PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SINGLE-POINTER TOUCH-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F3/48 G06F3/41 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: method comprises steps of defining as being active a first one of a set of two or more controllable interface functions. A control gesture is then detected and associated with one active controllable interface function from the set, where the detected movement pattern adjusts the performance of the active controllable interface function. A transition gesture is detected, which is not included as a control gesture for any of the two or more controllable interface functions, which defines the next controllable interface function, corresponding to a second controllable interface function from the set. A further control gesture is detected and the control gesture is associated with the active controllable interface function, where the detected movement pattern adjusts the performance of the active controllable interface function.

EFFECT: enabling use of a single indicator for interacting with a touch-sensitive user interface, which enables a user to interact with a device through a plurality of controllable interface functions to which easy access is granted.

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