Patent Document ID: 8704783
Application ID: 12819062

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting content displayed in a touch screen, the method comprising: detecting a single tap on a word of text in a text editing field displayed in the touch screen; responsive to the detecting the single tap, selecting, in whole, the word of text creating an area of selected content; detecting contact, with the touch screen, on the selected word of text displayed in the touch screen; detecting the contact, with the touch screen, moving in a direction along the selected word of text in the touch screen; and relative to the direction of contact movement, increasing the area of selected content by selecting a next word, in a line of text, adjacent to the selected word of text being contacted; wherein detecting the contact, with the touch screen, moving in the direction comprises: storing a plurality of points of contact with the touch screen while the contact is moving along the touch screen; calculating a vector based on the plurality of points; and determining the direction based on the vector.

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Claim 3:
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the word of text comprises highlighting the word of text.