Patent ID: 8654076

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: in a normal mode, causing display of plural discrete items on a touch screen; in response to detecting when in the normal mode a user's digit at a location hovering over but not touching the touch screen while plural discrete items are being displayed in the normal mode, entering a zoom-pan mode; in response to entering the zoom-pan mode, causing zooming of the displayed plural discrete items; when in the zoom-pan mode, responding to detection of movement of the user's digit to a different hover location over the touch screen by causing panning of the plural discrete items displayed on the touch screen; when in the zoom-pan mode, responding to detection of a touch input by entering a pointing mode; when in the pointing mode, preventing panning of the displayed plural discrete items with movement of the location of the touch input within predefined criteria; and when in the pointing mode, causing movement of a cursor, pointer or marker as the location of the touch input changes.