Patent ID: 9521221
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F,H04B,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A touch screen cover for a hand-held wireless communication device having a touch-sensing user interface and a telephone operational mode, in which, during an incoming call, a swipe-sensing user control zone of the user interface is activated together with a call-information display, the touch screen cover comprising: a protective panel, that in a shielding configuration overlays a majority of the touch-sensing user interface of the hand-held wireless communication device, the protective panel having a capacitance insulative portion that does not induce capacitance in the user interface when touched by a user, and a window that overlays at least part of the call-information display, the protective panel comprises a touch-communicating portion that overlays at least part of the swipe-sensing user control zone of the user interface of the hand-held wireless communication device in the shielding configuration, the touch-communicating portion configured to receive a swiping touch engagement on an exposed outer surface thereof and responsively impart a sweeping capacitance-induced user actuation of the swipe-sensing user control zone, wherein the touch-communicating portion comprises a series of capacitance conductive portions each separated a distance one from the other, wherein the series of capacitance conductive portions are each separated from one another by a portion comprising a transparent window interval, and wherein the series of capacitance conductive portions are linearly arranged, and wherein only the transparent window interval of the touch-communicating portion is transparent.