Patent ID: 6496182
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G06F,G09B,H04M

Abstract:
A method in a computer system for selecting a control region of a touch-sensitive panel from among a plurality of control regions that are touch-sensitive and a plurality of non-control regions that are touch-sensitive the control regions and non-control regions arranged in at least a two dimensional arrangement on the touch-sensitive panel with two control regions separated by a non-control region, the method comprising the steps of:determining whether a user is contacting the touch-sensitive panel over a first control region; and when the user has contacted the touch-sensitive panel over the first control region, determining whether the user has terminated contact with the first control region; when the user has terminated contact with the first control region by releasing contact from the touch-sensitive panel over the first control region, selecting the first control region; and when the user has terminated contact with the first control region by contacting the touch-sensitive panel over a non-control region, without selecting the first control region, waiting for the user to contact the touch-sensitive panel over a second control region; and when the user has contacted the touch-sensitive panel over the second control region, determining whether the user has terminated contact with the second control region, and when the user has terminated contact with the second control region by releasing contact from the touch-sensitive panel over the second control region, selecting the second control region.