EP0664504A2
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Touch screen overlay
Assignee: US West Advanced Technologies Inc
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Filing: 1995-01-24
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-01-24
Abstract
Abstract An improved user interface for use in interactive electronic devices. The user interface eliminates the complexity and ambiguity problems encountered in conventional interfaces through the incorporation of a physical overlay designed for use in cooperation with a contiguous touch screen or a plurality of individual touch screens. The physical overlay delineates the touch screen or screens into a plurality of context sensitive task and information display regions which may be accessed by direct user manipulation.
Inventors
- 👤 Loren M. Sylvan
- 👤 Adam N. Marx
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 21:53
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; H04M1/0202; H04M1/026; H04M1/0266; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27467; H04M1/27475; G; G06; G06F; G06F2203/00; G06F2203/048; G06F2203/04809; H01; H01H; H01H2217/00; H01H2217/018; H01H2217/038; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
38 words
A user interface, comprising: a touch screen; raised overlay means for delineating said touch screen into a plurality of context-sensitive task and information display regions and guiding the user to the appropriate region for direct user manipulated activation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
46 words
A user interface, comprising: a plurality of touch screens; raised overlay means for more precisely delineating said touch screens so as to define a like plurality of context-sensitive task and information display regions and guiding the user to the appropriate region for direct user manipulated activation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A user interface as in claim 1 which is further adapted for use in a telephone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A user interface as in claim 1 which is further adapted for use in a mobile telephone hand-set.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A user interface as in claim 1 which is further adapted for use in a calculator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A user interface as in claim 1 which is further adapted for use in cooperation with a personal computer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A user interface as in claim 1, which is further adapted for use in a Personal Digital Assistant.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A mobile telephone hand-set, comprising: an earpiece; a mouthpiece; a touch screens and raised overlay means for delineating said touch screen into a plurality of context-sensitive task and information display regions and guiding the user to the appropriate region for direct user manipulated activation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
An interactive electronic device, comprising: a touch screen; and raised overlay means for delineating said touch screen so as to define a plurality of context-sensitive task and information display regions and guiding the user to the appropriate region for direct user manipulated activation.
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