Patent ID: 8570280
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method executing on an information handling system comprising: defining a filter area within a surface of a touch pad input device accessible from the information handling system, the filter area not being solely defined based on the elapse of a period of time a user touches an area to be filtered on the touch pad input device; receiving an input stream from the touch pad input device resulting from a user contacting the surface of the touch pad input device, wherein the input stream includes an origination point where contact was initially made by the user, and wherein the origination point includes a plurality of contacted pixels defining a first area; retrieving a predetermined contact threshold area from a memory area accessible to the information handling system; determining whether the origination point is inside the defined filter area by comparing a portion of the first area that is inside the defined filter area to the predetermined contact threshold area; filtering out the input stream in response to a determination that the origination point is within the defined filter area; and processing the input stream in response to a determination that the origination point is outside the defined filter area.