Patent ID: 9645663
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A display system for an electronic device comprising: a touch-sensitive display screen configured to display content to a user of the electronic device; an active touchscreen region of the display screen having a touchscreen layer with a first mode of response to a first set of touch-based inputs from the user of the electronic device, the active touchscreen region configured to display a first portion of the content on the display screen; and a virtual bezel region along one or more edges of the display screen and adjacent to the active touchscreen region, the virtual bezel region having a touchscreen layer with a second mode of response to a second set of touch-based inputs from a user of the electronic device, the virtual bezel region configured to display a second portion of the content on the display screen; and non-transitory memory storing a gestural software application in communication with the display screen, the gestural software application configured to produce the second mode of response in the virtual bezel region, wherein the second mode of response is configured to selectively interpret touch-based inputs as intentional user input intended to affect the display of the first portion of the content on the active touchscreen region of the display screen.