Electronic device capable of executing commands therein and method for executing commands in the same

A method of command execution in an electronic device having a touch sensing element and a display, the touch sensing element having a touch surface and a plurality of sensing areas defined on the touch surface, the plurality of sensing areas at least comprising a second sensing area, a sixth sensing area, and an eighth sensing area, wherein the second and eighth sensing areas are positioned at upper left and lower left of the sixth sensing area, respectively, the method comprising:

• detecting occurrence of successive touches from the second sensing area through the sixth and eighth sensing areas in sequence, and finally back to the second sensing area on the touch surface by the touch sensing element;
• generating a responsive signal corresponding to the occurrence of the successive touches by the touch sensing element;
• and
• in accordance with the responsive signal, executing a “launch multimedia player” command that corresponds to the responsive signal to launch a multimedia player on the display.

A method of command execution in an electronic device having a touch sensing element and a display, the touch sensing element having a touch surface and a plurality of sensing areas defined on the touch surface, the plurality of sensing areas at least comprising a first sensing area, a second sensing area, a third sensing area, and a fourth sensing area, wherein the first, third, and fourth sensing areas are positioned at upper right, right, and lower right of the second sensing area, respectively, the method comprising:

• detecting occurrence of successive touches from the first sensing area through the second and third sensing areas in sequence, and finally to the fourth sensing area on the touch surface by the touch sensing element;
• generating a responsive signal corresponding to the occurrence of the successive touches by the touch sensing element;
• and
• in accordance with the responsive signal, executing an “open camera” command that corresponds to the responsive signal to activate a camera function on the display.

A method of command execution in an electronic device having a touch sensing element and a display, the touch sensing element having a touch surface and a plurality of sensing areas defined on the touch surface, the plurality of sensing areas at least comprising a first sensing area, a third sensing area, a seventh sensing area, and a ninth sensing area, wherein the third, ninth, and seventh sensing areas are positioned at right, lower right, and bottom of the first sensing area, respectively, the method comprising:

• detecting occurrence of successive touches from the first sensing area through the third, ninth, and seventh sensing areas in sequence, and finally back to the first sensing area on the touch surface by the touch sensing element, wherein a path of the successive touches forms a square on the touch surface;
• generating a responsive signal corresponding to the occurrence of the successive touches by the touch sensing element;
• and
• in accordance with the responsive signal, executing an “open photo album” command that corresponds to the responsive signal to open photo albums on the display.

A method of command execution in an electronic device having a touch sensing element and a display, the touch sensing element having a touch surface and a plurality of sensing areas defined on the touch surface, the plurality of sensing areas at least comprising a first sensing area, a second sensing area, a third sensing area, a fourth sensing area, and a fifth sensing area, wherein the first, second, fourth, and fifth sensing areas are positioned at upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right of the third sensing area, respectively, the method comprising:

• detecting occurrence of successive touches from the first sensing area through the second, third, fourth, fifth, and third sensing areas in sequence, and finally back to the first sensing area on the touch surface by the touch sensing element;
• generating a responsive signal corresponding to the occurrence of the successive touches by the touch sensing element;
• and
• in accordance with the responsive signal, executing an “open calendar” command that corresponds to the responsive signal to open a calendar program on the display.

A method of command execution in an electronic device having a touch sensing element and a display, the touch sensing element having a touch surface and a plurality of sensing areas defined on the touch surface, the plurality of sensing areas at least comprising a first sensing area, a third sensing area, a fifth sensing area, a seventh sensing area, and a ninth sensing area, wherein the first, ninth, third, and seventh sensing areas are positioned at upper left, lower right, upper right, and lower left of the fifth sensing area, respectively, the method comprising:

• detecting occurrence of successive touches from the first sensing area through the fifth, ninth, third, fifth, and seventh sensing areas in sequence, and finally back to the first sensing area on the touch surface by the touch sensing element;
• generating a responsive signal corresponding to the occurrence of the successive touches by the touch sensing element;
• and
• in accordance with the responsive signal, executing an “open contact list” command that corresponds to the responsive signal to open a contact program on the display.