Patent ID: 9401984
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F,H03K,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A user portable wireless communication device comprising: a first side; a user input located on the first side, the user input including a user actuation input; a second side orthogonal to the first side; a side touch sensor on the second side; and a controller coupled to the user input and the side touch sensor, the controller configured to detect whether a user is touching the side touch sensor on the second side of the user portable wireless communication device, configured to enable the user actuation input of the user input on the first side of the user portable wireless communication device when the controller detects the user is touching the side touch sensor on the second side of the user portable wireless communication device, and configured to disable the user actuation input of the user input on the first side of the user portable wireless communication device when the controller detects the user is not touching the side touch sensor on the second side of the user portable wireless communication device.