Patent ID: 8614664

Claim:
A method for combining at least two touch signals in a computer system, the method comprising: receiving a first touch signal from a first touch pad, the first touch signal indicating that a user has touched the first touch pad at a first touch point with a first digit, the first touch signal identifying the absolute coordinates of the first touch point; receiving a second touch signal from a second touch pad, the second touch signal indicating that the user was touching the second touch pad with a second digit while the user touched the first touch pad at the first touch point; based on the second touch pad being touched while the first touch pad was touched at the first touch point, calculating absolute coordinates for a second touch point on the first touch pad, the absolute coordinates for the second touch point being offset from the absolute coordinates of the first touch point; generating a touch command message that is recognizable by a computer application program, the touch command message defining the absolute coordinates of the first touch point and the absolute coordinates of the second touch point.