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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Erik a Cholewin, Libertyville, IL (US);
John J Gorsica, Round Lake, IL (US);
Michael J Lombardi, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Natalie J Prochnow, Spring Grove, IL (US);
Ian M Snyder, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Erik A Cholewin, Libertyville, IL (US);
John J Gorsica, Round Lake, IL (US);
Michael J Lombardi, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Natalie J Prochnow, Spring Grove, IL (US);
Ian M Snyder, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic device for manipulating graphical user interface elements has a touch-sensitive display (touch screen) and a touch-sensitive surface (touch pad). The electronic device displays at least two graphical user elements (data icon, program icon, application window, digital photograph, etc.) on the touch screen. A user touches a first element using either the touch screen or the touch pad. This touch user interaction selects the first element and 'anchors' it while a user's slide interaction on the other touch-sensitive surface manipulates the second, non-selected element. The slide contact can be interpreted by the electronic device as a drag, push, rotate, or pixel-based move (e.g., zoom in/out) relative to the first element. Various features of the slide movement, such as the speed, the length, the pressure, the direction, and/or the pattern may affect the manipulation of the second element.