Patent ID: 9696847
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A user interface method, comprising: defining an enablement protocol for a function of an electronic device, said enablement protocol comprising a 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 on the touch-sensitive area of the display screen indicative of a plurality of different possible gestures and inputting the user-defined gesture which includes a continuous touch including one of the at least two visual indicators and which terminates at a point on the touch-sensitive area other than the at least two visual indicators on the touch-sensitive area of the display screen for the enablement protocol; retaining said enablement protocol 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 user-defined gesture that includes the continuous touch including the one of the at least two visual indicators and which terminates at the point on the touch-sensitive area other than the at least two visual indicators corresponding to said retained enablement protocol to enable said function.