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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Christopher M. Rives, Houston, TX (US);
Craig T. Brown, Cypress, TX (US);
Dustin L. Hoffman, Cypress, TX (US);
Peter M. on, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher M. Rives, Houston, TX (US);
Craig T. Brown, Cypress, TX (US);
Dustin L. Hoffman, Cypress, TX (US);
Peter M. On, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for document editing. A system includes an operator input device, a processor, gesture recognition program, and an edit mode program. The operator input device that senses gestures and multiple simultaneous touch points. The processor is coupled to the operator input device. The processor executes the gesture recognition program, which recognizes inputs from the input device. The gesture recognition program recognizes a predetermined edit mode gesture and, based only on the gesture, causes the processor to execute the edit mode program. The edit mode program provides a plurality of document editing functions for modifying a currently displayed document.