Rendering a virtual input device upon detection of a finger movement across a touch-sensitive display
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1. A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a touch-sensitive display, user touch across and over an unrendered portion of the touch-sensitive display; and
as a result of detecting the user touch, a processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual input device image on a display,wherein the unrendered portion of the touch-sensitive display is underneath a bezel separate from the touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display detecting the user touch across and over the unrendered portion through the bezel.
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Abstract
A method comprises a processor detecting a person'"'"'s finger moving across an unrendered portion of a touch-sensitive display. As a result of detecting the finger moving, the method further comprises the processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual keyboard image on the display.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting, by a touch-sensitive display, user touch across and over an unrendered portion of the touch-sensitive display; and as a result of detecting the user touch, a processor causing data to be rendered as a virtual input device image on a display, wherein the unrendered portion of the touch-sensitive display is underneath a bezel separate from the touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display detecting the user touch across and over the unrendered portion through the bezel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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logic; a bezel; and a touch-sensitive display separate from the bezel and coupled to said logic, said display having an unrenderable outer portion, the unrenderable outer portion underneath the bezel; wherein the logic, in response to the touch-sensitive display detecting user touch across and over the unrenderable outer portion through the bezel, causes a virtual input device image to be rendered on the display. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
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responsive to a touch-sensitive display detecting user touch across an unrendered portion of the touch-sensitive display, cause a virtual keyboard image to be rendered on the display, wherein the unrendered portion of the touch-sensitive display is underneath a bezel separate from the touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display detecting the user touch across and over the unrendered portion through the bezel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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