Patent Document ID: 9235324
Application ID: 13464884
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A machine-implemented method for processing touch elements of an application for a device, the method comprising: receiving application data associated with the application, the application data providing for the touch elements, each of the touch elements comprising an activation area configured to receive a user input and to trigger at least one function of the application upon receiving the user input; determining, from the application data, that plural ones of the touch elements are for display in a group of touch elements in the application; classifying, before the application receives a touch input and in response to the determining, each of the touch elements of the group into one of a predetermined number of categories comprising a destructive category and a non-destructive category based on an application function of the touch element; and reducing, before the application receives a touch input, a predetermined size of a respective activation area for at least one of the touch elements if the at least one of the touch elements is classified in the destructive category, and increasing the predetermined size of the respective activation area for the at least one of the touch elements if the at least one of the touch elements is classified in the non-destructive category, the respective activation area being changed to a size that is different than a displayed size of the at least one of the touch elements, the displayed size remaining unchanged, wherein an application function for the destructive category comprises a delete, close or exit application function, and wherein an application function for the non-destructive category comprises a maximize, favorite, or minimize application function.