Patent ID: 7089507

Claim:
A method for handling views of a geographical map using a single stylus movement, said method comprising: displaying the geographical map on a display; detecting a stylus touch down location and a stylus movement, the stylus touch down location beginning the single stylus movement and corresponding to a location where the stylus contacts the display, and the stylus movement corresponding to a plurality of second locations to which the stylus is moved while contacting the display; detecting, during the single stylus movement, that the stylus entered a first manipulation zone; performing, during the single stylus movement, a first manipulation command in response to the stylus entering the first manipulation zone; displaying a first altered geographical map that results from performing the first manipulation command to the geographical map; detecting, during the single stylus movement, that the stylus exits the first manipulation zone and enters a second manipulation zone, the second manipulation zone different than the first manipulation zone; performing, during the single stylus movement, a second manipulation command in response to the stylus entering the second manipulation zone, the second manipulation command being different than the first manipulation command; displaying a second altered geographical map that results from performing the second manipulation command to the first altered geographical map; and after performing the first manipulation command and the second manipulation command, detecting a stylus liftoff point that identifies the stylus lifting off the display, which ends the single stylus movement.