Patent Document ID: 9626071
Application ID: 13548490
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for moving or copying displayed items on a touch screen, the method comprising: in response to one touch event: (i) detecting selection of a plurality of items for a subsequent action; (ii) visually distinguishing each of the plurality of selected items; (iii) performing a thumbnail display event by generating and displaying a plurality of thumbnails representing the plurality of selected items, in which each one of the plurality of thumbnails corresponds to one of the plurality of selected items; and (iv) displaying an object comprising a convergence of the displayed thumbnails; detecting a selection of the object after the object is displayed; moving the object from a first location to a second location after the object is selected; and moving or copying to the second location the plurality of selected items associated with the object when the object is moved and upon displaying the plurality of selected items in the second location, ending display of the object.