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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Eric Anthony Thomas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
User input is provided to an application resident on a data processing system by contacting a contact-sensitive surface of a user input device such as a touch screen with an implement configured to produce a contact point configuration including at least one contact point. The contact point configuration is identified, and a user input mode is identified based on the identified contact point configuration. The at least one contact point is then processed in the application based on the identified user input mode. The contact-sensitive surface may be contacted with an implement having first and second ends configured to produce respective first and second contact point configurations when placed against the contact-sensitive surface.