Patent ID: 9652061
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting a first fingerprint on a touch sensor of an information handling system, wherein the touch sensor is divided into a plurality of non-overlapping zones including first and second zones; determining that the first fingerprint is within the first zone of the touch sensor; matching the first fingerprint to a stored fingerprint for the first zone; determining a first input function associated with the first fingerprint based on the first fingerprint matching the stored fingerprint for the first zone, wherein the first fingerprint is associated with the first input function based on the first fingerprint being located within the first zone, and the first fingerprint is associated with a second input function based on the first fingerprint being located within the second zone of the touch sensor; and executing, by the information handling system, the first input function.