Patent ID: 8159469
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating activities in an electronic device, comprising: displaying, on a touch-sensitive display screen, a user interface for a first activity; detecting a user-entered gesture on the touch-sensitive display screen, the user-entered gesture comprising a command for invoking a launcher interface, the gesture further comprising a point of contact indicating a position along a first axis and a position along a second axis; responsive to the detected gesture: detecting additional user input on the touch-sensitive display screen; responsive to the additional user input comprising movement of the point of contact to change the position along the first axis, moving the launcher interface to a location on the screen corresponding to the changed position along the first axis; responsive to the additional user input comprising movement of the point of contact to change the position along the second axis, highlighting a user-activatable item corresponding to the changed position along the second axis; and responsive to the additional user input indicating activation of the highlighted user-activatable item: