Touch user interface supporting global and context-specific touch gestures that are responsive to at least one finger angle

A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising

• Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor,
• Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes between postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor,
• Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture,
• Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across the system and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and
• Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.

A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising

• Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor,
• Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes within postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor,
• Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture,
• Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across applications and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and
• Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.

A user interface method for use with a touch gesture user interface for implementing global or universal gestures and context-specific gestures for the control of user applications executing on a device comprising, the method comprising

• Recognizing at least one posture of a finger in contact with a tactile sensor,
• Recognizing a touch gesture from a plurality of possible touch gestures by recognizing specific changes within postures, the changes comprising at least one recognized change in the angle of finger contact with the tactile sensor,
• Assigning a user interface function to the recognized touch gesture,
• Directing executing software to perform a user interface operation associated with the recognized touch gesture, the user interface operation selected from a plurality of possible from a user interface operations, and the association from plurality of possible associations, the plurality of possible associations comprising at least a global type and a second type, the first type of association being common across the system and the second type of association being an application-specific association that is specific to an application, and
• Wherein the executing software is responsive to the recognized touch gesture.