Patent ID: 8997020
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device adapted to be responsive to a gesture based input from a user, comprising a touch screen pad used to accept the gesture based input, wherein the gesture based input comprises a motion made across a surface of the touch screen pad, wherein the motion made across the surface of the touch screen pad has at least a direction characteristic and a length characteristic, and wherein the touch screen pad comprises a plurality of gesture accepting areas, each gesture accepting area is positioned on the touch screen pad at a location that is unique with respect to the other gesture accepting areas, each gesture accepting area has a first end and a second end, each gesture accepting area is used to accept a gesture based input that is limited to a gesture based input having a single, predetermined direction characteristic, and wherein the single, predetermined direction characteristic is indicative of a motion being made within the gesture accepting area and across the surface of the touch screen pad in a direction that is towards the first end of the gesture accepting area and away from the second end of the gesture accepting area.