Patent ID: 9134899
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a device having a touch-sensitive display, comprising: displaying scrollable information elements on the touch-sensitive display; detecting a touch gesture from an input device on the touch-sensitive display and a speed associated with the touch gesture; classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture, wherein the touch gesture is classified as a flick gesture in the classifying step if the touch gesture exceeds a first minimum speed, wherein: if the flick gesture satisfies at least a first criterion reflecting a user intent to scroll the information elements in a single direction along a first of a pair of cardinal axes, locking a direction in which the information elements are scrolled along the single direction; and if the flick gesture satisfies the first criterion, undoing any displacement of the information elements which has occurred along a second of the cardinal axes orthogonal to the first cardinal axis as a result of classifying the touch gesture as a flick gesture,