Portable electronic device and method of controlling same
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying, on a touch screen display of a portable electronic device, an area of an application including a boundary, wherein the boundary separates displayed data from displayed selectable features;
detecting a touch event at a touch location within the area;
determining when touch contact is maintained and the touch event moves to a new location outside of the area; and
performing an action in response to detecting that the touch event moved to the new location.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface including an area defined by a boundary, detecting a touch event at a touch location within the area defined by the boundary on the touch screen display, determining if the touch location has moved to a new location outside of the area defined by the boundary; and performing an action in response to detecting the touch event at the touch location within the area defined by the boundary and determining that the touch location has moved from the area defined by the boundary to the new location outside of the area defined by the boundary.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying, on a touch screen display of a portable electronic device, an area of an application including a boundary, wherein the boundary separates displayed data from displayed selectable features; detecting a touch event at a touch location within the area; determining when touch contact is maintained and the touch event moves to a new location outside of the area; and performing an action in response to detecting that the touch event moved to the new location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
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13. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a touch screen display; a processor coupled to the touch screen display and configured to; display, on the touch screen display, an area defined by a boundary, wherein the boundary separates displayed data from displayed selectable features, detect a touch event at a touch location within the area on the touch screen display, determine when touch contact is maintained and the touch event moves to a new location outside of the area, and perform an action in response to detecting that the touch contact event moved to the new location.
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16. A method comprising:
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providing a graphical user interface for an application on a touch screen display of a portable electronic device, wherein the graphical user interface includes a first area of the application and a second area of the application, wherein the first area has a boundary that separates displayed data in the first area from selectable features displayed in the second area; detecting a touch event at a touch location within the first area on the touch screen display; determining when touch contact is maintained and the touch event moves to a new location outside the first area, wherein the new location is within the second area; performing an action in response to detecting that the touch event moved to the new location. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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displaying, on a touch screen display of a portable electronic device, a first area of the application and a second area of the application, wherein the first area has a boundary that separates displayed data in the first area from selectable features displayed in the second area; detecting a touch event at a touch location within the first area on the touch screen display; determining when touch contact is maintained and the touch event moves to a new location outside the first area, wherein the new location is within the second area; scrolling the displayed data in the first area in response to detecting that the touch event moved to the new location. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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