Patent ID: 7256773

Claim:
A method, comprising: (a) measuring values of a first parameter associated with pen interaction or orientation with respect to a digitizer over a first predetermined time period during a pen-down event; (b) measuring values of a second parameter associated with pen interaction or orientation with respect to the digitizer over the first predetermined time period during the pen-down event, wherein the second parameter differs from the first parameter; (c) comparing the first parameter values and the second parameter values to predetermined parameter values corresponding to a press-and-hold gesture; (d) at the end of the first predetermined time period, based on said comparison, determining whether (i) the pen-down event constitutes a press-and-hold gesture, (ii) the pen-down event does not constitute a press-and-hold gesture, or (iii) the first and the second parameter values provide insufficient data for determining whether the pen-down event constitutes a press-and-hold gesture; (e) when the first and the second parameter values provide insufficient data for determining whether the pen-down event constitutes a press-and-hold gesture in the first predetermined time period, repeating at least steps (a), (b), and (c) over a second predetermined time period with additional data collected relating to the first parameter and the second parameter since the previous measurings during steps (a) and (b); and (f) when the pen-down event is determined to constitute a press-and-hold gesture, processing the event as a press-and-hold gesture.