Touch Activated Display Data Entry
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method, comprising:
- displaying a first set of user selectable graphical user interface elements (USGUIEs) on a touch activated display (TAD), where the first set of USGUIEs displays a set of symbols, and where a member of the first set of USGUIEs displays a subset of the set of symbols;
receiving a first signal from the TAD, where the first signal identifies a first member of the first set of USGUIEs, where the first member is selected in response to detecting a touch of a touching member on the TAD at a first location associated with the first member;
displaying a second set of USGUIEs in response to receiving the first signal, where the second set of USGUIEs depends, at least in part, on the first signal, and where a member of the second set of USGUIEs displays a subset of characters displayed by the first member of the first set of USGUIEs;
receiving a second signal from the TAD, where the second signal identifies a second member of the second set of USGUIEs, where the second member is selected in response to detecting a movement of the touching member from the first location to a second location associated with the second member and then detecting a lifting of the touching member from the TAD; and
providing a symbol identified by the second signal to a processor.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with touch activated display (TAD) data entry are described. An example apparatus displays a first set of touch selected virtual keypad elements (TSVKEs). A member of the first set of TSVKEs includes a subset of a set of symbols. A first member of the first set of TSVKEs is selected by touching the TAD at a first location associated with the first member. The apparatus also displays a second set of TSVKEs that depends on the first member. A member of the second set of TSVKEs displays a subset of symbols displayed by the first member. In response to a selection, the apparatus also provides a symbol associated with a second member selected from the second set of TSVKEs to a processor.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method, comprising:
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displaying a first set of user selectable graphical user interface elements (USGUIEs) on a touch activated display (TAD), where the first set of USGUIEs displays a set of symbols, and where a member of the first set of USGUIEs displays a subset of the set of symbols; receiving a first signal from the TAD, where the first signal identifies a first member of the first set of USGUIEs, where the first member is selected in response to detecting a touch of a touching member on the TAD at a first location associated with the first member; displaying a second set of USGUIEs in response to receiving the first signal, where the second set of USGUIEs depends, at least in part, on the first signal, and where a member of the second set of USGUIEs displays a subset of characters displayed by the first member of the first set of USGUIEs; receiving a second signal from the TAD, where the second signal identifies a second member of the second set of USGUIEs, where the second member is selected in response to detecting a movement of the touching member from the first location to a second location associated with the second member and then detecting a lifting of the touching member from the TAD; and providing a symbol identified by the second signal to a processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
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a touch activated display (TAD) including a display and a touch signal sensor to detect a touch by a touching member, where the TAD is to provide a touch signal upon detecting the touch by the touching member, a display logic to control the TAD to display a first set of touch selected virtual keypad elements (TSVKEs), where a member of the first set of TSVKEs includes a subset of a set of symbols; and a control logic to receive touch signals from the TAD, and in response to receiving an initiation touch signal from the TAD, to control the TAD to display a second set of TSVKEs, where the initiation touch signal identifies a first member of the first set of TSVKEs, where the first member is selected in response to the touching member touching the TAD at a first location associated with the first member, where the second set of TSVKEs depends, at least in part, on the initiation touch signal and the first set of TSVKEs, and where a member of the second set of TSVKEs displays a subset of symbols displayed by the first member of the first set of TSVKEs, and in response to receiving a terminating touch signal from the TAD, to provide a symbol to a processor, where the terminating touch signal identifies a symbol associated with a second member of the second set of TSVKEs, and where the second member is selected in response to moving the touching member from the first location to a second location associated with the second member and then lifting the touching member from the TAD. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system, comprising:
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means for controlling subsets of a first set of touch selected symbols (TSS) displayed on a touch activated display (TAD); means for controlling a second set of TSS that display a symbol, where the symbol displayed by a member of the second set of TSS is one of the subset symbols displayed by a first member of the first set of TSS, where the first member is selected by a touch at a first location on the TAD; and means for providing a symbol associated with a second member to a processor, where the second member is selected in response to sensing movement of a touching member on the TAD from the first location to a second location associated with the second member. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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