Patent ID: 8405628

Claim:
A method of interfacing with a display device, said method comprising steps of: displaying at least two visual objects on a display device; detecting a single position of a first input contacting the display device, selecting a first displayed visual object based on the single position of the first input; detecting a single position of a second input contacting the display device; defining a first portion and a second portion of the first displayed visual object; identifying a change in the single position of the second input; controlling a change in a display characteristic of the first portion relative to the second portion of the first displayed visual object in accordance with the identified change in the single position of the second input; detecting a movement of a second displayed visual object on the display device; and detecting a relative z-order of the first displayed visual object and the second displayed visual object in accordance with the detected movement of the second displayed visual object relative to the changed display characteristic of the first portion of the first displayed visual object.