Patent ID: 9323389
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of adapting a user interface for a touchscreen system associated with a display screen, the method comprising the steps of: a) detecting, using a processing element, a defect in an area of the touchscreen system; b) determining, using the processing element, a location on the display screen related to the defect, the display screen presenting the user interface including one or more functional components selectable with a touch input over the viewable area of the display screen; c) adapting, using the processing element, the user interface on the display screen based on a priority of each functional component to compensate for the defect; and d) identifying, using the processing element, a touch input in an area of the touchscreen system associated with a selectable functional component of the adapted user interface as a selection of the functional component.