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Patent No.:

US 9389703 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Erik Jacob Olsen, Bellevue, WA (US);

Robert Duane Rost, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1637 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract

Approaches enable a display screen to be configured to display content and/or receive touch-based input based on a location of regions of the display screen. For example, the display screen can include a virtual bezel region that extends along, or proximate to, the edges of the display screen. The virtual bezel region can surround a display region that is configured to display image content. By default the virtual bezel region may be configured to display no content, or at least no active content, in order to approximate the appearance of a physical bezel. The virtual bezel can be configured to exhibit characteristics similar to that of the physical bezel. For example, the virtual bezel region can be configured to operate as a 'dead zone', where touch-based input is deactivated. The virtual bezel region can also be configured to display a portion of any content displayed in the display region.


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