Patent Document ID: 9292192
Application ID: 13459761

Base Claim:
1. A method for an electronic device comprising: detecting a first touch input representing a selection of multiple rows of text displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, wherein a start row or an end row of the selected text is not a complete row of selected text; detecting a second touch input representing a selection completing a row of text for the start row or the end row, wherein the selection of the second touch input completing the row of text comprises an expanded selection from the selection associated with the first touch input toward either a beginning of the start row of selected text or an end of the end row of selected text to select an entire row of the selected text for the start row or the end row; in response to a determination that the start row or the end row of the selected text is a complete row of selected text after receiving the second touch input, displaying a paragraph selection handle proximal to the complete row of the corresponding start row or end row of the selected text; detecting a third touch input related to the paragraph selection handle; and in response to detecting the third touch input, enabling a paragraph selection mode for the selection of one or more paragraphs for the electronic device.

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Claim 4:
4. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting the third touch input which is operable to select and then drag the paragraph selection handle in one direction, thereby to highlight text to the start of a current paragraph displayed.