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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Rachid M Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
David P Winkler, Palatine, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus operate a user portable wireless communication device on a wireless wide area network. The user portable wireless communication device can include a first side and a user input located on the first side, where the user input can include a user actuation input. The device can include a second side orthogonal to the first side and a side touch sensor on the second side. The device can also include a controller coupled to the user input and the side touch sensor. The controller can be configured to detect whether a user is touching the side touch sensor, configured to enable the user actuation input when the user is touching the side touch sensor, and configured to disable the user actuation input of the user input when the user is not touching the side touch sensor.