Patent Document ID: 8516397
Application ID: 12258691
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: maintaining data representative of a proximity heuristic specifying a plurality of levels of an object detection zone associated with a display screen, wherein each level within said plurality of levels is beyond a level of effective contact with said display screen; detecting an object within said object detection zone; selecting a distance level from said plurality of levels beyond said level of effective contact with said display screen based on a first attribute of said object; selecting a speed level from said plurality of levels beyond said level of effective contact with said display screen based on a second attribute of said object; identifying an action associated with a combination of said selected distance level and said selected speed level; and performing said identified action associated with said combination of said selected distance level and said selected speed level, wherein said first attribute comprises a distance between said object and said display screen, and said plurality of levels comprises a plurality of distance intervals.