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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Nigel Pearce, Lancashire, GB;
Kevin Parkes, Lancashire, GB;
Barry Smith, Lancashire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Promethean Limited, , GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for controlling a software application running on a computer system including an interactive display adapted to detect at least two contact points on the surface of the interactive display, the method comprising: detecting at least two contact points; determining pressure data associated with at least one of said contact points; and defining a condition of the software application in dependence on said detected at least two contact points and said at least one determined pressure value.