Configuring a touchpad setting based on the metadata of an active application of an electronic device
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1. A method for managing a touchpad comprising:
- identifying an active application on a device;
determining a genre of the active application with metadata of the active application;
determining whether the genre of the active application is associated with receiving either a high amount of inputs from a keyboard component or receiving a low amount of inputs from the keyboard component; and
modifying a palm check setting for a touchpad of the device based on the genre of the active application and the amount of inputs from the keyboard component.
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Abstract
A device to identify an active application in focus, determine a genre of the active application with metadata of the active application, and modify a palm check setting for a touchpad of the device based on the genre of the active application.
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1. A method for managing a touchpad comprising:
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identifying an active application on a device; determining a genre of the active application with metadata of the active application; determining whether the genre of the active application is associated with receiving either a high amount of inputs from a keyboard component or receiving a low amount of inputs from the keyboard component; and modifying a palm check setting for a touchpad of the device based on the genre of the active application and the amount of inputs from the keyboard component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A device comprising:
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a touchpad to detect inputs for the device; and a controller to identify an active application and identify a genre of the application with metadata of the active application; wherein the controller additionally determines whether the genre of the active application is associated with receiving either a high amount of inputs from a keyboard or receiving a low amount of inputs from the keyboard wherein the controller additionally modifies a palm check setting of the touchpad based on the genre of the active application and the amount of inputs from the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a controller to:
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identify an active application of a device in response to detecting the user accessing an input component of the device; determine a genre of the active application with metadata of the active application; determine whether the genre of the active application is associated with receiving either a high amount of inputs from a keyboard component or receiving a low amount of inputs from the keyboard component; and modify a palm check setting for a touchpad of the device based on the genre of the active application and the amount of inputs from the keyboard component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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