Patent ID: 8265688

Claim:
A hand-held device including: a split touch sensitive input surface comprising: a first touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a first pointer device located on an exterior side interface surface of the hand-held device; and a second touch sensitive array separate from the first touch sensitive array, and commonly located on the same exterior side interface surface of the hand-held device with the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array including a position sensor adapted for detecting a relative position of a second pointer device; and a display visible from an exterior surface of the device, which is different from the exterior side interface surface where the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are located; wherein the current relative position of an end of a respective pointer interacting with each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array are illustrated on respective display areas of the display by a display controller coupled to the first touch sensitive array, the second touch sensitive array, and the display; and wherein a portion of each of the respective display areas of the display overlap, thereby creating a virtual overlapping zone of interaction, that does not correspond to any actual overlapping of the first touch sensitive array relative to the second touch sensitive array but that is commonly accessible through an interaction a portion of each of the first touch sensitive array and the second touch sensitive array.