Left side of iPad mini had randomly begun to not function properly.

Hello guys,
Recently, I have encountered a bizzare issue with my iPad mini's touch screen. The left side (portrait orientation) has begun to not function as expected. Namely, random taps occur while my own taps are not registered on the left side, while the right side is just fine. What is most interesting is that this distance from the left side is fixed at precisely 2cm.
Now, I know that this question has been asked about a hundrend times already, but, strangely enough in my case a reboot DOES fix the issue, temporarily anyway. After about 2-6 hours later, the problem reoccurs. This has led me to believe that it is a software issue and not a hardware one, although, that is hard to believe. I installed iOS 7 not too long ago but it has been working just fine (no touch screen bugs on iOS 6.1 whatsoever). Unfortunately, my warranty has expired about 2 weeks ago, with the problem occuring last week, therefore asking at Apple Support is impossible.
Does anyone have any ideas on what this is, and/or how to fix it?
Any support/question/solution is appreciated.
Ps. I will add pictures showing the unresponsiveness of the display if requested. Drawing a line appears as multiple taps on the left side while right side is still a line.

Frozen or unresponsive iPad
Resolve these most common issues:
    •    Display remains black or blank
    •    Touch screen not responding
    •    Application unexpectedly closes or freezes
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/ipad/
Not normal. Take it to an Apple Store for evaluation. They may work with you on the warranty issue, if the iPad does not show any evidence of being dropped.
Make a Genius Bar Reservation
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
 Cheers, Tom

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