Patent ID: 8954896
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, by a computing device, data representative of a proximity heuristic specifying a plurality of levels of an object detection zone associated with a display screen, wherein each level within the plurality of levels is beyond a level of effective contact with the display screen; detecting, by the computing device, an object within the object detection zone; selecting, by the computing device, a distance level from the plurality of levels beyond the level of effective contact with the display screen based on a first attribute of the object, the first attribute of the object comprising a distance between the object and the display screen; selecting, by the computing device, a second level from the plurality of levels beyond the level of effective contact with the display screen based on a second attribute of the object, the second attribute of the object being of a different type than the first attribute of the object, and the second level being of a different type than the distance level; and performing, by the computing device, an action based on the combination of the selected distance level and the selected second level.