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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
David W. Gillespie, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Raymond A. Trent, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew C. Hsu, Belmont, CA (US);
Leslie R. Grate, Waltham, MA (US);
David W. Gillespie, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Raymond A. Trent, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew C. Hsu, Belmont, CA (US);
Leslie R. Grate, Waltham, MA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a graphical user interface in a computing device having a processor running an operating system and a display. The graphical user interface comprises a touch screen and a driver coupling the touch screen to the operating system. The driver can display a plurality of icons on the touch screen, or a plurality of screen images having at least one icon, with each of the icons associated with operations on the display and/or the touch screen. Other embodiments include the touch screen having unactivated and activated states, as well as the presence of an application programming interface that enables an application to display at least one image on the touch screen.