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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Thumba Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
THUMBA, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes detecting a first touch event on a touch-sensitive input area of a device, determining that the first touch event corresponds to a command to anchor a first cursor at a current location of the first cursor on a display area coupled to the touch-sensitive input area, anchoring the first cursor at the current location thereof on the display area in response to determining that the first touch event corresponds to the command to anchor the first cursor, detecting a second touch event, outputting a second cursor on the display area, changing the output location of the second cursor in response to detecting that a detected touch of the second touch event departs from a starting location of the second touch event, and outputting a selection indicator on a portion of the display area between the first cursor and second cursor.