Patent ID: 7474299

Claim:
A method performed by an electronic device with a processor, comprising: displaying a graphic representing a set of one or more functions on a portion of a touch-sensitive screen; detecting an object making a first sequence of one or more contacts that form a first drawing on the portion of the screen; in response to detecting the object making the first sequence of one or more contacts that form the first drawing: matching the first sequence to a particular action in a set of actions, and performing the particular action; detecting an object making a second sequence of one or more contacts to form a second drawing on the portion of the screen; in response to detecting the object making the second sequence of one or more contacts to form the second drawing: matching the second sequence to a second action in a set of actions related to said one or more functions, and performing the second action; and wherein the visual appearance of the graphic is the same when the first sequence of one or more contacts is commenced and when the second sequence of one or more contacts is commenced.