Method and system for touch screen keyboard and display space sharing
First Claim
1. A method in a portable computer having a display screen for supporting increased portable computer compactness, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying data within said display screen;
partitioning said display screen into a touch-sensitive input area and a display area;
detecting if a user'"'"'s hands are positioned at said touch-sensitive input area; and
graphically displaying a touch-sensitive pad at said touch-sensitive input area, in response to detecting a user'"'"'s hands positioned at said touch-sensitive area, such that a user may utilize said touch-sensitive pad to enter data to be displayed in said display area.
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Abstract
A method and system in a portable computer having a display screen for increasing portable computer compactness. Data is displayed initially within the display screen. The display screen is then partitioned into a touch-sensitive input area and a display area, wherein data input at the touch-sensitive input area may be simultaneously displayed in the display area, in response to a particular user input. A test is performed to detect if a user'"'"'s hands are positioned at the touch-sensitive input area. A touch-sensitive pad is thereafter graphically displayed at the touch-sensitive input area within the display screen, in response to detecting a user'"'"'s hands positioned at the touch-sensitive area, wherein a user may enter data that may be simultaneously displayed in the display area. An additional test may then be performed to detect if the user'"'"'s hands are no longer positioned at the touch-sensitive input area. The touch-sensitive pad is subsequently concealed from view, in response to detecting if the user'"'"'s hands are no longer positioned at the touch-sensitive input area. The touch-sensitive pad graphically displayed at the touch-sensitive input area within the display screen may be composed of a touch-sensitive keyboard, which may in and of itself be an ergonomic keyboard.
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21 Claims
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1. A method in a portable computer having a display screen for supporting increased portable computer compactness, said method comprising the steps of:
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displaying data within said display screen; partitioning said display screen into a touch-sensitive input area and a display area; detecting if a user'"'"'s hands are positioned at said touch-sensitive input area; and graphically displaying a touch-sensitive pad at said touch-sensitive input area, in response to detecting a user'"'"'s hands positioned at said touch-sensitive area, such that a user may utilize said touch-sensitive pad to enter data to be displayed in said display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A portable data processing system comprising:
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a display screen and means for displaying data within said display screen; means for partitioning said display screen into a touch-sensitive input area and a display area means for detecting if a user'"'"'s hands are positioned at said touch-sensitive input area; and means for graphically displaying a touch-sensitive pad at said touch-sensitive input area, in response to detection of a user'"'"'s hands positioned at said touch-sensitive area, such that a user may utilize said touch-sensitive pad to enter data to be displayed in said display area. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program product that supports increased portable computer compactness, said program product comprising:
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data display instructions for displaying data within a display screen of a portable computer; partition instructions for partitioning said display screen into a touch-sensitive input area and a display area; detection instructions for detecting if a user'"'"'s hands are positioned at said touch-sensitive input area;
pad display instructions for graphically displaying a touch-sensitive pad at said touch-sensitive input area within said display screen, in response to detection of a user'"'"'s hands positioned at said touch-sensitive area, such that a user may utilize said touch-sensitive pad to enter data to be displayed in said display area; anda computer usable medium encoding said data display instructions, said partition instructions, said detection instructions, and said pad display instructions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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