A awarded to Apple on Tuesday shows the Cupertino–based company has been looking to incorporate multitouch since around the time the first iPhone debuted. The filed in June 2007 describes using swipes to add space, delete, hit return, and more. Using multiple fingers to over the can implement additional function. An example the filing uses is that a single–finger to the left can delete a character while a two–finger in the same direction can be used to delete a word. Swiping three fingers to the left, meanwhile, could be used to delete an entire line. Similarly, a single finger rightward could be used to invoke a space, while a two–finger rightward could be used to invoke a period and a space, ending a sentence. Alternatively, a two–finger rightward could be used to accept a word completion suggestion offered by the application. Similarly, a three–finger rightward could be used to display a listing of possible word completions. (Again, the number of fingers can vary.) Read Full Story