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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2009
Georg Petschnigg, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Reed Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Joshua J. Hinds, Duvall, WA (US);
Sabrina Boler, Seattle, WA (US);
Georg Petschnigg, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Reed Harris, Redmond, WA (US);
Joshua J. Hinds, Duvall, WA (US);
Sabrina Boler, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Touch sensitive computing systems and methods are provided. The touch sensitive computing device may include a touch sensitive display configured to receive a touch input. A gesture recognition module may be coupled with the touch sensitive display, and may be configured to receive the touch input. The gesture recognition module may also be configured to determine, based on the touch input, and by selecting from a plurality of different predefined gestures, a recognized gesture that corresponds to the touch input. The touch sensitive computing device may also include a personal information management (PIM) module including a PIM database. The PIM module may be configured to apply a selected item shown on the touch sensitive display to a selected one of a plurality of different PIM schemas of the PIM database. The selected one of the PIM schemas may be selected based on the recognized gesture.