Patent ID: 9141211
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving an initiation command to initiate a navigation operational mode of a touchpad, the touchpad being operatively coupled to a processor operatively coupled to a display, the display nonoverlapping the touchpad; responsive to the initiation command, initiating the navigation operational mode, rendering a graphic to the display wherein the graphic comprises a touchpad field and a control field, and rendering content file icons to the touchpad field; receiving input via a central portion of the touchpad and mapping the input received via the central portion to one of the content file icons of the touchpad field of the graphic; receiving input via a peripheral portion of the touchpad; associating the input received via the peripheral portion with a transmission control of the control field of the graphic; and initiating transmission of the content file associated with the content file icon.