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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2004
Zoran Radivojevic, Helsinki, FI;
Reijo Lehtiniemi, Helsinki, FI;
Zoran Radivojevic, Helsinki, FI;
Reijo Lehtiniemi, Helsinki, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method, a computer program and a computer program product for interacting with a device via an interaction unit, wherein the interaction unit comprises a plurality of interaction areas that can be activated by an activation unit to effect the interaction, the method comprising detecting approached interaction areas, wherein the approached interaction areas are interaction areas that are approached by the activation unit without yet being activated; displaying representations of the approached interaction areas on a display of the device. The invention further relates to the device itself and to a module for such a device.