Patent ID: 8531412

Claim:
A method, carried out by a computing device with a touch-sensing interface, the method comprising: the computing device maintaining a plurality of stored size values from which one reference size value is selected at any given time for use in processing touch input, wherein the plurality of stored size values includes a stored size value for touch input by a given known user; the computing device identifying a current user of the computing device as the given known user; in response to identifying the current user as the given known user, the computing device selecting, from the plurality of stored size values, the stored size value for touch input by the given known user as the reference size value for use in processing touch input; the computing device thereafter detecting a touch input by the current user; the computing device determining a size of the detected touch input; the computing device comparing the determined size of the detected touch input to the selected size value for touch input by the given known user; and the computing device processing the detected touch input based on the comparing.