Method and system for selecting content using a touchscreen

A system, comprising:

• a touch display;
• a processor;
• a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured for storing data and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
• receiving, at the processor, an indication of a first touch input entered at a first location of the touch display at which content is being displayed;
• in response to receiving the indication of the first touch input, selecting, by the processor, a first portion of the content;
• outputting, by the processor, for display, an indication of a selection of the first portion of the content;
• in response to receiving, at the processor, an indication of a second touch input beginning at the first location of the touch display and ending at a second location of the touch display proximate to the first location, changing the selection of the first portion of content to include a second portion of the content, wherein:
• the second touch input comprises a first rolling, in a first direction, of a finger used to enter the second touch input, and, without removing the finger from the touchscreen in between, a second rolling, in a second direction opposite to the first direction, of the finger used to enter the second touch input, and
• the processor expands the selection to include more of the second portion of the content responsive to the first rolling, and contracts the selection to include less of the second portion of the content responsive to the second rolling;
• and
• outputting, by the processor, for display, the indication of the selection of the content to include the second portion of the content.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer program embodied therein, the computer program representing computer-executable instructions to cause a processor to perform operations including:

• receiving, at the processor, an indication of a first touch input entered at a first location of a touch display at which content is being displayed;
• in response to receiving the indication of the first touch input, selecting, by the processor, a first portion of the content;
• outputting, by the processor, for display, an indication of a selection of the first portion of the content;
• in response to receiving, at the processor, an indication of a second touch input beginning at the first location of the touch display and ending at a second location of the touch display proximate to the first location, changing the selection of the first portion of content to include a second portion of the content, wherein:
• the second touch input comprises a first rolling, in a first direction, of a finger used to enter the second touch input, and, without removing the finger from the touchscreen in between, a second rolling, in a second direction opposite to the first direction, of the finger used to enter the second touch input, and
• the processor expands the selection to include more of the second portion of the content responsive to the first rolling, and contracts the selection to include less of the second portion of the content responsive to the second rolling;
• and
• outputting, by the processor, for display, the indication of the selection of the content to include the second portion of the content.