DIVIDING A SURFACE OF A SURFACE-BASED COMPUTING DEVICE INTO PRIVATE, USER-SPECIFIC AREAS
First Claim
1. A method for defining a private user area in a surface based computer identifying a surface of a surface based computer;
- defining at least one private user area for the surface;
demarcating a region of the surface for each defined private user area; and
handling input/output for each demarcated private user area in a manner specific to the private user area, which is different from how input/output is handled for other portions of the surface.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a solution for defining a private user area in a surface based computer. The solution can identify a surface of a surface based computer. At least one private user area can be defined for the surface. A region of the surface can be demarcated for each defined private user area. Input/output for each demarcated private user area can be handed in a manner specific to the private user area, which is different from how input/output is handled for other portions of the surface. In one embodiment, different users can be associated with multiple ones of a set of two or more different private user areas. Each user can concurrently utilize their own private user area as if that private user area was a computing space dedicated to that user.
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1. A method for defining a private user area in a surface based computer identifying a surface of a surface based computer;
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defining at least one private user area for the surface; demarcating a region of the surface for each defined private user area; and handling input/output for each demarcated private user area in a manner specific to the private user area, which is different from how input/output is handled for other portions of the surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A surface based computing device comprising:
a surface of a surface based computing device configured to detect input and to visually present output, wherein said surface is configured to be divisible into a plurality of private user areas, wherein each of the private user areas is a demarcated area of the surface to be used by a specific user, wherein different users are able to concurrently utilize different ones of the private user areas, wherein input/output associated with each of the private user areas is handled separately from input/out of other ones of the private user areas. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An interface for a surface based computer comprising:
a graphical user interface for a surface based computing device, wherein said graphical user interface comprises a plurality of private user areas, wherein each of said private user areas is a demarcated sub area of the total area of the graphical user interface, wherein the total area is concurrently utilized by a plurality of different users, each user of the plurality being associated with one of the private user areas, wherein input provided within a demarcated sub area corresponding to a private user area is attributed to a specific one of the users and is processed separately from input received from another one of the demarcated sub areas corresponding to a different private user area, and wherein output provided via each of the demarcated sub areas corresponding to a private user area is directed to a specific one of the users and has been processed separately from output directed to another one of the demarcated sub areas corresponding to a different private user area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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