Patent ID: 8434003

Claim:
A hand-held electronic device, comprising: a case having first and second major surfaces; a visual display disposed on the first major surface; a touch interface disposed on at least one of the major surfaces; a processor operably coupled to the visual display and the touch interface; and instructions executable by the processor configured such that, when executed, the instructions cause the device to: a) present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements; b) correlate one or more active portions of the touch interface to one or more corresponding active elements in the image on the visual display; and c) re-purpose remaining portions of the touch interface outside the one or more active portions to act as inputs for commands associated with the one or more active elements, wherein the one more re-purposed portions of the touch interface are outside the one or more active portions after re-purposing, wherein the one or more re-purposed portions of the touch screen include a buffer region between one or more re-purposed portions configured to act as inputs and the one or more active elements, wherein the instructions are configured such that a touch to the buffer region is ignored, wherein the one or more re-purposed regions of the touch screen include a region configured to initiate a first or second command, wherein the first command is configured to cancel a previous manipulation of the active element and wherein the second command is configured to commit to a previous manipulation of the active element.