Patent ID: 9658716
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for deactivating part of a touch screen of a device, comprising: providing a processor module controlling the touch screen; deactivating a portion of the touch screen by the processor module upon a condition that a first signal is received by the processor module; and creating another deactivated portion separate from the deactivated portion upon a condition that a combination of a sliding touch being performed on the deactivated portion and a concurrent pressing and holding touch being performed on the deactivated portion is recognized by the processor module as a signal for creating the another separate deactivated portion while the deactivated portion remains at a same position, thus the deactivated portion and the another separate deactivated portion co-existing, wherein the another separate deactivated portion has a same size, a same shape, a same color and same opacity as the deactivated portion.