Patent ID: 7631271

Claim:
A method of interfacing with a touch screen comprising: providing a set of text fields and a fixed center area that selectively occupy a horizontal space on a touch screen, the center area being fixed relative to the touch screen; sensing contact with the touch screen; determining a position of a probe in contact with the touch screen; if the position of the probe is at one of the set of text fields, selecting the one text field; upon selection of the one text field, expanding the one text field to fully occupy the center area in the horizontal space on the touch screen for receiving information and providing indicators for other text fields in the set of text fields in the same horizontal space; and upon selection of a second text field different from the one text field, contracting all text fields in the set of text fields except for the second text field from the center area, and expanding the second text field to fully occupy the center area for receiving information.