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US 2012/0056817 A1Published application
Location of a touch-sensitive control method and apparatus
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsJason Tyler Griffin, Todd Andrew Wood
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Abstract
A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display at a location not associated with a control, displaying, in association with the location, a displayed control, and activating the displayed control.
Claims33
A method comprising:
- detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display at a location not associated with a control;
- displaying, in association with the location, a displayed control and activating the displayed control.
A method comprising:
- detecting a first touch at a first location on a touch-sensitive display;
- displaying, in association with the first location, a first control and activating the first control;
- detecting a second touch at a second location on the touch-sensitive display;
- displaying, in association with the second location, a second control and activating the second control.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display;
- a first touch-sensitive device disposed within the touch-sensitive display;
- a second touch-sensitive device disposed within the touch-sensitive display;
- a processor configured to:
- when a touch is detected on the first touch-sensitive device when the first touch-sensitive device and the second touch-sensitive device are not active, activate the first touch-sensitive device as a dominant control and display a first control near the first touch-sensitive device;
- when a touch is detected on the second touch-sensitive device when the first touch-sensitive device and the second touch-sensitive device are not active, activate the second touch-sensitive device as a dominant control and display a second control near the first touch-sensitive device;
- when a touch is detected on the first touch-sensitive device when the first touch-sensitive device second touch-sensitive device is the dominant control, activate the first touch-sensitive device as a secondary control and display a third control near the first touch-sensitive device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.