Patent ID: 8421761
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A medical touchscreen interface overlay device comprising: a background surface contacting a touchscreen interface, wherein the background surface does not generate a response from the interface when contacted by a user, a plurality of touch areas formed in the background surface of the overlay device, the plurality of touch areas having a lesser thickness than the background surface, each of the plurality of touch areas to provide a tactile boundary for a corresponding touchscreen interface function and each of the plurality of touch areas formed in a shape representative of the corresponding touchscreen interface function; and an indicator to indicate to the touchscreen interface which overlay device has been placed on the touchscreen interface, wherein the overlay device is at least temporarily affixed to the touchscreen interface to facilitate user interaction with the touchscreen interface, wherein the overlay device is associated with an application running on a remote terminal, and wherein configuration of the application on the remote terminal corresponds to the indicator of the overlay device being at least temporarily affixed to the touchscreen interface.