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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sophie D. Green, Surrey, GB;

Grace Jansen, Southampton, GB;

Joe Pavitt, Hampshire, GB;

Antony Protonotarios, Chichester, GB;

James Russell, Chertsey, GB;

Alexandros E. Vlissidis, Bath, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided which includes displaying an output of an application on a touchscreen, receiving a user input for the application on the touchscreen, and determining the location of the received user input on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes generating an additional pop-up window for display on the touchscreen, and selecting a location for the additional pop-up window, where the selected location for the additional pop-up window does not coincide with the determined location of the user input for application. Further, the method includes displaying the additional pop-up window at the selected location for the additional pop-up window.


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