Patent ID: 9092134
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: displaying, at an electronic device, a plurality of selectable objects, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area; determining that a starting location of a first user input is within a selection area of a first object of the plurality of selectable objects and displaying an expanded selection area for only the first object, wherein the expanded selection area has a boundary that overlaps with and at least partially covers an initial selection area of at least one second selectable object; based at least in part on a final location of the first user input being within the expanded selection area of the first object, selecting the first object; and displaying a selection indicator representing the selection of the first object, wherein the first user input is a dragging operation and wherein the starting location is a starting location of the dragging and the final location is a release location of the dragging, and wherein the expanded selection area is centered on the selection area of the first object and is expanding a fixed number of pixels from the each side of the selection area and overlapping at least a part of another selection area adjacent to the selected selection area.