Patent ID: 9001058
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for performing a computer action based on a user input on a touch screen of a computing system, the user input entered by a user by holding the computing system in a right or left hand and touching the touch screen with the other hand, the method comprising the steps of: the computing system receiving the user input on the touch screen of the computing system, wherein the touch screen is capable of displaying information; the computing system receiving a shape of the user input on the touch screen; the computing system determining which hand is used to enter the user input on the touch screen; the computing system receiving an angle of rotation of the computing system with respect to gravity during entry of the user input; the computing system determining a specific computer action to perform, based on the specific computer action being associated with predefined input parameters corresponding, within a specific error tolerance, to: the computing system performing the specific computer action.