Patent ID: 8863027

Claim:
A method comprising: in response to receiving a first user action in relation to an object displayed on a touchscreen, displaying a collar around the object on the touchscreen, by a processor; in response to receiving a second user action within any region of an area bounded by and including the collar, moving the object and the collar on the touchscreen in correspondence with the second user action, by the processor, without finalizing a current location of the object on the touchscreen after the second user action has been completed; in response to receiving a third user action, finalizing the current location of the object on the touchscreen and removing the collar from around the object on the touchscreen, by the processor; and recording an area of the touchscreen that is actuated during each of a plurality of fourth user actions prior to the first user action being performed, wherein the collar has a size in correspondence with an average of a current area of the touchscreen that has been actuated by the first user action and the areas that were actuated during each of the fourth user actions prior to the first user action being performed.