Patent ID: 9524094
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: terminate display of a cursor based, at least in part, on absence of a touch input that comprises a cursor mode initiation input; receive, subsequent to the termination of display of the cursor, an indication of a continuous stroke input associated with a contact region of a touch display, the continuous stroke input being the touch input that comprises at least a contact input, a movement input, and a release input, the continuous stroke input being indicative of continuous contact with the touch display between the contact input and the release input; determine whether to display the cursor depending on the contact input being the cursor mode initiation input, wherein the cursor mode initiation input is an entering touch display boundary input; cause display of the cursor in response to determining that the contact input is the cursor mode initiation input; cause the cursor to be offset from the contact region when the cursor is displayed; cause the cursor to move so that the cursor remains offset from the contact region in response to the movement input when the cursor is displayed; and determine an operation based, at least in part, on a position of at least part of the cursor when the cursor is displayed.