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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Ken Wu, Burlington, CA;
Robert Lowles, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Ken Wu, Burlington, CA;
Robert Lowles, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining user-selections from at least one touch at a touch-sensitive input surface of an electronic device includes determining a first user-selection based on touch attributes, detecting changes in the touch attributes including a change in size and a change in the location, and determining a second user-selection based on a direction of the change in location.