Patent ID: 8339376

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by a processor, a circular motion being made on or near a surface of a touch screen of a computing device; detecting, by the processor and based on the detecting of the circular motion, a location and a size of the circular motion; identifying, by the processor and based on the location of the circular motion, an item displayed on the touch screen; and zooming in or zooming out, by the processor, on the item, including: zooming in or zooming out on the item at a first pace when the size of the circular motion is a particular size, zooming in or zooming out at a second pace, that is slower than the first pace, when the size of the circular motion is smaller than the particular size, and zooming in or zooming out at a third pace, that is faster than the first pace, when the size of the circular motion is larger than the particular size.