Patent ID: 8448095

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a display screen; and a computing hardware configured to execute a software product, wherein executing the software product generates and renders a graphical user interface on the display screen, the graphical user interface being configured to facilitate user interaction, the computing hardware, graphical user interface and the software product being implemented on a gaming system, the computer hardware being configured to: present one or more selectable graphical objects on the graphical user interface; enable a selection of one or more of the selectable graphical objects; generate a menu list on the graphical user interface upon selection of one of the selectable graphical objects, the menu list comprising one or more selectable options; detect a selection of one of the selectable options from the menu list; detect a substantially continuous selection of areas along a path on the graphical user interface, wherein the substantially continuous selection comprises detecting a swipe motion over the graphical user interface; and execute an action corresponding to the selected option in each area along the path on the graphical user interface, wherein the gaming system comprises a farming game, the selectable graphical objects of the graphical user interface comprise different spatial regions of a farming environment in which one or more crops are grown, and wherein the selectable options in the menu list are different farming tools.