Patent ID: 9280279
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A user interface method, comprising: defining a plurality of different enablement protocols for a function of an electronic device corresponding to a plurality of different users, said enablement protocols each comprising at least one user-defined gesture for touch input on a touch-sensitive area of a display screen operatively associated with said electronic device by displaying at least two visual indicators indicative of each of the different enablement protocols which each include a continuous touch including a point on the touch-sensitive area other than the at least two visual indicators and which terminates at one of the at least two visual indicators on the touch-sensitive area of the display screen and inputting the at least one user-defined gesture on the touch-sensitive area of the display screen for each of the enablement protocols; retaining said enablement protocols of said function; and displaying the at least two visual indicators on the touch-sensitive area of the display screen and receiving a gesture for touch input on the touch sensitive area of the display screen that substantially reproduces the at least one input user-defined gesture that includes the continuous touch including the point on the touch-sensitive area other than the at least two visual indicators and which terminates at the one of the at least two visual indicators corresponding to one of the users to enable said function for the one of the users, wherein the different enablement protocols are uniquely associated with different user-defined gestures.