PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
- a display arranged on a first side of the device, the display having a first touch sensitive surface;
a second touch sensitive surface separate from said display;
a processor responsive to a plurality of user control commands; and
a touch detector, responsive to a user touching at least one of said first touch sensitive surface and said second touch sensitive surface, for detecting touch input regions each corresponding to a respective one of said user control commands and for initiating a response, by the processor, to a user control command corresponding to a detected touch input region;
in which said touch input regions are assigned to corresponding user control commands so that at least a first subset of said user control commands correspond to touch input regions on said first touch sensitive surface and at least a second subset of said user control commands correspond to touch input regions on said second touch sensitive surface.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device comprising a display arranged on a first side, the display having a first touch sensitive surface. The device also comprises a second touch sensitive surface separate from the display and a processor responsive to a plurality of user control commands. The device further comprises a touch detector, responsive to a user touching at least one of the first and second touch sensitive surfaces, for detecting touch input regions each corresponding to a respective one of the user control commands and for initiating a response, by the processor, to a user control command corresponding to a detected touch input region. The touch input regions are assigned to corresponding user control commands so that at least one subset of the commands corresponds to touch input regions on the first surface and at least another subset of the commands corresponds to touch input regions on the second surface.
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11 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a display arranged on a first side of the device, the display having a first touch sensitive surface; a second touch sensitive surface separate from said display; a processor responsive to a plurality of user control commands; and a touch detector, responsive to a user touching at least one of said first touch sensitive surface and said second touch sensitive surface, for detecting touch input regions each corresponding to a respective one of said user control commands and for initiating a response, by the processor, to a user control command corresponding to a detected touch input region; in which said touch input regions are assigned to corresponding user control commands so that at least a first subset of said user control commands correspond to touch input regions on said first touch sensitive surface and at least a second subset of said user control commands correspond to touch input regions on said second touch sensitive surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a portable electronic device comprising a display arranged on a first side of the device, said display having a first touch sensitive surface, a second touch sensitive surface separate from said display, and a processor responsive to a plurality of user control commands, the method comprising:
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detecting, in response to a user touching at least one of said first touch sensitive surface and said second touch sensitive surface, touch input regions each corresponding to a respective one of the user control commands; and initiating a response, by the processor, to a user control command corresponding to a detected touch input region; in which said touch input regions are assigned to corresponding user control commands so that at least a first subset of said user control commands corresponds to touch input regions on said first touch sensitive surface and at least a second subset of said user control commands corresponds to touch input regions on said second touch sensitive surface.
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11. A tangible computer-readable storage medium on which computer readable instructions of a computer program are stored, the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of controlling a portable electronic device comprising a display arranged on a first side of the device, said display having a first touch sensitive surface, a second touch sensitive surface separate from said display, and a processor responsive to a plurality of user control commands, the method comprising:
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detecting, in response to a user touching at least one of said first touch sensitive surface and said second touch sensitive surface, touch input regions each corresponding to a respective one of the user control commands; and initiating a response, by the processor, to a user control command corresponding to a detected touch input region; in which said touch input regions are assigned to corresponding user control commands so that at least a first subset of said user control commands corresponds to touch input regions on said first touch sensitive surface and at least a second subset of said user control commands corresponds to touch input regions on said second touch sensitive surface.
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