Patent Document ID: 20160188112
Application ID: 14859185
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for using a touch sensing system capable of sensing location of a finger or object above a touch surface to inform a touch response system in an electronic device of a predicted future user input event in advance of an actual touch event, the method comprising: storing a model of user interaction with a touch surface; sensing at least one current user input via the touch sensing system; creating in the electronic device data representative of the sensed at least one current user input, the data reflecting hover information; applying the model of user interaction to the data representative of the at least one current user input to create data reflecting a prediction of a future user input event; and, prior to occurrence of the predicted user input event, providing to a touch response system at least one of a predicted location and a predicted time at which the predicted future user input event will occur.