US Patent 10282019 Electronic device and method for processing gesture input

According to the present disclosure, there are provided an electronic device and method for processing gesture inputs. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a touch sensitive display, a processor, and a memory including instructions executable by the processor to detect a first gesture input to the touch sensitive display while an object is displayed on the same, in response to the first gesture input, detected a first function corresponding to the object from among a plurality of functions, and in response to detecting a second gesture input to the touch sensitive display, control the detected first function according to the second gesture input. Other embodiments are also possible.