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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:
Apr. 15, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2010
Applicants:

Kenneth M. Karakotsios, San Jose, CA (US);

Bradley J. Bozarth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Hannah Rebecca Lewbel, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth M. Karakotsios, San Jose, CA (US);

Bradley J. Bozarth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Hannah Rebecca Lewbel, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A back touch sensor positioned on a back surface of a device accepts user input in the form of touches. The touches on the back touch sensor map keys on a virtual keyboard, a pointer input, and so forth. Touches on a touch sensor positioned on a front surface provide additional input while also allowing the user to grasp and hold the device.


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