Patent ID: 8560975

Claim:
A method for handling touch at a multi-touch device, comprising: displaying two or more views; executing two or more software elements, wherein a first view of the two or more views is associated with one or more software elements and a second view, distinct from the first view, of the two or more views is associated with one or more software elements; associating a first exclusive touch flag with the first view; associating a second exclusive touch flag with the second view; receiving one or more touches at the first view; and while receiving the one or more touches at the first view: receiving one or more touches at the second view; and sending one or more touch events, each touch event describing a respective touch of the one or more touches at the second view, to at least one of the one or more software elements associated with the second view, wherein the one or more touch events are processed by at least the one of the one or more software elements associated with the second view in accordance with a determination that a value of the first exclusive touch flag indicates that the first view is not an exclusive view, and the one or more touch events are not processed by any of the one or more software elements associated with the second view in accordance with a determination that the value of the first exclusive touch flag indicates that the first view is an exclusive view.