Patent ID: 8782546

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a display screen; and a computing hardware configured to execute a software product, wherein executing the software product generates and renders a graphical user interface on the display screen, the graphical user interface being configured to facilitate user interaction, the computing hardware, graphical user interface and the software product being implemented on a gaming system, the computing hardware being configured to: present one or more selectable graphical objects on the graphical user interface; detect a selection of one or more of the selectable graphical objects; detect a selection of an option associated with the selected graphical object; detect a substantially continuous selection of areas along a path on the graphical user interface, wherein the substantially continuous selection comprises detecting a swipe motion over the graphical user interface; and execute an action corresponding to the selected option in one or more areas along the path on the graphical user interface, wherein the gaming system comprises a farming game, the selectable graphical objects of the graphical user interface comprise different spatial regions of a farming environment in which one or more crops are grown, and wherein the options associated with the selected graphical object comprise farming tools.