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Method, system and computer program product for operating a touchscreen

  • US 9,170,680 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2013
  • Issued: 10/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by at least one device for operating a touchscreen, the method comprising:

  • detecting a location of a first physical touch within a display area of the touchscreen, wherein a plurality of elements are displayed within the display area;

    determining whether an ambiguity exists about which of the elements is being targeted by the first physical touch;

    in response to determining that the ambiguity exists, displaying a menu on the touchscreen for prompting a user to select between at least three elements that are at least partially displayed within a specified area around the location, wherein at least three portions of the menu are respectively associated with the at least three elements that are at least partially displayed within the specified area;

    in response to a second physical touch within one of the at least three portions, highlighting its respectively associated element on the touchscreen;

    in response to a third physical touch within the one of the at least three portions whose respectively associated element is highlighted on the touchscreen, resolving the ambiguity by selecting its respectively associated element as being targeted; and

    in response to resolving the ambiguity, enabling the user to perform an operation with the targeted element, wherein the operation includes at least one of deleting, cutting, copying and revising the targeted element.

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