Equivalent gesture and soft button configuration for touch screen enabled device

摘要

Methods and systems for configuring on touch screen enabled devices custom gestures and custom soft buttons that are equivalent to default gestures configured on such devices allow equivalent custom gestures and soft buttons to be configured seamlessly on such devices without invoking a configuration tool or widget, enable multiple custom gestures and soft buttons equivalent to a particular default gesture to coexist on such devices and permit sets of personal equivalent custom gestures and soft buttons to be saved and loaded on such devices by particular users.

主权项

1. A touch screen enabled device, comprising:
a memory having a default gesture defined therein; a touch screen interface configured to receive as hand-drawn input a first expression equating a first custom soft button with the default gesture; and a processor operatively coupled with the memory and the touch screen interface configured to establish in response to the first expression an equivalency between the first custom soft button and the default gesture, wherein before establishing the equivalency selected screen data on the touch screen enabled device are manipulable in response to receiving as hand-drawn input on the touch screen interface the default gesture, and wherein after establishing the equivalency selected screen data on the touch screen enabled device are also manipulable in response to receiving as hand-drawn input the interface the first custom soft button and receiving as further input on the touch screen interface a button press on the first custom soft button.