Patent ID: 8902182

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by a portable electronic device having a display, a gesture having a start location on at least one of the display or a non-display area adjacent the display and proceeding in one of a plurality of directions, at least a portion of the detected gesture to cause at least one of unlocking the device or waking the device from a low-power condition; selecting, based on the gesture, a category of selectable items from a plurality of categories, each of the plurality of categories defined by a characteristic unique to the selectable items of each category, and wherein each category from the plurality of categories is associated with a respective one of the plurality of directions; identifying, based on a selection criteria, one or more selectable items within the selected category to be displayed; and displaying the one or more selectable items in response to receiving the detected gesture for unlocking the device or waking the device from a low power condition.