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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld electronic device is disclosed. The handheld electronic device comprises a first touch sensing device located in a first region of the handheld electronic device and a second touch sensing device located in a second different region on the handheld electronic device. The handheld electronic device may further include a disabling module to automatically disable the second touch sensing device if a keyboard input is requested and a virtual keyboard is displayed on the first touch sensing device.