Patent ID: 8754872

Claim:
A computing device, comprising: a touch-screen display configured for user interaction; one or more capacitive touch controls configured for user selection as a device input to initiate a device action; a touch input module configured to receive user inputs to the one or more capacitive touch controls; a memory and a processor to implement a lockout service that is configured to: receive various service inputs from the touch input module indicating a touch input and/or user interaction with the touch-screen display; receive recognition of an inadvertent user contact with a capacitive touch control of the one or more capacitive touch controls; receive a service input of the inadvertent user contact as a user slide input direction of approach towards the capacitive touch control, the user slide input direction of approach based on a touch signal sensed on a first side of the capacitive touch control and progressively passing over to a second side of the capacitive touch control; and disable one or more of the capacitive touch controls based on the inadvertent user contact with the capacitive touch control to avoid an inadvertent actuation of the one or more capacitive touch controls.