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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Graham Ray Atkins, Kaleen, AU;
Ian Andrew Maxwell, Five Dock, AU;
Inventors:
Graham Ray Atkins, Kaleen, AU;
Ian Andrew Maxwell, Five Dock, AU;
Assignee:
ZETTA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LLC—RPO SERIES, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user interface method is disclosed. For a particular interface, such as a touch input device, the method involves defining an enablement protocol for a function and recording and retaining the enablement protocol of said function, such that a user enables the function by substantially reproducing the enablement protocol in the absence of spatial or temporal indication of at least a portion of the enablement protocol.