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Electronic device and method of controlling same

  • US 8,810,535 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2011
  • Issued: 08/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting a first touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device;

    in response to detecting the first touch within a threshold distance of a boundary between the display area of the touch-sensitive and a non-display area, and to detecting a second touch that overlaps at least partially in time with the first touch;

    identifying a right mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on a location of the first touch and the location of the second touch and performing the right mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on a right side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;

    identifying a left mouse-click function associated with the first touch and the second touch based on the location of the first touch and performing the left mouse-click function when the location of the first touch is near the boundary on the left side of the touch-sensitive display with respect to a current orientation of the touch-sensitive display;

    wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a drag-and-drop function when the second touch begins at a location associated with a selectable feature and moves to a new location, and wherein the left mouse-click function comprises a selection when the second touch begins at the location associated with the selectable feature and remains generally unchanged during the touch;

    in response to detecting only the first touch and to detecting that the first touch comprises a gesture along the boundary between the display area and the non-display area;

    Performing a scrolling function based on the direction of the gesture along the boundary.

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