Electronic device with touchpad display
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsBrian William Wallace, Cuong Huy Truong
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Abstract
An electronic device, method and computer program product are provided. The electronic device comprises a memory to store program instructions, one or more processors to execute the program instructions, and a main body unit. The main body unit has a housing comprising a top side. The main body unit further includes a keyboard and a touchpad disposed along the top side of the housing. The keyboard and the touchpad are located in discrete areas. The touchpad includes a touch sensor and a touchpad display covering at least a portion of the touch sensor. The one or more processors display a graphical user interface (GUI) on the touchpad display.
Claims23
An electronic device, comprising:
- a memory to store program instructions;
- one or more processors to execute the program instructions;
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- a main body unit having a housing comprising a top side, the main body unit further including a keyboard and a touchpad disposed along the top side of the housing, the keyboard and the touchpad located in discrete areas of the top side;
- the touchpad including a touch sensor and a touchpad display covering at least a portion of the touch sensor, wherein the one or more processors display a graphical user interface (GUI) having one or more virtual buttons on the touchpad display, the one or more processors to execute the program instructions based on a user touch input on the touchpad at the respective one or more virtual buttons.
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A method comprising:
- providing an electronic device comprising main body unit including a keyboard and a touchpad on a top side of the main body unit, the keyboard and the touchpad located in discrete areas of the top side, the touchpad including a touch sensor and a touchpad display covering at least a portion of the touch sensor;
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- providing one or more processors that display a graphical user interface (GUI) on the touchpad display, the GUI on the touchpad display having one or more virtual buttons selectable via a user touch input on the touchpad, the one or more processors to execute program instructions based on the user touch input on the touchpad at the respective one or more virtual buttons.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable code to:
- display a graphical user interface (GUI) on a touchpad display of a touchpad of an electronic device, the GUI having one or more virtual buttons selectable via a user touch input on the touchpad, the GUI being specific to a corresponding program;
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- responsive to receiving a user touch input on the touchpad at the one or more virtual buttons of the GUI, update a visual representation of the corresponding program displayed on a primary display of the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.