Patent Document ID: 8335996
Application ID: 12420493
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of interfacing with a multi-input display device, comprising the steps of: displaying on a multi-input display device a graphical window, the displayed graphical window having an inner frame and an outer frame, the display device displaying only a first portion of an object, and the first portion of the object being displayed within the graphical window; identifying an initial position of one or more elements contacting the inner frame or the outer frame of the displayed graphical window; identifying a movement of the one or more elements; changing at least one of a position, a shape and a size of the displayed graphical window as a function of the initial position and movement of the one or more elements; and manipulating a display within the displayed graphical window in accordance with one or more of a plurality of modifications, the plurality of modifications comprising: a first modification implemented when the initial position of the one or more elements is identified as contacting one of the inner frame and the outer frame of the displayed graphical window, the first modification comprising manipulating the display by displaying a second portion of the object within the changed graphical window, the second portion including portions of the object common to the first portion of the object and portions of the object not included in the first portion of the object, and the second portion being displayed such that positions on the display device of the common portions of the first and the second portions of the object are substantially the same, and a second modification implemented when the initial position of the one or more elements is identified as contacting the other of the inner frame and the outer frame of the displayed graphical window, the second modification comprising manipulating the display by changing the first portion of the object by stretching or shrinking the horizontal or vertical extent of the first portion of the object in a same manner that the horizontal or vertical extent of the displayed graphical window is stretched or shrunk and displaying the changed first portion of the object within the stretched or shrunken graphical window.