Devices and methods for processing touch inputs over multiple regions of a touch-sensitive surface

An electronic device, comprising:

• a touch-sensitive display;
• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• while displaying a user interface that includes a first region that corresponds to a first software application and a second region that corresponds to a second software application that is distinct from the first software application:
• receiving a first touch input, on the touch-sensitive display, that originates from a first location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the first region of the user interface and extends to a second location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the second region of the user interface;
• in response to detecting the first touch input at the first location on the touch-sensitive display, sending a touch began event to the first software application;
• and,
• subsequent to sending the touch began event to the first software application:
• sending a touch cancel event to the first software application during movement of the first touch input from the first location to the second location;
• and,
• in response to detecting that the first touch input has entered the second region of the user interface on the touch-sensitive display, sending to the second software application information corresponding to the first touch input that indicates to the second software application that the first touch input has entered the second region of the user interface.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:

• while displaying a user interface that includes a first region that corresponds to a first software application and a second region that corresponds to a second software application that is distinct from the first software application:
• receive a first touch input, on the touch-sensitive display, that originates from a first location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the first region of the user interface and extends to a second location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the second region of the user interface;
• in response to detecting the first touch input at the first location on the touch-sensitive display, send a touch began event to the first software application;
• and,
• subsequent to sending the touch began event to the first software application:
• send a touch cancel event to the first software application during movement of the first touch input from the first location to the second location;
• and,
• in response to detecting that the first touch input has entered the second region of the user interface on the touch-sensitive display, send to the second software application information corresponding to the first touch input that indicates to the second software application that the first touch input has entered the second region of the user interface.