Patent ID: 9021402
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: outputting, by a computing device and for display, a graphical user interface; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a first gesture, the first gesture being a drawn gesture that is received at a presence-sensitive user interface device, wherein the first gesture indicates an attribute that is associated with one or more elements included in the graphical user interface, and wherein the first gesture defines a graphical selection area in the graphical user interface; outputting, by the computing device and in the graphical user interface, an indication of the graphical selection area defined by the first gesture; associating, by the computing device and based at least in part on the attribute indicated by the first gesture, at least a first of the one or more elements with the graphical selection area, wherein the graphical selection area does not enclose at least the first of the one or more elements in the graphical user interface; and responsive to receiving an indication of second gesture received at a portion of the presence-sensitive user interface device that is associated with the graphical selection area, selecting, by the computing device, at least the first of the one or more elements in the graphical user interface.