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1. A method comprising:
- presenting a display to a first user, the display presented to the first user having a first active graphical user interface at a first region of the display and a second active graphical user interface at a second region of the display;
presenting the display to a second user, the display presented to the second user being identical to the display presented to the first user, the display presented to the second user having the first active graphical user interface at the first region of the display and the second active graphical user interface at the second region of the display, wherein the first active graphical user interface is assigned to a first input style and wherein the second active graphical user interface is assigned to a second input style different than the first input style and wherein the first user and the second user each provide either of the first input style or the second input style to the first graphical user interface;
concurrently receiving, with the first active graphical user interface, a first input from the first user and a second input from the second user;
identifying a style of the first input to determine if the first input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface;
in response to a determination that the first input is the second input style, ignoring the first input;
identifying a style of the second input to determine if the second input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface; and
in response to a determination that the second input is the second input style, ignoring the second input.
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Abstract
A plurality of substantially simultaneous inputs are associated with one or more applications, wherein it is determined if the plurality of inputs includes unacceptable inputs and wherein unacceptable inputs are ignored.
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting a display to a first user, the display presented to the first user having a first active graphical user interface at a first region of the display and a second active graphical user interface at a second region of the display; presenting the display to a second user, the display presented to the second user being identical to the display presented to the first user, the display presented to the second user having the first active graphical user interface at the first region of the display and the second active graphical user interface at the second region of the display, wherein the first active graphical user interface is assigned to a first input style and wherein the second active graphical user interface is assigned to a second input style different than the first input style and wherein the first user and the second user each provide either of the first input style or the second input style to the first graphical user interface; concurrently receiving, with the first active graphical user interface, a first input from the first user and a second input from the second user; identifying a style of the first input to determine if the first input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface; in response to a determination that the first input is the second input style, ignoring the first input; identifying a style of the second input to determine if the second input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface; and in response to a determination that the second input is the second input style, ignoring the second input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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at least one display device to simultaneously present a display that includes a first graphical user interface and a second graphical user interface to a first user and a second user, the display presented to the first user being identical to the display presented to the second user, wherein the first graphical user interface is assigned to a first input style and wherein the second graphical user interface is assigned to a second input style different than the first input style and wherein the first user and the second user may each provide either of the first input style or the second input style to the first graphical user interface; and a computing device configured to; concurrently receive, with the first graphical user interface, a first input from the first user and a second input from the second user; identify a style of the first input to determine if the first input is the first input style assigned to the first graphical user interface; in response to a determination that the first input is the second input style, ignoring the first input; identify a style of the second input to determine if the second input is the first input style assigned to the first graphical user interface; and in response to a determination that the second input is the second input style, ignoring the second input. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
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stored instructions to assign a first input style to a first graphical user interface and a second input style, different than the first input style, to a second graphical user interface; stored instructions to simultaneously present a display to a first user and a second user, the display presented to the first user being identical to the display presented to the second user, the display comprising the first graphical user interface and the second graphical user interface; stored instructions to; concurrently receive, with the first active graphical user interface, a first input from the first user and a second input from the second user; identify a style of the first input to determine if the first input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface; in response to a determination that the first input is the second input style, ignore the first input; identify a style of the second input to determine if the second input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface; and in response to a determination that the second input is the second input style, ignore the second input. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method comprising:
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presenting a display to a first user, the display presented to the first user having a first active graphical user interface at a first region of the display and a second active graphical user interface at a second region of the display; presenting the display to a second user, the display presented to the second user being identical to the display presented to the first user, the display presented to the second user having the first active graphical user interface at the first region of the display and the second active graphical user interface at the second region of the display, wherein the first active graphical user interface is assigned to a first input style and wherein the second active graphical user interface is assigned to a second input style different than the first input style and wherein the first user and the second user may each provide either of the first input style or the second input style to the first graphical user interface; concurrently receiving, with the first active graphical user interface, a first input from the first user and a second input from the second user; identifying a style of the first input to determine if the first input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface; in response to a determination that the first input is the second input style, ignoring the first input; identifying a style of the second input to determine if the second input is the first input style assigned to the first active graphical user interface; and in response to a determination that the second input is the second input style, ignoring the second input. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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