Touch Screen Apparatus And Methods
First Claim
16. A computing apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
a memory;
a touch sensitive display; and
a storage media the storage media comprising a set of processor executable instructions sufficient that, when executed by the processor, configure the computing apparatus to illuminate discrete regions on the display, the regions comprising;
a keyboard region, a stylus sensitive region, and a mouse region.
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Abstract
A touch screen computing apparatus, methods, and software product are provided. In one embodiment, an the computing apparatus provides a plurality of regions on a touch screen that are mapped to functions. In some embodiments, the regions include a keyboard region, a game control region, a mouse region and a stylus region. In some embodiments, the regions are configurable by the processor and mapped with different functionality. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
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56 Claims
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16. A computing apparatus comprising:
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a processor; a memory; a touch sensitive display; and a storage media the storage media comprising a set of processor executable instructions sufficient that, when executed by the processor, configure the computing apparatus to illuminate discrete regions on the display, the regions comprising;
a keyboard region, a stylus sensitive region, and a mouse region. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of providing interaction with a computing apparatus comprising:
illuminating discrete regions on a touch sensitive display, the touch sensitive display mounted on a housing, the housing comprising a memory, the discrete regions comprising a keyboard region, a stylus sensitive region, and a mouse region. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37)
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35. The method of claim 35, wherein the communications port is a Universal Serial Bus port.
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38. A computer implemented method comprising:
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providing a computing apparatus, the computing apparatus comprising; a processor; a memory; and a touch sensitive display; illuminating discrete regions on the display, the regions comprising;
a keyboard region, a stylus sensitive region, and a mouse region. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer software product comprising:
a machine readable media, the machine readable media containing instructions that when executed by a processor illuminate discrete regions on a touch sensitive display, the regions comprising;
a keyboard region, a stylus sensitive region, and a mouse region.- View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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48-1. The software product of claim 46, wherein the character set is compliant with the American Standard for Information Interchange character set.
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