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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Rita Sadhvani, Watchung, NJ (US);
Hannah Y. Moon, Boston, MA (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method is provided for providing a flexible content selection capability for selecting a specific portion of content displayed on a touch-screen display of a user's computing device. In response to receiving user input including a plurality of touch points detected within a content display area of the touch-screen display, a relative location of each detected touch point is determined with respect to the content display area. Content displayed within a portion of the first content display area of the touch-screen display is automatically selected based on the determined relative locations of the plurality of detected touch points. A content selection region including the selected content is graphically presented within the content display area. A context menu including user options for invoking functions related to the selected content is then displayed in association with the content selection region via the touch-screen display.