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US 2001/0043189 A1Published application
Active edge user interface
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsMICHEL A. BRISEBOIS, LAURA MAHAN, MARILYN FRENCH-ST. GEORGE, FREDERIC F. TRASMUNDI, JOBE L. W. ROBERTS
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Abstract
An active edge user interface includes dynamically configurable flexible touch areas positioned near the perimeter of a display to support interactive communication between a user and a user environment for flexible active touch areas surrounding a display. The interface allows for multiple levels of sensitivity, texture, key travel, and varying widths of active touch areas based on the user environment.
Claims20
A user interface, comprising:
- a display;
- an input device located adjacent an edge of the display, and operatively connected to the display to respond to a physical contact;
- and
- a processor for executing user interface software configured to implement a function in response to the physical contact on the input device.
1 more element
A method for implementing a user interface, comprising the steps of:
- generating an image on a display in response to a first contact on an input device adjacent an edge of the display;
- and
- implementing a function associated with the image when a second contact is applied to the input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.