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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:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Joshua Neil Novak, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Bruce Douglas Gress, Durham, NC (US);

Debra Kay Kobs-Fortner, Cary, NC (US);

Neal Robert Caliendo, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);

Russell Speight VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06T 3/4007 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aspect provides a method, including: detecting, on a touch screen of an information handing device, user input; determining, using a processor, that the user input occurs within a predetermined edge region of the touch screen; adjusting, using a processor, display output of the touch screen based on the user input that occurs within a predetermined edge region; and filtering, using a processor, the user input that occurs within a predetermined edge region such that the user input does not commit an input action on the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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