Patent ID: 8754856

Claim:
A method of operating a computing device including a multi-touch surface, the method comprising: detecting a customer's first one-handed gesture indicative of a privacy request, the first one-handed gesture including placing the palm side of one hand downwards on the multi-touch surface and then pivoting the one hand upwards from the palm side downwards position on the multi-touch surface to a palm edge downwards position on the multi-touch surface; in response to the customer's first one-handed gesture indicative of a privacy request, displaying a private interaction window located adjacent to, and on the palm side of the one hand, the window being dimensioned to be shielded by the one hand; communicating private data on the private interaction window while the window is being shielded by the one hand to allow the customer to interact with the private data on the private interaction window in privacy; and detecting a customer's second one-handed gesture to cancel the privacy request, the second one-handed gesture including returning the palm of the one hand to the palm side downwards position on the multi-touch surface.