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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Jeffery John Paul Dippel, Waterloo, CA;
Benjamin Biron, Gatineau, CA;
Patrick-andre Savard, Gatineau, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Donald James Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Danny Thomas Dodge, Ottawa, CA;
Jeffery John Paul Dippel, Waterloo, CA;
Benjamin Biron, Gatineau, CA;
Patrick-Andre Savard, Gatineau, CA;
Mihal Lazaridis, Waterloo, CA;
Donald James Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Danny Thomas Dodge, Ottawa, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
2236008 Ontario Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method includes detecting a touch at a plurality of touch locations on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, identifying when the touch is a first gesture type based on touch attributes including a first touch location of the plurality of touch locations, and at least one of speed of the touch, time between detecting the touch at consecutive ones of the touch locations, distance between the consecutive ones of the touch locations, and direction of the touch.