Patent Document ID: 20080238945
Application ID: 12056259
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of scaling, comprising the steps of: receiving an image; displaying the received image; determining whether an input associated with the image has been received; selecting a portion of the image based on the input after the input has been received; determining whether the input continuously has been received for at least a first predetermined amount of time after determining that the input has been received; determining whether the input continuously has been received for more than a second predetermined amount of time greater than the first predetermined amount of time after determining that the input continuously has been received for at least the first predetermined amount of time; determining a scaling factor based on an amount of time that the input continuously has been received; scaling the portion of the image based on the scaling factor to generate a scaled portion of the image; and displaying the scaled portion of the image adjacent to the image.