Automatic Derivation Of Analogous Touch Gestures From A User-Defined Gesture

A system for automatically interpreting touch gestures on a mobile device, comprising:

• a gesture definition module that receives a user input to define a first touch gesture to initiate a first action on an application of the mobile device, the touch gesture having a shape;
• a touch receiver that receives a second touch gesture on a touch screen of the mobile device, wherein the second touch gesture is similar, but not identical, to the first touch gesture, and has a different orientation, size or position on the touch screen of the mobile device from the first touch gesture;
• a gesture interpretation module that, in response to receipt of the touch gesture, determines a second action, different from but related to the first action, on the application of the mobile device according to a difference between the first and second touch gestures in orientation, size or position on the screen of the mobile device, and initiates the second action on the application of the mobile device.