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Multi-touch user input based on multiple quick-point controllers

  • US 8,878,787 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2010
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising, by a computing device:

  • receiving first input from a first quick-point controller in a keypad that comprises a plurality of keys, wherein the first quick-point controller is located along a first row of keys of the keypad and along a first column of keys of the keypad;

    receiving second input from at least a second quick-point controller in the keypad, wherein the second quick-point controller is located along a second row of keys of the keypad that is different from the first row and along a second column of keys of the keypad that is different from the first column;

    receiving third input from at least a third quick-point controller in the keypad, wherein the third quick-point controller is located along a third row of keys of the keypad that is different from the first row or the second row and along a third column of keys of the keypad that is different from the first or the second column; and

    rendering a multi-touch gesture on a display associated with the keypad based on the first, second, and third inputs.

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