Zeroclick

• US 20140195969A1
• Filed: 05/16/2013
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nes Stewart Irvine
• Original Assignee: Nes Stewart Irvine
• Inventors: Irvine, Nes Stewart
• Application Number:
  US13/896,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20140195969A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A GUI interface, a method of programming a GUI interface, and an apparatus which enables functions of controls in the GUI to be activated by a movement to a control and then another subsequent movement related to that control. It may be defined more precisely below, A GUI in which, when a pointer 0 is immediately adjacent or passes over a control area 1, a procedure is initiated whereby subsequent movement of the pointer over a predetermined path area 3 generates a ‘click’ event which simulates direct clicking of the control 1 and moving outside the predetermined path area 3 prior to completion of the path 3 resets the control to as if the pointer has never started along the predetermined path area 3.

Claims

1. A device capable of executing software comprising:

a touch-sensitive screen configured to detect being touched by a user'"'"'s finger without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to a pressure of the finger contact on the screen;

a processor connected to the touch-sensitive screen and configured to receive from the screen information regarding locations touched by the user'"'"'s finger;

executable user interface code stored in a memory connected to the processor, the user interface code executable by the processor;

the user interface code being configured to detect one or more locations touched by a movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of the finger contact on the screen and determine therefrom a selected operation.

2. The device according to claim 1 which is further configured by one or more of the following:

a) the device is operable by the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive including any of a mobile phone, or a touch-sensitive pad, or another computer device with a touch-sensitive screen;

b) the device activates the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, by a start sequence of locations touched on the touch-sensitive screen by a movement of the user'"'"'s finger to start operating one or more further functions of the user interface selectable by one or more subsequent finger movements of the user on the touch-sensitive screen to control the device by one or more subsequent selected operations of the user;

c) the device can browse the internet;

d) the device can play video files;

e) the device can play audio files;

f) the device can display text;

g) the device can display a multimedia file;

h) the device can edit text;

i) the device can search the internet or text by entering characters;

j) the device has a start sequence of locations to be touched on the touch-sensitive screen by one or more finger movements of the user on the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive to start operating one or more further functions of the user interface to control the device, and the start sequence does not require the sequence of locations to be touched to be deducible by another user from the appearance of the touch-sensitive screen displaying the start sequence of locations to be touched;

k) the device is operated by touching the touch-sensitive screen in two or to more areas sequentially without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

l) the device has one or more functions to activate the touch-sensitive screen display from a very low power mode;

m) the device requires a sequence of locations on the touch-sensitive screen being touched by one or more finger movements on the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, thereby to activate the selected operation of the user to control the device;

n) the touch-sensitive screen being touched by one or more finger movements without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive can generate one or more functions by any of placing a finger at a location on the screen, moving a finger in contact with the screen, or not touching the screen at a location of the screen;

o) the device can operate a graphic program including the ability to draw a line on the touch-sensitive screen;

p) the device further includes detecting on the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, a movement of a pen at one or more locations of the touch-sensitive screen as a movement of the users finger at said one or more locations on the touch-sensitive screen;

q) the device in which the user interface is further configured to respond to a pointer speed at which the user'"'"'s finger touching the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive moves along the screen;

r) the device in which the user interface is further configured to cause the user selected operation to move a displayed desktop in a selected direction;

s) the device wherein the user interface is further configured to execute a selected operation by the touch-sensitive screen detecting coordinates of each of at least two of the user'"'"'s fingers touching different areas of the touch-sensitive screen sequentially without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

t) the device wherein said user interface is further configured to make a triggering of the user selected operation by a sequence of locations touched on the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive less probable to occur by accident than the user pressing a physical button or requiring pressing on a touch screen to trigger said user selected operation;

u) the device in which the user interface is further configured to cause the selected operation to control the device by one or more functions in addition to an appearance on the touch-sensitive screen by detecting one or more coordinate positions of one or more finger movements touching the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

v) the device can operate an application program within the user interface;

w) the device can deactivate the selected operation;

x) the device wherein the touch-sensitive screen is capable of detecting the finger in dose proximity over the screen and the user interface is further configured to execute a selected operation by the finger being in close proximity but not touching the screen;

y) a method of operating the device;

z) the user interface code is further configured to cause one or more selected operations, which includes one or more functions available to the user interface code of the device, to deactivate while the users finger is touching one or more locations on the screen;

1) the user interface code is further configured to activate another selected operation by the selected operation used in conjunction with an additional input method available in a prior art GUI;

2) the use interface code is further configured to execute the selected operation by the user'"'"'s finger on the screen being along a specified direction and within a designated area of the screen over a specified distance;

3) the use interface code is further configured to execute the selected operation by the user'"'"'s finger on the screen being along a specified direction and within a designated area of the screen over a specified distance then is removed from the screen;

4) a part of a surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can be configured to detect being touched by the user'"'"'s finger without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of the finger contact on the surface to operate as a button without requiring pressure;

5) a surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen may include in whole or in part visual feedback of a LCD screen,

6) a sequence of one or more locations touched on a touch-sensitive surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can include a sequence of contact on the surface by a user'"'"'s finger movement that may execute the selected operation which would not be obvious to the user by a visual feedback from the surface;

7) a touch-sensitive surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can act as a pressure-less switch or button on the device; and

8) the user'"'"'s finger movement detected by the touch-sensitive screen can be used interchangeably as pointer movement.

3. The device of claim 1 in which said device comprises either a touch-sensitive pad or mobile phone that is not required to be pressure-sensitive,

wherein the user interface code is configured to detect more than one selected operation,

which has the capability to emulate a visible or invisible pointer movement and/or a “

click”

event for one or more of the following;

a control, menu, desktop, internet browser, multimedia player, settings menu, icon, button, phone dialer, multimedia recorder, word processor, email program, graphical program, graphical user interface, other application program, or pixel of the touch-sensitive screen, and

with the capability to provide visual, and auditory feedback responsive to one or more locations being touched by the movement of the user'"'"'s finger,

without requiring the exertion of pressure on the touch-sensitive screen.

4. A mobile device according to claim 1 wherein the mobile device is either a mobile phone or a touch-sensitive pad.

5. A method of operating a computer apparatus capable of operating software by a graphical user interface GUI characterized by the GUI detecting a coordinate input of pointer movement alone from a pointing device and thereby activate one or more functions available to the GUI.

6. A device capable of executing software according to the method of claim 5 wherein, a touch-sensitive screen is the pointing device, and the coordinate input of pointer movement alone means the information detected by the user interface code of the GUI of the location of the one or more coordinates being touched by contact of a user'"'"'s finger on the touch-sensitive screen and thereby activate one or more said functions by a selected operation of the user, comprising:

the touch-sensitive screen configured to detect being touched by the user'"'"'s finger without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to a pressure of the finger contact on the screen;

a processor connected to the touch-sensitive screen and configured to receive from the screen information regarding locations touched by the user'"'"'s finger;

executable user interface code stored in a memory connected to the processor, the user interface code executable by the processor;

the user interface code being configured to detect one or more locations touched by a movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of the finger contact on the screen and determine therefrom the selected operation.

7. A method according to claim 5 wherein, said one or more functions were previously activated by a prior art GUI detecting a simultaneous coordinate input and an additional data input from the pointing device wherein the additional data input is

an input of sensitivity from the pointing device of a touch screen to pressure of a finger in contact on the screen, or

mouse button data from a pointing device or equivalent;

instead of operating the GUI according to the method of claim 5, in which the GUI is characterised by detecting said coordinate input of pointer movement alone, that is the input of X and Y coordinate information, from the pointing device and thereby activate said one or more functions available to the GUI.

8. The device of claim 6 in which, said device comprises either a touch-sensitive pad or mobile phone that is not required to be pressure sensitive,

wherein the user interface code is configured to detect more than one selected operation,

which has the capability to emulate a visible or invisible pointer movement and/or a “

click”

event for one or more of the following;

a control, menu, desktop, internet browser, multimedia player, settings menu, icon, button, phone dialer, multimedia recorder, word processor, email program, graphical program, graphical user interface, other application program, or pixel of the touch-sensitive screen, and

with the capability to provide visual, and auditory feedback responsive to one or more locations being touched by the movement of the user'"'"'s finger,

without requiring the exertion of pressure on the touch-sensitive screen.

9. A method of operating a GUI as claimed in claim 5 wherein,

the pointing device is a touch-sensitive screen, and the GUI is displayed on the touch-sensitive screen, which does not require to be pressure sensitive to a pressure of finger contact on the screen for the GUI to detect the coordinate input of one or more coordinate locations of one or more finger movements of a user on the touch-sensitive screen and thereby activate one or more said functions of the GUI to control the apparatus of a device with the touch-sensitive screen.

10. A method of operating the device according to claim 6 which is further configured by one or more of the following:

a) the device is operable by the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive including any of a mobile phone, or a touch-sensitive pad, or another computer device with a touch-sensitive screen;

b) the device activates the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, by a start sequence of locations touched on the touch-sensitive screen by a movement of the user'"'"'s finger to start operating one or more further functions of the user interface selectable by one or more subsequent finger movements of the user on the touch-sensitive screen to control the device by one or more subsequent selected operations of the user;

c) the device can browse the internet;

d) the device can play video files;

e) the device can play audio files;

f) the device can display text;

g) the device can display a multimedia file;

h) the device can edit text;

i) the device can search the internet or text by entering characters;

j) the device has a start sequence of locations to be touched on the touch-sensitive screen by one or more finger movements of the user on the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive to start operating one or more further functions of the user interface to control the device, and the start sequence does not require the sequence of locations to be touched to be deducible by another user from the appearance of the touch-sensitive screen displaying the start sequence of locations to be touched;

k) the device is operated by touching the touch-sensitive screen in two or more areas sequentially without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

l) the device has one or more functions to activate the touch-sensitive screen display from a very low power mode;

m) the device requires a sequence of locations on the touch-sensitive screen being touched by one or more finger movements on the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, thereby to activate the selected operation of the user to control the device;

n) the touch-sensitive screen being touched by one or more finger movements without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive can generate one or more functions by any of placing a finger at a location on the screen, moving a finger in contact with the screen, or not touching the screen at a location of the screen;

o) the device can operate a graphic program including the ability to draw a line on the touch-sensitive screen;

p) the device further includes detecting on the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, a movement of a pen at one or more locations of the touch-sensitive screen as a movement of the user'"'"'s finger at said one or more locations on the touch-sensitive screen;

q) the device in which the user interface is further configured to respond to a pointer speed at which the user'"'"'s finger touching the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive moves along the screen;

r) the device in which the user interface is further configured to cause the user selected operation to move a displayed desktop in a selected direction;

s) the device wherein the user interface is further configured to execute a selected operation by the touch-sensitive screen detecting coordinates of each of at least two of the user'"'"'s fingers touching different areas of the touch-sensitive screen sequentially without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

t) the device wherein said user interface is further configured to make a triggering of the user selected operation by a sequence of locations touched on the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive less probable to occur by accident than the user pressing a physical button or requiring pressing on a touch screen to trigger said user selected operation;

u) the device in which the user interface is further configured to cause the selected operation to control the device by one or more functions in addition to an appearance on the touch-sensitive screen by detecting one or more coordinate positions of one or more finger movements touching the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

v) the device can operate an application program within the user interface;

w) the device can deactivate the selected operation;

x) the device wherein the touch-sensitive screen is capable of detecting a finger in dose proximity over the screen and the user interface is further configured to execute a selected operation by the finger being in dose proximity but not touching the screen;

y) the user interface code is further configured to activate another selected operation by the selected operation used in conjunction with an additional input method of a prior art GUI;

z) the user interface code is further configured to cause one or more selected operations, which includes one or more functions available to the user interface code of the device, to deactivate while the user'"'"'s finger is touching one or more locations on the screen;

1) the use interface code is further configured to execute the selected operation by the user'"'"'s finger on the screen being along a specified direction and within a designated area of the screen over a specified distance;

2) the use interface code is further configured to execute the selected operation by the user'"'"'s finger on the screen being along a specified direction and within a designated area of the screen over a specified distance then is removed from the screen;

3) a part of a surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can be configured to detect being touched by the user'"'"'s finger without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of the finger contact on the surface to operate as a button without requiring pressure;

4) a surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen may include in whole or in part visual feedback of a LCD screen,

5) a sequence of one or more locations touched on a touch-sensitive surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can include a sequence of contact on the surface by a user'"'"'s finger movement that may execute the selected operation which would not be obvious to the user by a visual feedback from the surface;

6) a touch-sensitive surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can act as a pressure-less switch or button on the device; and

7) the user'"'"'s finger movement detected by the touch-sensitive screen can be used interchangeably as pointer movement.

11. A method of operating the computer apparatus of a mobile device according to claim 5 wherein the pointing device of the mobile device is a touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive to contact of a user'"'"'s finger on the screen, and the coordinate input of pointer movement alone from the touch-sensitive screen is the coordinate input detected by the GUI of one or more coordinate locations related to the screen of one or more finger movements over or on the screen detected by the touch-sensitive screen and the mobile device is either a mobile phone or a touch-sensitive pad.

12. A method of operating the graphical user interface GUI of claim 5 in which by the coordinate input being detected by the GUI,

when a pointer is immediately adjacent to or passes over a control area,

a procedure is initiated whereby subsequent movement of the pointer over a predetermined path generates a ‘

click’

event, activating said one or more functions of the GUI which simulates direct clicking of a control.

13. A method of operating the graphical user interface GUI according to claim 5 in which by the coordinate input being detected by the GUI,

a function related to a control area of said functions is triggered by a pointer movement over the control area, then by further movement over an additional area comprising the steps of

a. moving the pointer into contact with the control area

b. initiating activating the one or more functions associated with the control area by moving the pointer to an additional area related to the control area

c. moving the pointer within the additional area defined in b. and completing a specified movement within the additional area to complete activation of the function associated with the control area.

14. A method of operating a GUI in which by pointer movement alone may activate functions, which were previously activated in existing programs by other methods.

15. A method according to claim 14 in which said method of claim 14 is limited to activate a function of said functions and while said method of claim 14 activates the function, said claim language of claim 14 of “

a method of operating a GUI in which by pointer movement alone may activate functions, which were previously activated in existing programs by other methods”

expressly means “

a method of operating a computer apparatus capable of operating software by a graphical user interface GUI characterized by the GUI detecting a coordinate input of pointer movement alone from a pointing device and thereby activate a function available to the GUI, which may be previously activated in existing programs by other methods”

.

16. A method of operating a GUI as defined in claim 15 wherein, said other method of a prior art GUI is a standard click method whereby said function was activated by the prior art GUI detecting a simultaneous coordinate input and an additional data input from the pointing device wherein the additional data input is:

an input of sensitivity from the pointing device of a touch screen to pressure of a finger in contact on the screen, or

mouse button data from a pointing device or equivalent;

instead of operating the GUI according to the method of claim 15, in which the GUI is characterised by detecting said coordinate input of pointer movement alone, that is the input of X and Y coordinate information, from the pointing device and thereby activate said function available to the GUI.

17. A device capable of executing software to the method of claim 14 wherein, “

by pointer movement alone may activate functions, which were previously activated in existing programs by other methods”

of the claim language of claim 14 means “

by the GUI detecting a coordinate input of pointer movement alone from a pointing device and thereby activate one or more functions of said functions available to the GUI, which may be previously activated in existing programs by other methods”

, and a touch-sensitive screen is the pointing device, and the coordinate input means the information detected by the user interface code of the GUI of the location of the one or more coordinates being touched by contact of a user'"'"'s finger on the touch-sensitive screen activates one or more said functions by a selected operation of the user, comprising;

the touch-sensitive screen configured to detect being touched by the user'"'"'s finger without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to a pressure of the finger contact on the screen;

a processor connected to the touch-sensitive screen and configured to receive from the screen information regarding locations touched by the user'"'"'s finger;

executable user interface code stored in a memory connected to the processor, the user interface code executable by the processor;

the user interface code being configured to detect one or more locations touched by a movement of the user'"'"'s finger on the screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of the finger contact on the screen and determine therefrom the selected operation.

18. The device of claim 17 in which, said device comprises either a touch-sensitive pad or mobile phone that is not required to be pressure-sensitive,

wherein the user interface code is configured to detect more than one selected operation,

which has the capability to emulate a visible or invisible pointer movement and/or a “

click”

event for one or more of the following;

a control, menu, desktop, internet browser, multimedia player, settings menu, icon, button, phone dialer, multimedia recorder, word processor, email program, graphical program, graphical user interface, other application program, or pixel of the touch-sensitive screen, and

with the capability to provide visual, and auditory feedback responsive to one or more locations being touched by the movement of the user'"'"'s finger,

without requiring the exertion of pressure on the touch-sensitive screen.

19. A method of operating a GUI as defined in claim 15 whereby said other method of a prior art GUI existing program operating a mobile device by a keyboard is the prior art GUI detecting an input sensitive to pressure of a finger in contact with one or more physical buttons, or virtual buttons on a touch screen, of the mobile device as an additional data input in conjunction with a coordinate input of pointer movement, that is the input of X and Y coordinate information, to activate said function;

instead of operating said mobile device with a touch sensitive screen as the pointing device according to the method of claim 15, in which the GUI detects said coordinate input of pointer movement alone, that is the input of X and Y coordinate information, from the touch sensitive screen by one or more locations touched by a user'"'"'s finger on the screen, without requiring the touch sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of finger contact, and thereby activate said function.

20. A method of operating the device according to claim 17 which is further configured by one or more of the following:

a) the device is operable by the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive including any of a mobile phone, or a touch-sensitive pad, or another computer device with a touch-sensitive screen;

b) the device activates the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, by a start sequence of locations touched on the touch-sensitive screen by a movement of the user'"'"'s finger to start operating one or more further functions of the user interface selectable by one or more subsequent finger movements of the user on the touch-sensitive screen to control the device by one or more subsequent selected operations of the user;

c) the device can browse the internet;

d) the device can play video files;

e) the device can play audio files;

f) the device can display text;

g) the device can display a multimedia file;

h) the device can edit text;

i) the device can search the internet or text by entering characters;

j) the device has a start sequence of locations to be touched on the touch-sensitive screen by one or more finger movements of the user on the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive to start operating one or more further functions of the user interface to control the device, and the start sequence does not require the sequence of locations to be touched to be deducible by another user from the appearance of the touch-sensitive screen displaying the start sequence of locations to be touched;

k) the device is operated by touching the touch-sensitive screen in two or more areas sequentially without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

l) the device has one or more functions to activate the touch-sensitive screen display from a very low power mode;

m) the device requires a sequence of locations on the touch-sensitive screen being touched by one or more finger movements on the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, thereby to activate the selected operation of the user to control the device;

n) the touch-sensitive screen being touched by one or more finger movements without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive can generate one or more functions by any of placing a finger at a location on the screen, moving a finger in contact with the screen, or not touching the screen at a location of the screen;

o) the device can operate a graphic program including the ability to draw a line on the touch-sensitive screen;

p) the device further includes detecting on the touch-sensitive screen, without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive, a movement of a pen at one or more locations of the touch-sensitive screen as a movement of the user'"'"'s finger at said one or more locations on the touch-sensitive screen;

q) the device in which the user interface is further configured to respond to a pointer speed at which the user'"'"'s finger touching the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive moves along the screen;

r) the device in which the user interface is further configured to cause the user selected operation to move a displayed desktop in a selected direction;

s) the device wherein the user interface is further configured to execute a selected operation by the touch-sensitive screen detecting coordinates of each of at least two of the user'"'"'s fingers touching different areas of the touch-sensitive screen sequentially without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

t) the device wherein said user interface is further configured to make a triggering of the user selected operation by a sequence of locations touched on the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive less probable to occur by accident than the user pressing a physical button or requiring pressing on a touch screen to trigger said user selected operation;

u) the device in which the user interface is further configured to cause the selected operation to control the device by one or more functions in addition to an appearance on the touch-sensitive screen by detecting one or more coordinate positions of one or more finger movements touching the touch-sensitive screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be pressure sensitive;

v) the device can operate an application program within the user interface;

w) the device can deactivate the selected operation;

x) the device wherein the touch-sensitive screen is capable of detecting the finger in close proximity over the screen and the user interface is further configured to execute a selected operation by the finger being in close proximity but not touching the screen;

y) the user interface code is further configured to activate another selected operation by the selected operation used in conjunction with an additional input method in a prior art GUS;

z) the user interface code is further configured to cause one or more selected operations, which includes one or more functions available to the user interface code of the device, to deactivate while the user'"'"'s finger is touching one or more locations on the screen;

1) the use interface code is further configured to execute the selected operation by the user'"'"'s finger on the screen being along a specified direction and within a designated area of the screen over a specified distance;

2) the use interface code is further configured to execute the selected operation by the user'"'"'s finger on the screen being along a specified direction and within a designated area of the screen over a specified distance then is removed from the screen;

3) a part of a surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can be configured to detect being touched by the user'"'"'s finger without requiring to the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of the finger contact on the surface to operate as a button without requiring pressure;

4) a surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen may include in whole or in part visual feedback of a LCD screen,

5) a sequence of one or more locations touched on a touch-sensitive surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can include a sequence of contact on the surface by a user'"'"'s finger movement that may execute the selected operation which would not be obvious to the user by a visual feedback from the surface;

6) a touch-sensitive surface of the device as the touch-sensitive screen can act as a pressure-less switch or button on the device; and

7) the user'"'"'s finger movement detected by the touch-sensitive screen can be used interchangeably as pointer movement.