Patent ID: 8872780

Claim:
A method of gesture recognition for an electronic device displaying at least one object on a touch screen, wherein, the object has two states, a selected state and an unselected state, the method comprises: detecting a first touch point and a second touch point on the touch screen; entering multi-select mode when the first touch point and the second touch point are simultaneously on the touch screen, with the first touch point corresponding to at least one first object and the second touch point corresponding to at least one second object; wherein, the at least one first object corresponding to the first touch point and the at least one second object corresponding to the second touch point are set to the selected state; and, during the multi-select mode, detecting a third touch point on a third object after the first touch point and the second touch point are not detected any more, wherein the third object corresponding to the third touch point is set to the selected state while the at least one first object and the at least one second object are still in the selected state; or during the multi-select mode, detecting a fourth touch point on a fourth object and a fifth touch point on a fifth object simultaneously on the touch screen after the first touch point and the second touch point are not detected any more, wherein the fourth object corresponding to the fourth touch point and the fifth object corresponding to the fifth touch point are set to the selected state while the at least one first object and the at least one second object are still in the selected state; or during the multi-select mode, detecting touch tracks of a sixth touch point and a seventh touch point simultaneously on the touch screen after the first touch point and the second touch point are not detected any more, wherein objects corresponding to a region defined by the touch tracks are set to the selected state while the at least one first object and the at least one second object are still in the selected state.