Patent ID: 8786569

Claim:
In a computer coupled to, and controlled by, a touch-sensitive display, a method utilizing a novel set of one or two fingered touchscreen contacting gestures that provides a communications protocol for control of the creation, positioning, utilization and termination of a cursor display that is intermediate between said finger contacts and control of the computer's operation, the method comprising: creation and positioning of a cursor display at a proximate location of a single finger's area of contact with the touch-sensitive display with the contact of said finger on said touch-sensitive display, except when a cursor already exists on said touch sensitive display, or said finger contact is on a predefined region, item or GUI's reserved for, and capable of, directly initiating computer processing actions when contacted by a single finger; and cursor positioning after a cursor is created that comprises: one or more single finger directions of motion and distance of travel while in contact with said touch-sensitive display that control a direction and distance of travel of said cursor to position the cursor to identify a desired item or location on said touch-sensitive display; and after the cursor is positioned, the two finger touchscreen contacting gestures that determine pre-designated processing actions with respect to the said cursor identified locations or items comprise: maintenance of the contact between said touchscreen and a single finger that initiated, positioned or is now controlling the position of a cursor at a desired location or item while an additional single finger of the same or another hand makes one or more rapid momentary contacts or an extended duration contact with said touch-sensitive display at a predefined or user controllable minimum frequency or contact time duration with said touch-sensitive display; wherein the number of rapid momentary contacts and/or an extended duration contact by said additional finger with the touch sensitive display serve as signals to the computer for predefined processing actions at the locations, or information and items, identified with said cursor.