Patent ID: 9235341
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program instructions configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to perform: causing a touch sensitive display to display a menu comprising a first graphical item, selectable to open a first software application, and a second graphical item, selectable to open a second software application, wherein the first graphical item is at a first position, the second graphical item is at a second position and the second graphical item is separated from the first graphical item by a first distance that is greater than a threshold value; detecting a first user digit at the first position; reducing the first distance by moving the first graphical item across the touch sensitive display in response to detecting movement, across the touch sensitive display, of the first user digit; creating a hierarchical structure in the menu, after determining that the first distance has been reduced such that the first graphical item is within a distance of the second graphical item that is less than the threshold value, in which the first and second graphical items are grouped together in a first level in the hierarchical structure and represented by a third graphical item displayed on the touch sensitive display; and responding to selection of the third graphical item in the first level of the hierarchical structure by providing access to a second level in the hierarchical structure, different from the first level in the hierarchical structure, in which the first graphical item is selectable to open the first software application and the second graphical item is selectable to open the second software application.