Patent ID: 8884872

Claim:
A method of controlling an electronic device having one or more defined regions that may be activated in association with a contact action to repeatedly activate a region, the method comprising: detecting an activating contact action in one of the defined regions, identifying a region activated by the contact action; recognizing a subsequent movement of the contact action, wherein the subsequent movement comprises a defined initial component and one or more occurrences of a defined repetition gesture, wherein the defined repetition gesture comprises movement back and forth, and wherein the defined initial component makes the subsequent movement distinct from other gestures made with respect to the identified region, and wherein recognizing the subsequent movement comprises recognizing each occurrence of the defined repetition gesture after the defined initial component; and generating one or more repetitions of the activation of the identified region for each recognized occurrence of the defined repetition gesture; wherein generating one or more repetitions of the activation of the identified region for each occurrence of the defined repetition gesture comprises repeating the activation of the identified region for each time the movement back and forth changes direction.