Patent ID: 8648822

Claim:
At a computer system including a multi-touch input display surface, a method for recognizing a region for selecting items displayed on the multi-touch input display surface, the method comprising: an act of detecting a first contact with the multi-touch input display surface at a detected first location on the multi-touch input display surface; and an act of detecting a second contact with the multi-touch input display surface at a detected second location on the multi-touch input display surface; an act of calculating a selection region on the multi-touch input display surface based at least on the detected first location and the detected second location, wherein calculating the selection region on the multi-touch input display surface comprises calculating the selection region based on a context at the computer system; an act of providing region visual feedback data to the multi-touch input display surface, wherein the multi-touch input display surface renders the calculated selection region on the multi-touch input display surface by at least displaying an edge boundary of the calculated selection region on the multi-touch input display surface; and an act of selecting at least one item displayed on the multi-touch input display surface that is selected by being included within at least a portion of the calculated selection region.