Patent ID: 8659555

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including software, where the at least one memory and the software are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least: detect a user actuation of a tactile cue, the tactile cue providing a tactile sensation to the user to facilitate execution of a first feature by indicating to the user through the tactile sensation a starting point for user contact used to identify one or more further user actuations; identify, with a touch sensitive area, the one or more further user actuations; and modify a parameter of a second feature associated with the first executed feature in response to the one or more further user actuations, wherein the user actuation is based on the a user contact at the tactile cue, wherein the one or more further actuations are based at least in part on a type of movement of the user contact on the touch sensitive area starting at and moving away from the tactile cue, and wherein the modifying the parameter of the second feature is facilitated based on at least a motion of the type of movement of the user contact on the touch sensitive area starting at and moving away from the tactile cue wherein the tactile cue is located on the apparatus in an area distinct from the touch sensitive area.