Prioritizing user input devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8866640
APP PUB NO 20100156675A1
SERIAL NO

12341582

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An apparatus, method and program storage device are provided for preventing inadvertent inputs from a user while utilizing an electronic device having multiple user input devices. The instant invention broadly contemplates prioritizing an input device to the exclusion of other input devices available to the user based upon an intelligently designed prioritization scheme. The prioritization scheme disables the other input devices for a period of time to permit the user to provide inputs from a prioritized user input device.

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  • LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ganey, Harriss C N Cary, US 1 1
Stewart, Aaron M Raleigh, US 45 559

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