Touch screen with user interface enhancement
First Claim
1. In a computing device having a processor running a program configured to perform a plurality of actions and a first display, said first display displaying an interface to said program, a graphical user interface, comprising:
- a touch screen, said touch screen including an object position sensor stacked with a second display, said touch screen configured to display at least one icon on said second display when said at least one icon is activated and when said icon is inactivated; and
a driver coupling said touch screen to said program, said driver capable of activating and inactivating said at least one icon, and wherein said object position sensor will cause one of said plurality of actions on said program corresponding to said at least one icon in response to contact by an object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is activated, and wherein said object position sensor will provide for cursor positioning of a cursor on the first display instead of said one of said actions in response to contact by said object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is inactivated.
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Abstract
The present invention is a graphical user interface in a computing device having a processor running an operating system and a display. The graphical user interface comprises a touch screen and a driver coupling the touch screen to the operating system. The driver can display a plurality of icons on the touch screen, or a plurality of screen images having at least one icon, with each of the icons associated with operations on the display and/or the touch screen. Other embodiments include the touch screen having unactivated and activated states, as well as the presence of an application programming interface that enables an application to display at least one image on the touch screen.
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52 Claims
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1. In a computing device having a processor running a program configured to perform a plurality of actions and a first display, said first display displaying an interface to said program, a graphical user interface, comprising:
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a touch screen, said touch screen including an object position sensor stacked with a second display, said touch screen configured to display at least one icon on said second display when said at least one icon is activated and when said icon is inactivated; and a driver coupling said touch screen to said program, said driver capable of activating and inactivating said at least one icon, and wherein said object position sensor will cause one of said plurality of actions on said program corresponding to said at least one icon in response to contact by an object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is activated, and wherein said object position sensor will provide for cursor positioning of a cursor on the first display instead of said one of said actions in response to contact by said object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is inactivated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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25. In a computing device having a processor running a program configured to perform a plurality of actions and a first display, said first display displaying an interface to said program, a graphical user interface, comprising:
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a touch screen, said touch screen including an object position sensor stacked with a second display, said touch screen configured to display at least one icon on said second display when said at least one icon is activated and when said icon is inactivated; and a driver coupling said touch screen to said program, wherein said driver will cause said at least one icon to be inactivated in response to a first action by a user, and wherein said object position sensor will cause cursor positioning of a cursor on the first display in response to contact by an object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is inactivated, and wherein said driver will cause said at least one icon to be activated in response to a second action by a user, and wherein said object position sensor will cause at least one of said plurality of actions on said program corresponding to said at least one icon in response to an contact by an object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is activated.
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26. In a computing device having a processor running a program configured to perform a plurality of actions and a first display, said first display displaying an interface to said program, a graphical user interface, comprising:
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a touch screen, said touch screen including an object position sensor stacked with a second display, said touch screen configured to display supplementary information from said program and to display at least one icon on said second display when said at least one icon is activated and when said icon is inactivated; and a driver coupling said touch screen to said program, said driver coordinating display of said supplementary information from said program on said touch screen with said interface on said first display, said driver capable of activating and inactivating said at least one icon, and wherein said object position sensor will cause one of said plurality of actions on said program corresponding to said at least one icon in response to contact by an object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is activated, and wherein said object position sensor will provide for cursor positioning of a cursor on the first display instead of said one of said actions in response to contact by said object on said at least one icon when said at least one icon is inactivated. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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