Patent ID: 8549443

Claim:
A device capable of executing software comprising: a touch-sensitive screen configured to detect being touched by a user's finger without requiring an exertion of pressure on the screen; a processor connected to the touch-sensitive screen and configured to receive from the screen information regarding locations touched by the user's finger; executable user interface code stored in a memory connected to the processor, the user interface code executable by the processor; the user interface code being configured to detect initial touching by the user's finger and an initial subsequent movement of the user's finger on the screen, and, after the detection of the initial touching and the initial subsequent movement, activates the screen in which one or more additional movements of the user's finger at one or more locations touched can be detected; the user interface code and the processor being further configured to respond to the one or more additional movements of the user's finger on the touch-sensitive screen by determining a selected operation, the selected operation being determined by the one or more additional movements of the user's finger and independent of the initial touching and the initial subsequent movement; and the user interface code is further configured to cause one or more selected operations, which includes one or more functions available to the user interface code of the device to deactivate while the user's finger is touching one or more locations on the screen.