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User touch display interface providing an expanded selection area for a user selectable object

  • US 9,092,134 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2009
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • displaying, at an electronic device, a plurality of selectable objects, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area;

    determining that a starting location of a first user input is within a selection area of a first object of the plurality of selectable objects and displaying an expanded selection area for only the first object, wherein the expanded selection area has a boundary that overlaps with and at least partially covers an initial selection area of at least one second selectable object;

    based at least in part on a final location of the first user input being within the expanded selection area of the first object, selecting the first object; and

    displaying a selection indicator representing the selection of the first object, wherein the first user input is a dragging operation and wherein the starting location is a starting location of the dragging and the final location is a release location of the dragging, andwherein the expanded selection area is centered on the selection area of the first object and is expanding a fixed number of pixels from the each side of the selection area and overlapping at least a part of another selection area adjacent to the selected selection area.

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