Patent ID: 8115740

Claim:
A method of program opening in an electronic device having a touch sensing element and a display, the touch sensing element having a touch surface and a 3×3 array of sensing areas defined on the touch surface, the sensing areas being identified, from left to right and then from top to bottom, as a first sensing area, a second sensing area, a third sensing area, a fourth sensing area, a fifth sensing area, a sixth sensing area, a seventh sensing area, an eighth sensing area, and a ninth sensing area, respectively, the method comprising: detecting occurrence of successive touches from the first sensing area through the second, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, fifth, and first sensing areas on the touch surface by the touch sensing element; generating a responsive signal corresponding to the occurrence of the successive touches by the touch sensing element; and in accordance with the responsive signal, opening on the display a calendar program that corresponds to the responsive signal.