Patent ID: 8754855

Claim:
One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for simultaneously displaying a virtual touchpad for controlling a mouse cursor based on touches on the touchpad, the method comprising: on a touch screen, simultaneously presenting a system portion and a touch-screen portion; presenting a user interface (UI) of an operating system (OS) in the system portion of the touch screen, wherein the mouse cursor is presented as part of the OS; presenting the virtual touchpad in the touch-screen portion of the touch screen for controlling the mouse cursor, wherein the virtual touchpad is presented on the user interface and includes an area for controlling movements of the mouse cursor; receiving touches within the touch-screen portion of the touch screen; using one or more rules to translate the touches into one or more mouse actions; using the mouse actions to control the mouse cursor; receiving a touch that originates from within the touch-screen portion of the touch screen and, while maintaining contact with the touch screen, continues into the system portion of the touch screen by going outside of a boundary of the touch-screen portion; using the one or more rules to process the touch that originates from within the touch-screen portion of the touch screen and, while maintaining contact with the touch screen, continues into the system portion of the touch screen by going outside of the boundary of the touch-screen portion.