Patent ID: 9632618
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for expanding touch zones of graphical user interface widgets, the method comprising: capturing coordinates of a location on a screen of a device where a graphical user interface widget is displayed on said screen; obtaining a list of objects displayed on said screen of said device and corresponding screen location coordinates where said objects are displayed on said screen of said device, wherein said list of objects comprises one or more graphical user interface objects; identifying one of said one or more graphical user interface widgets in said list of objects with a screen location coordinate matching said captured location coordinate; identifying, by a processor, an algorithm out of a plurality of algorithms for expanding touch zones for different types of graphical user widgets to expand a touch zone for said identified graphical user interface widget; applying said algorithm to said identified graphical user interface widget to obtain new coordinates of said identified graphical user interface widget; and displaying said identified graphical user interface widget on said screen of said device with said new coordinates.