Patent ID: 8650510

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile handheld computer comprising a screen, cause the processor to present a user interface for the mobile handheld computer, the user interface comprising at least one touch sensitive strip along at least one edge of the screen, wherein the user interface is programmed to provide an information transmission pipeline in response to first and second multi-step input gestures, each gesture comprising (i) an object touching the screen within said at least one touch sensitive strip, and then (ii) the object gliding along the screen away from said at least one touch sensitive strip, whereby the user interface is responsive to the first multi-step user input gesture to activate a first graphical user interface (GUI) on the screen for providing information to be transmitted, and is responsive to the second multi-step input gesture to activate a second GUI providing a plurality of options for transmitting the information provided by the first GUI.