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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:
Feb. 27, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Aaron M. Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);

Adam M. Smith, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Jeffrey E. Skinner, Raleigh, NC (US);

Thomas J. Sluchak, Apex, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/021 (2013.01); G06F 3/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices, methods and products are described that provide information handling devices with touch-based reflective display. One aspect provides a method including: providing a touchable control having one or more areas, said one or more areas providing both reflective display and accepting touch-based input; displaying data on a display device of an information handling device which does not overlap the reflective display of said one or more areas; ascertaining touch-based input to said one or more areas of said touchable control area; and executing one or more functions responsive to said touch-based input. Other embodiments are described.


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