Patent ID: 9329768
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. One or more computer-readable hardware devices having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, cause the a computing device to perform a panning action or a secondary action upon content of a display area presented on a computing device, the instructions configured to: detect a user-initiated input applied to the touchscreen interface; receive actuation information from the touchscreen interface, the touchscreen information including an initial actuation location of the user-initiated input; ascertain that the initial actuation location occurred within the display area surfaced at the touchscreen interface, the display area being rendered by an application in communication with an operating system of the computing device; identify that a gesture being performed by the user upon the touchscreen interface includes a first drag operation based on, in part, the touchscreen information; establish one or more threshold boundaries that intersect the initial actuation location; initiate the panning action upon identifying the gesture includes the first drag operation; identify that the gesture being performed by the user upon the touchscreen interface includes a second drag operation based on, in part, the touchscreen information, the second drag operation crossing at least one of the one or more threshold boundaries; and initiate the secondary action upon identifying the gesture includes the second drag operation.