User-defined context-aware text selection for touchscreen devices

A method comprising:

• determining, by use of a processor, a text selection context for a touchscreen device;
• ascertaining whether a text selection override policy is satisfied;
• and
• replacing application text selection rules with user-defined context-aware text selection rules for the determined text selection context in response to determining that the text selection override policy is satisfied.

A system comprising:

• a first wireless touchscreen device;
• a second wireless touchscreen device;
• a network that transfers data between the first wireless touchscreen device and the second wireless touchscreen device;
• and
• text selection code for execution by processors in the first and second wireless touchscreen devices that:
• determines a first text selection context for the first wireless touchscreen device;
• determines a second text selection context for the second wireless touchscreen device;
• ascertains whether a first text selection override policy is satisfied for the first wireless touchscreen device;
• ascertains whether a second text selection override policy is satisfied for the second wireless touchscreen device;
• replaces application text selection rules for the first touchscreen device with first user-defined text selection rules for the determined first text selection context in response to ascertaining that the first text selection override policy is satisfied;
• and
• replaces application text selection rules for the second touchscreen device with second user-defined text selection rules for the determined second text selection context in response to ascertaining that the second text selection override policy is satisfied, wherein at least a portion of the second user-defined text selection rules are based the first user-defined text selection rules.