Patent ID: 8531417

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display at a first location not associated with a control; detecting selection of a control from a plurality of control options as a first selected control; displaying, in association with the first location, the first selected control as a first displayed control and activating a first set of functions for the first displayed control; detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display at a second location not associated with a control; detecting selection of a control from the plurality of control options as a second selected control; displaying, in association with the second location, the second selected control as a second displayed control and activating a second set of functions for the second displayed control, wherein display of the first control overlaps in time with display of the second control, wherein a subset of the first set of functions is the same as a subset of the second set of functions, wherein the first set of functions comprises a function different from any of the second set of functions.