Apparatus, method and computer program product for providing an input gesture indicator

A method comprising:

• determining a characteristic associated with one or more tactile inputs detected;
• receiving contextual information associated with a current state of the apparatus;
• identifying one or more operations likely to be requested based at least in part on the determined characteristic and the received contextual information;
• and
• causing an indicator associated with at least one of the identified operations to be displayed, wherein the indicator illustrates a gesture associated with the identified operation.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion for determining a characteristic associated with one or more tactile inputs detected;
• a second executable portion for receiving contextual information associated with a current state of the apparatus;
• a third executable portion for identifying one or more operations likely to be requested based at least in part on the determined characteristic and the received contextual information;
• and
• a fourth executable portion for causing an indicator associated with at least one of the identified operations to be displayed, wherein the indicator illustrates a gesture associated with the identified operation.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for determining a characteristic associated with one or more tactile inputs detected;
• means for receiving contextual information associated with a current state of the apparatus;
• means for identifying one or more operations likely to be requested based at least in part on the determined characteristic and the received contextual information;
• and
• means for causing an indicator associated with at least one of the identified operations to be displayed, wherein the indicator illustrates a gesture associated with the identified operation.