Device for handheld operation and method thereof

A method of a device for handheld operation, the device comprising a touchscreen, the method comprising:

• detecting at least one of i) a particular change in orientation of the device or ii) a particular motion of the device;
• in response to detecting i) the particular change in orientation of the device or ii) the particular motion of the device, determining one or more displayed user interface (UI) elements which a user of the device is likely to touch, wherein each one of the one or more displayed UI elements is associated with an action which is performed in response to the user touching the UI element, and further wherein the determination of the one or more displayed UI elements which the user of the device is likely to touch is based on a touch pattern that indicates at least:
• i) a first probability that a user touches a first position on, or first region of, the touchscreen and ii) a second probability that a user touches a second position on, or second region of, the touchscreen;
• and
• performing, for at least one of the one or more UI elements which the user of the device is likely to touch, the action associated with the at least one of the one or more UI elements.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, the computer program comprising:

• instructions for detecting i) a particular change in orientation of a device or ii) a particular motion of the device;
• instruction for determining one or more displayed user interface (UI) elements which a user of the device is likely to touch in response to detecting i) the particular change in orientation of the device or ii) the particular motion of the device, wherein each one of the one or more displayed UI elements is associated with an action which is performed in response to the user touching the UI element, and further wherein the determination of the one or more displayed UI elements which the user of the device is likely to touch is based on a touch pattern that indicates at least:
• i) a first probability that a user touches a first position on, or first region of, a touchscreen and ii) a second probability that a user touches a second position on, or second region of, the touchscreen;
• and
• instructions for performing, for at least one of the one or more UI elements which the user of the device is likely to touch, the action associated with the at least one of the one or more UI elements.

The computer program product of 21, wherein the touch pattern comprises:

• a first set of probability values including a first probability value (P1) and second probability value (P2), wherein P1 indicates a probability that the user touches any region of the touchscreen included within a first set of touchscreen regions, and P2 indicates a probability that the user touches any region of the touchscreen included within a second set of touchscreen regions;
• a second set of probability values including a third probability value (P3) and a fourth probability value (P4), wherein P3 indicates a probability that the user touches any region of the touchscreen included within a third set of touchscreen regions, and P4 indicates a probability that the user touches any region of the touchscreen included within a fourth set of touchscreen regions, wherein
• the first set of touchscreen regions and the second set of touchscreen regions are disjoint,
• the third set of touchscreen regions and the fourth set of touchscreen regions are disjoint,
• a first touchscreen region included in the first set of touchscreen regions is also included in the third set of touchscreen regions, but not other touchscreen region included in the first set of touchscreen regions is also included in third set of touchscreen regions, and
• a second touchscreen region included in the first set of touchscreen regions is also included in the fourth set of touchscreen regions, but not other touchscreen region included in the first set of touchscreen regions is also included in fourth set of touchscreen regions.