Gesture combining multi-touch and movement

A computer readable storage medium for storing computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions providing an interpretation and behavior selection module (IBSM), implemented by a handheld computing device, when the instructions are executed by one or more processing devices, the computer readable instructions comprising:

• logic configured to receive a touch input event from at least one touch input mechanism;
• logic configured to receive a movement input event from at least one movement input mechanism in response to movement of the computing device;
• logic configured to determine whether the touch input event and the movement input event indicate that a user has made a multi-touch-movement gesture by:
• determining that the user has applied at least two contacts on a surface of the touch input mechanism to demarcate an action space on the display surface;
• and
• determining that the user has moved the computing device in a prescribed manner while touching the surface with said at least two contacts;
• and
• logic configured to select an object associated with the action space in response to the multi-touch-movement gesture.

An interpretation and behavior selection module, implemented by computing functionality, for interpreting user interaction with a handheld computing device, comprising:

• a gesture mapping module configured to receive:
• a touch input event from at least one touch input mechanism;
• and
• a movement input event from at least one movement input mechanism that describes movement of the computing device;
• and
• a data store for storing signatures associated with different indicative ways that a user can interact with the computing device, the signatures comprising at least:
• a multi-touch-movement signature that provides information which characterizes a multi-touch-movement gesture that a user makes by touching a surface of the touch input mechanism with at least two contacts while moving the computing device in a prescribed manner;
• and
• a handling movement signature that provides information which characterizes a manner in which the user handles the computing device for a non-input-related purpose,
• the gesture matching module further configured to determine whether the user has made a multi-touch-movement gesture by comparing the touch input event and the movement input event against the signatures provided in the data store,
• where at least two multi-touch-motion gestures invoke different respective actions depending on at least one of:
• a manner in which the user touches the computing device, as reflected by the touch input event;
• and
• a manner in which the user moves the computing device, as reflected by the movement input event.