 7 Drawing Sheets 512 N 5 5 FULL ZOOM 1 NO ZOOM 514 US 8 493 495 B2 Page2 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Apple iPhone 4G User Manual http manuals info apple com en_ US iPhone iOS4 User Guide pdf Jun 6 2010 HTC EVO 4G User Manual support sprint com global pdf user Extended European
23. nly memory ROM a rigid magnetic disk and an optical disk Current examples of optical disks include compact disk read only memory CD ROM compact disk read write CD R W and DVD Both processors and program code for imple menting each as aspect ofthe technology can becentralized or distributed or a combination thereof as known to those skilled in the art A data processing system suitable for storing a computer program product of the present technology and for executing the program code of the computer program product will include at least one processor resource coupled directly or indirectly to memory elements through a system bus The memory elements can include local memory employed dur ing actual execution of the program code bulk storage and cache memories that provide temporary storage of at least some program code in order to reduce the number of times code must be retrieved from bulk storage during execution Input output or I O devices including but not limited to key boards displays pointing devices etc can be coupled to the system either directly or through intervening I O controllers Network adapters can also be coupled to the system to enable the data processing system to become coupled to other data processing systems or remote printers or storage devices through intervening private or public networks Modems cable modem and Ethernet cards are just a few of the currently available types of network adapters Such s
24. ones e g 300 can incorpo rate modules e g other device subsystems 442 for various media applications e g still camera video camera attach ment viewer The particular module and the performance of that module for a given application can vary across smart phone models For example smart phone camera modules that perform digital zoom at 2x 3x and even 6x are known Digital zoom is a method of decreasing narrowing the apparent angle of view of a digital photographic or video image Typically digital zoom is performed by cropping an image to a centered area with the same aspect ratio as the original image and optionally interpolating the result back to the pixel dimensions of the original image Digital zoom is accomplished electronically without adjustment of the cam era s optics No optical resolution is gained in the process However on devices such as smart phones digital zoom is useful US 8 493 495 B2 9 Implementations of the present technology include devices e g 103 300 400 computer program products and computer implemented methods for integration of the zoom function of various media modules having differing zoom performance using a single framework Media modules include still cameras and video cameras Zoom can include both digital and optical zoom Implementations of the present technology offer particular utility with respect to digital zoom The program code for the technology can be written in
25. ons the technology continues to display the zoom bar 510 while the device selection means remains selecting the zoom bar 510 In some implementations the technology terminates the zoom bar display upon selecting 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 10 Level 1 no zoom In some implementations zoom can be enabled and disabled by user action received by the device If zoom is disabled the zoom bar 510 does not appear for zoom Note that optical zoom can be independent of zoom In this fashion program code written in a platform inde pendent language can be used to query via the device OS for media module specifications and display specifications to present a uniform graphical zoom control offering n discrete zoom steps via the device display accept user input regarding zoom level and display the selected zoom level In summary the technology includes processor resources implemented methods computer program products and sys tems for controlling zoom in a media module in an electronic device In various implementations the technology can request media module zoom specifications Media module zoom specifications comprising zoom range are received The received zoom range can be divided in to n discrete steps A zoom bar can be presented on the device display The zoom bar can include an indicator of increasing zoom direction an indicator of decreasing zoom direction and a slider bar The slider bar can be
26. oom direction an indicator of decreasing zoom direction and a slider bar the slider bar disposed substantially between the indicators and the slider bar displaying zoom level as one ofthe n discrete steps from a first step equal to no zoom level and an nth step equal to full zoom level 20 25 30 14 receive user input regarding a zoom level perform zoom on the displayed image to a level cor responding to the received input and display the relative zoom level in the zoom bar 16 The mobile communication device of claim 15 wherein the zoom bar occupies a space substantially along the margin of an edge of the display 17 The mobile communication device of claim 16 wherein the zoom bar size in the dimension along a line connecting the indicators is substantially greater than the zoom bar size perpendicular to the line connecting the indicators 18 The mobile communication device of claim 17 further comprising prior to rendering a zoom bar on the device display request device display specifications and receive device display specifications comprising display size and display orientation and wherein the zoom bar size in the dimension along the line connecting the indicators is greater than one half of the display size in the dimension parallel to the line connect ing the indicators 19 The mobile communication device of claim 15 wherein nis one of fixed and selectable 20 The mobile communication de
27. otus Domino or Novell GroupWise email server a content server 134 for providing content such as Internet content or content from an organization s internal servers application servers 136 for implementing server based applications such as instant messaging IM applications to mobile communi cation devices 103 and intranet file services The wireless connector system 120 typically provides a secure exchange of data e g email messages personal infor mation manager PIM data and IM data with the mobile communication devices 103 In some implementations com munications between the wireless connector system 120 and the mobile communication devices 103 are encrypted In some implementations communications are encrypted using a symmetric encryption key implemented using Advanced Encryption Standard AES or Triple Data Encryption Stan dard Triple DES encryption Private encryption keys are generated in a secure two way authenticated environment and are used for both encryption and decryption of data In some implementations the private encryption key is stored only intheuser s mailbox on the messaging server 132 and on the mobile communication device 103 and can typically be regenerated by the user on mobile communication devices 103 Data sent to the mobile communication devices 103 is encrypted by the wireless connector system 120 using the private encryption key retrieved from the user s mailbox The encrypted data when re
28. provided as a combination of the two types of keys Each key of the plurality of keys is associated with at least one action which can be the input of a character a command or a function In this context characters are contemplated to exemplarily include alphabetic letters lan guage symbols numbers punctuation insignias icons pic tures and even a blank space In the case of virtual keys the indicia for the respective keys are shown on the display screen 422 which in one implementation is enabled by touching the display screen 422 for example with a stylus finger or other pointer to generate the character or activate the indicated command or function Some examples of display screens 422 capable of detecting a touch include resistive capacitive projected capacitive infrared and surface acoustic wave SAW touch screens Physical and virtual keys can be combined in many differ ent ways as appreciated by those skilled in the art In one implementation physical and virtual keys are combined such that the plurality of enabled keys for a particular program or feature of the communication device 400 is shown on the display screen 422 in the same configuration as the physical keys Using this configuration the operator can select the appropriate physical key corresponding to what is shown on the display screen 422 Thus the desired character command or function is obtained by depressing the physical key corre sponding to th
29. rein the zoom bar size in the dimension along the line connecting the indicators is greater than one half of the display size in the dimension parallel to the line connect ing the indicators 12 The computer program product of claim 8 wherein n is one of fixed and selectable US 8 493 495 B2 13 13 The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the media module is one of a still camera module and a video camera module 14 The computer program product of claim 8 further com prising terminating the zoom bar from the display upon at least one of selection ofthe lowest ofthe n levels expiration ofa predetermined period oftime termination of selection of the zoom bar by the device selection means 15 A mobile communication device comprising at least one processor resource at least one non transitory computer readable medium in communication with the processor resource and at least one program module stored on the at least one medium and operable upon execution by the processor to at least one computer readable medium and at least one program module operable upon execution by processor resources to request media module zoom specifications receive in response to the request media module zoom specifications comprising zoom range divide the received zoom range into n discrete steps where n is a positive integer present a zoom bar on the device display wherein the zoom bar comprises an indicator of increasing z
30. t group or IEEE 802 15 3a also referred to as UltraWideband UWB or other PAN connection It will be appreciated that the above described communi cation system is provided for the purpose of illustration only and that the above described communication system com prises one possible communication network configuration of amultitude of possible configurations for use with the mobile communication devices 103 Suitable variations of the com munication system will be understood to a person of skill in the art and are intended to fall within the scope of the present disclosure Referring to FIG 4 a block diagram of a communication device such as 300 and 103 in accordance with an exemplary implementation is illustrated As shown the device 400 includes a microprocessor 438 that controls the operation of the communication device 400 A communication subsystem 411 performs communication transmission and reception with the wireless network 419 The microprocessor 438 fur ther can be communicatively coupled with an auxiliary input output I O subsystem 428 that can be communicatively coupled to the communication device 400 In at least one implementation the microprocessor 438 can be communica tively coupled to a serial port for example a Universal Serial Bus port 430 that can allow for communication with other devices or systems via the serial port 430 A display 422 e g 322 can be communicatively coupled to microprocessor 438 to al
31. ue of the zoom Zoom bar 510 includes an indicator of increasing zoom direction 512 an indicator of decreasing zoom direction 514 anda slider bar 516 disposed substantially therebetween The slider bar illustrated in FIG 5 and FIG 6 shows relative zoom level 518 as white and in FIG 7 as uncross hatched Refer ring to FIG 7 the levels of an n 5 slider bar 516 are shown Level 1 is no zoom Level 5 is full zoom While a zoom bar has been disclosed the zoom indicator of the technology can take other forms e g a zoom circle with zoom level indicated by angle portions a zoom circle with zoom level indicated by concentric geometric objects e g circles The technology receives user input regarding a zoom level 214 and then performs zoom on the displayed image 216 and displays the relative zoom level in the zoom bar 218 User input regarding zoom level can be accepted through various means including pinching on a touch screen 1 e placing two fingers on the screen and spreading the fingers farther apart or bringing the fingers closer together use of and _ keys of keyboard 423 to increase and decrease the zoom level respectively touching a touch screen nearer to the desired zoom level than to other zoom levels and other actions appropriate to the nature of the device In some implementations the technology continues to dis play the zoom bar 510 for a predetermined period of time In some implementati
32. urther the device 300 can be configured to operate a web browser In order to facilitate an understanding of environments in which example implementations described herein can oper ate reference is made to FIG 1 that shows in block diagram form a communication system 100 in which implementa tions of the technology can be applied The communication system 100 may comprise a number of mobile communica tion devices 103 e g 300 that may be connected to the remainder of system 100 in any of several different ways Accordingly several instances of mobile communication devices 103 are depicted in FIG 1 employing different example ways of connecting to system 100 These figures are exemplary only and those persons skilled in the art will appreciate that some additional elements and modifications may be necessary to make the communication device e g 103 operate in particular network environments While in the illustrated implementations the communication devices e g 103 may comprise smart phones in other imple mentations however the communication devices may com prise personal digital assistants PDA tablet computers lap top computers desktop computers servers or other communication devices capable of sending and receiving electronic messages Mobile communication devices 103 are connected to a wireless network 101 that may comprise one or more of a Wireless Wide Area Network WWAN 102 and a Wireless Local Area Network W
33. ution by processor resources to request media module zoom specifications receive media module zoom specifications comprising zoom range in response to the request divide the received zoom range into n discrete steps where n is a positive integer present a zoom bar on the device display wherein the zoom bar comprises an indicator of increasing zoom direction an indicator of decreasing zoom direction and a slider bar the slider bar disposed substantially between the indicators and the slider bar displaying zoom level as one of then discrete steps from a first step equal to no zoom level and an nth step equal to full zoom level receive user input regarding a zoom level perform zoom on the displayed image to a level corre sponding to the received input and display the relative zoom level in the zoom bar 9 The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the zoom bar occupies a space substantially along the margin of an edge of the display 10 The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the zoom bar size in the dimension along a line connecting the indicators is substantially greater than the zoom bar size perpendicular to the line connecting the indicators 11 The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising prior to rendering a zoom bar on the device display request device display specifications and receive device display specifications comprising display size and display orientation and whe
34. vice ofclaim 15 wherein the media module is one ofa still camera module and a video camera module 21 The mobile communication device of claim 15 further comprising terminating the zoom bar from the display upon at least one of selection of the lowest of the n levels expiration ofa predetermined period of time termination of selection of the zoom bar by the device selection means
35. y in a land scape device display FIG 7 illustrates a zoom bar of the technology DETAILED DESCRIPTION Reference will now be made in detail to implementations of the technology Each example is provided by way of expla nation of the technology only not as a limitation of the tech nology It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present technology without departing from the scope or spirit ofthe technology For instance features described as part of one implementation can be used on another implementation to yield a still further implementation Thus it is intended that the present technology cover such modifications and varia tions that come within the scope of the technology As may be appreciated from FIG 3 an exemplary mobile communication device 300 as an example of 103 comprises a display 322 located above a keyboard 332 constituting a user input means and suitable for accommodating textual input to the device 300 In some implementations the key board 332 can be part ofa touch screen display The front face 370 ofthe device 300 has a navigation row 380 As shown the device 300 is of uni body construction also known as a candy bar design The device 300 may include an auxiliary input that acts as a cursor navigation tool 327 and that may be also exteriorly located upon the front face 370 ofthe device 300 Its front face location allows the tool to be thu
36. ystems can be centralized or distributed e g in peer to peer and client server configurations In some implementations the data pro cessing system is implemented using one or both of FPGAs and ASICs The invention claimed is 1 A processor resources implemented method for control ling a zoom feature in a media module in a communication device the method comprising requesting media module zoom specifications receiving media module zoom specifications comprising zoom range in response to the request dividing the received zoom range into n discrete steps where n is a positive integer rendering a zoom bar on the display of a device wherein the zoom bar comprises an indicator of increasing zoom direction an indicator of decreasing zoom direction and a slider bar the slider bar disposed substantially between the indi cators and the slider bar displaying zoom level as one of the n discrete steps from a first step equal to no zoom level and an nth step equal to full zoom level receiving user input regarding a zoom level performing zoom on the displayed image to a level corre sponding to the received input and displaying the relative zoom level in the zoom bar 2 The processor resources implemented method of claim 1 wherein the zoom bar occupies a space substantially along the margin of an edge of the display 3 The processor resources implemented method of claim 2 wherein the zoom bar size in the dimension along a l
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