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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
P4tents1, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael S Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
P4TENTS1, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus provided for: displaying, via a touch screen, at least a portion of an interface in a first virtual display layer; detecting a gesture being applied to the touch screen; when a distance of the gesture being detected on the touch screen is less than a distance threshold, performing an operation; when the distance of the gesture being detected on the touch screen is greater than the distance threshold, performing a blur operation, and displaying the at least portion of the interface and at least a portion of another interface in different virtual display layers; and when the distance of the gesture being detected on the touch screen is greater than the distance threshold, outputting feedback that is perceptible by touch.