i mean, really!?

TS patents? cmon its commonly licensable technology from one of many vendors. gestures and stuff like that are dicier but if you license from a company then they are the ones responsible not the "end user/desginer" youre not reinventing the wheel ... whoever developed the TS array that you use is. im pretty sure swiping in different directions isnt patentable. specific application gestures however may not be so lenient.

worrying about patents is so far down the framework or creating a device that its almost putting a cart before the horse, i feel. while a valid concern i dont think that should be the biggest initial concern. i dunno.