Textured film overlay for touch-sensitive displays

1. An overlay for a touch-sensitive display of an automated teller machine (ATM), comprising:

a substrate defining a substantially smooth area and a plurality of textured areas, wherein the substrate is a film made of polyethylene terephthalate, and wherein the plurality of textured areas includes bumps and depressions, and wherein each textured area includes a different number of and different pattern of the bumps and the depressions from remaining ones of the textured areas;

wherein each of the textured areas has a shape substantially equal to a shape that corresponds to a displayed key entry area of the touch-sensitive display, and wherein each of the textured areas coincide with a corresponding position of a particular key presented on the touch-sensitive display when overlay is applied to the touch-sensitive display, wherein the touch-sensitive display further includes at least one presented message to enter a Personal Identification Number (PIN) in locations of the touch-sensitive display not associated with the overlay;

wherein each space between each of the textured areas include a smooth transition area;

wherein the overlay is configured to affix to the touch-sensitive display starting at a corner or edge of the touch-sensitive display with tension applied on the corner or edge as the overlay is overlaid onto a top outer surface of the touch-sensitive display;

wherein the overlay is configured to provide a PIN pad for the touch-sensitive display during operation of the ATM, wherein the textured areas coincide with corresponding positions of keys presented on the touch-sensitive display by the ATM, and wherein the overlay comprises an area less than an available screen size of the touch-sensitive display with minimal smooth area but is sufficient to cover the displayed key entry areas;

wherein the substrate comprises a substrate area for the substrate that is less than an available screen area for the touch-sensitive display, but the substrate area is sufficient to cover the displayed key entry area;

wherein the textured areas of the overlay correspond to numbers 0-9, a clear key, a cancel key, and an enter key;

wherein the overlay is a plastic flexible film that is substantially transparent; and

wherein the film is adapted to adhere to the top outer surface of the touch-sensitive display by static electricity generated between the top outer surface of the touch-sensitive display and the film, wherein the textured areas are configured to provide tactile feedback to a user corresponding to the tactile feedback;

wherein the substrate comprises a substrate area for the substrate that is less than an available screen area for the touch-sensitive display, but the substrate area is sufficient to cover the displayed key entry area;

wherein the overlay is configured to be removed by grabbing a corner of the overlay and peeling the overlay from the surface of the touch-sensitive display.

2. The overlay of claim 1 , wherein each of the displayed key entry areas comprises a key in the PIN pad.

3. An overlay for a touch sensitive-display of an automated teller machine (ATM), comprising:

a transparent plastic flexible film substrate defining a substantially smooth area and a plurality of textured areas, wherein the transparent plastic flexible film is made of polyethylene terephthalate, wherein the plurality of textured areas includes bumps and depressions, and wherein each textured area includes a different number of and different pattern of the bumps and the depressions from remaining ones of the textured areas;

wherein each of the textured areas has a shape substantially equal to a shape that corresponds to a displayed key entry area of a touch-sensitive display, wherein the displayed key entry areas correspond to individual keys of a displayed personal identification number (PIN) keypad, wherein each of the textured areas coincide with a corresponding position of a particular displayed key presented on the touch-sensitive display when the overlay is applied to the touch-sensitive display;

wherein the touch-sensitive display further includes at least one presented message to enter a Personal Identification Number (PIN) in locations of the touch-sensitive display not associated with the overlay;

wherein each space between each of the textured areas include a smooth transition area;

wherein the substrate has a substrate area less than an available screen size area of the touch-sensitive display but the substrate area is sufficient to cover a displayed PIN keypad area that corresponds to the displayed PIN keypad;

wherein the overlay is configured to affix to the touch-sensitive display starting at a corner or edge of the touch-sensitive display with tension applied on the corner or the edge as the overlay is overlaid onto a top outer surface of the touch-sensitive display;

wherein the overlay is configured to provide a PIN pad for the touch-sensitive display during operation of the ATM, wherein the textured areas coincide with corresponding positions of keys presented on the touch-sensitive display by the ATM and wherein the overlay comprises an area less than an available screen size of the touch-sensitive display with minimal smooth area but is sufficient to cover the displayed key entry areas;

wherein the textured areas of the overlay correspond to numbers 0-9, a clear key, a cancel key, and an enter key;

wherein the overlay is configured to be removed by grabbing a corner of the overlay and peeling the overlay from the surface of the touch-sensitive display; and

wherein the transparent plastic flexible film is adapted to adhere to the top outer surface of the touch-sensitive display by static electricity generated between, and wherein the textured areas are configured to provide tactile feedback to a user corresponding to the tactile feedback;

wherein the substrate has a substrate area less than an available screen size area of the touch-sensitive display but the substrate area is sufficient to cover a displayed PIN keypad area that corresponds to the displayed PIN keypad.