Patent ID: 8769444

Claim:
A method of multi-input gesture control for a display screen, the method comprising: receiving a first screen input that identifies a first location on the display screen; providing an image marker at the first location in response to the first screen input, the image marker persisting on the display screen for a response-time period after the first screen input; receiving a second screen input that identifies a second location on the display screen during the response-time period after the first screen input; changing to an alternative input mode based on a position of the second location relative to the image marker, the alternative input mode being selected from a first input mode for drawing a new shape on the display screen if the second location lies inside the image marker and a second input mode for resizing an existing shape on the display screen if the second location lies outside the image marker; and receiving a gesture as a screen input in the alternative input mode, the gesture including a motion along a path on the display screen starting from the second location, the path determining an outline of the new shape in the first input mode, and the path determining a scale factor for resizing the existing shape in the second input mode.