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SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN IMPROVED USER INTERFACE

  • US 20120136737A1
  • Filed: 11/30/2010
  • Published: 05/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. ) A point of sale terminal comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory configured to store data and instructions where the instructions when executed by the processor generate features and functions of the terminal;

    a display adapted to display both graphical and textual information on a display surface;

    a touch input device proximate to the display surface of the display where the touch input device is adapted to generate a plurality of touch location data when the surface of the touch input device is touched where each of the plurality of touch location data includes a location on the touch input device being contacted; and

    a touch identification module adapted to receive the plurality of touch location data for a touch from the touch input device and to determine characteristics of the touch including the location of the touch, duration of the touch, distance the touch moved, direction of movement and speed of movement and to determine a context for the touch and is further adapted to determine, using at least one characteristic of the touch and the context for the touch, that the touch represents a request to perform a first function provided by the terminal.

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