Patent ID: 8878787

Claim:
A method comprising, by a computing device: receiving first input from a first quick-point controller in a keypad that comprises a plurality of keys, wherein the first quick-point controller is located along a first row of keys of the keypad and along a first column of keys of the keypad; receiving second input from at least a second quick-point controller in the keypad, wherein the second quick-point controller is located along a second row of keys of the keypad that is different from the first row and along a second column of keys of the keypad that is different from the first column; receiving third input from at least a third quick-point controller in the keypad, wherein the third quick-point controller is located along a third row of keys of the keypad that is different from the first row or the second row and along a third column of keys of the keypad that is different from the first or the second column; and rendering a multi-touch gesture on a display associated with the keypad based on the first, second, and third inputs.