Interactive display overlay systems and related methods

An interactive display system comprising:

• a. one or more processors;
• and
• b. an interactive display device operatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the interactive display system is configured for:
• i. providing an interactive overlay application for use with the interactive display device, the interactive overlay application comprising one or more widgets and being configured to run with one or more underlying software applications in the background on the interactive display system;
• ii. detecting an input on the interactive display device;
• iii. determining input data related to the input, the input data comprising at least a location of the input;
• iv. transmitting the input data to the interactive overlay application according to a first protocol;
• v. determining, using the interactive overlay application, whether the location of the input comprises the one or more widgets on the interactive display device;
• in response to determining that the location of the input comprises the one or more widgets, modifying the one or more widgets based on the input data;
• and
• in response to determining that the location of the input does not comprise the one or more widgets:
• modifying the input data based on a second protocol to second input data;
• and
• transmitting the second input data to the one or more underlying software applications;
• vi. determining, by the interactive overlay application, whether the location of the input is within a particular distance of the one or more widgets;
• and
• vii. in response to determining that the location of the input is within the particular distance of the one or more widgets and the location of the input does not comprise the one or more widgets:
• modifying the input location to a modified input location that corresponds to an edge of the one or more widgets most adjacent the input location;
• modifying the input data to include the modified input location based on the second protocol to generate modified formatted input data;
• and
• transmitting the modified formatted input data to the one or more underlying software applications, such that the one or more underlying software applications receive the modified input location rather than the input location.

A system for providing virtual tools on a touch enabled display comprising:

• a. at least one processor;
• b. a touch enabled display operatively coupled to the at least one processor, the touch enabled display being adapted to:
• i. detect one or more contact points at a surface of the touch enabled display;
• ii. send data related to one or more contact points,
• in a first mode to one or more applications running on the at least one processor;
• and
• in a second mode to a virtual tool application running on the at least one processor in the background;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured for:
• i. receiving an input by a user that activates a virtual tool application;
• ii. at least partially in response to receiving the input, running the virtual tool application in the background;
• iii. at least partially in response to running the virtual tool application, changing the touch enabled display from the first mode to the second mode such that data related to the one or more contact points are sent to the virtual tool application;
• iv. allowing a user to select a first tool from the virtual tool application;
• and
• v. at least partially in response to allowing the user to select the first tool, facilitating use of the selected first tool, wherein facilitating use of the selected first tool comprises:
• receiving data associated with a first contact point by the virtual tool application while in the second mode;
• determining if the first contact point is adjacent the selected first tool;
• and
• at least partially in response to determining that the first contact point is adjacent the selected first tool:
• modifying the first contact point to a modified contact point;
• and
• sending second data associated with the first contact point from the virtual tool application to the touch enabled display with instructions to send the second data to the one or more applications, the second data comprising the modified contact point, such that the one or more applications running on the at least one processor receive the modified contact point rather than the first contact point.