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Apparatus and methods for creating a virtual push button comprise a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device useably connected within a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to the location within the field of the touch action. The orthog

Apparatus and methods for creating a virtual push button comprise a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device useably connected within a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to the location within the field of the touch action. The orthogonal data field input device includes circuitry for sensing the onset of a first touch action and for monitoring the continuity thereof; and the computing system including a second condition sensor for sensing the occurrence of a second predetermined condition; and, computing circuitry for generating the virtual push button upon the concurrence of touch action continuation and the occurrence of the second predetermined condition.

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A method for creating a virtual push button at a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device used in conjunction with a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to a location within a field of the touch action, the method including the steps of

A method for creating a virtual push button at a touch sensitive orthogonal data field input device used in conjunction with a computing system in which a touch action at the device generates a stream of data related to a location within a field of the touch action, the method including the steps of: sensing an onset of a first touch action at the device and monitoring a continuity thereof, sensing an occurrence of a second predetermined condition, generating the virtual push button upon concurrence of sensed touch action continuation of the first touch action and sensed occurrence of the second predetermined condition.