System and method of utilizing peripherals

A method, comprising:

• determining that a peripheral is proximate to a display associated with an information handling system, the peripheral including a memory medium, an opaque user input portion, and an extension portion coupled to an edge of the opaque user input portion, the extension portion comprising one or more respective transparent materials, and the memory medium including peripheral data storing identification information and dimension information that are associated with the peripheral and that are usable to determine one or more dimensions of the opaque user input portion of the peripheral, one or more dimensions of the extension portion of the peripheral, and one or more dimensions of the one or more respective transparent materials;
• receiving, from the peripheral and in a wireless fashion, the identification information;
• determining, based at least on the identification information received from the peripheral, a first area of the display that is obscured by the opaque user input portion of the peripheral while the peripheral is proximate to the display;
• in response to the determining the first area of the display that is obscured by the opaque user input portion of the peripheral, reducing power to the first area of the display that is obscured by the opaque user input portion of the peripheral;
• determining, based at least on the identification information received from the peripheral, one or more second areas of the display associated with the one or more respective transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral, the one or more second areas being areas of the display for which light transmissions from pixels of the display under the extension portion of the peripheral are visible while the peripheral is proximate to the display;
• in response to determining the one or more second areas of the display associated with the one or more respective transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral, increasing illumination to the one or more second areas of the display associated with the one or more respective transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral;
• receiving, from the peripheral and in a wireless fashion, touch information associated with a user touching at least one of the one or more transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral;
• in response to the receiving the touch information, changing at least a portion of information displayed by the display;
• receiving, from the peripheral and in a wireless fashion, user input information of a type other than touch information, wherein the user input information is associated with the opaque user input portion of the peripheral;
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• in response to the receiving the user input information, changing at least another portion of the information displayed by the display.

A computer-readable non-transitory memory medium that includes instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an information handling system, cause the information handling system to:

• determine that a peripheral is proximate to a display associated with the information handling system, the peripheral including a local memory medium, an opaque user input portion, and an extension portion coupled to an edge of the opaque user input portion, the extension portion comprising one or more respective transparent materials, and the local memory medium including peripheral data storing identification information and dimension information that are associated with the peripheral and that are usable to determine one or more dimensions of the opaque user input portion of the peripheral, one or more dimensions of the extension portion of the peripheral, and one or more dimensions of the one or more respective transparent materials;
• receive, from the peripheral and in a wireless fashion, the identification information;
• determine, based at least on the identification information received from the peripheral, a first area of the display that is obscured by the opaque user input portion of the peripheral while the peripheral is proximate to the display;
• in response to determining the first area of the display that is obscured by the opaque user input portion of the peripheral, reduce power to the first area of the display that is obscured by the opaque user input portion of the peripheral;
• determine, based at least on the identification information received from the peripheral, one or more second areas of the display associated with the one or more respective transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral, the one or more second areas being areas of the display for which light transmissions from pixels of the display under the extension portion of the peripheral are visible while the peripheral is proximate to the display;
• in response to determining the one or more second areas of the display associated with the one or more respective transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral, increase illumination to the one or more second areas of the display associated with the one or more respective transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral;
• receive, from the peripheral and in a wireless fashion, touch information associated with a user touching at least one of the one or more transparent materials in the extension portion of the peripheral;
• in response to receiving the touch information, change at least a portion of information displayed by the display;
• receive, from the peripheral and in a wireless fashion, user input information of a type other than touch information, wherein the user input information is associated with the opaque user input portion of the peripheral;
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• in response to receiving the user input information, change at least another portion of the information displayed by the display.