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When you say edge triggered it sort of implies a clock edge. People are seeing this and forcing a clock signal somehow. But in your description you just describe two inputs which are triggered on the rising edge and ignore falling edges.

This is a similar situation to MS-CMOS, where the capture latches are implemented using SR. In MS-CMOS, it is always guaranteed that ONE of the S or R signals will rise and fall; and the other will not. So an SR latch suffices.

You also did not constrain whether after one signal rises, it will fall before the next. I will assume that this is not the case, and that if Signal1 rises and sets output to 1, and before Signal1 falls, Signal2 rises; that it should set the output to 0.

I believe you are looking for a SR NOR latch, modified to toggle in the S=R=1 state. This is often called a JK latch.

Lets call J = S1 = "one input would, on rising edge, set the output to 1"
Lets call K = S2 = "and the other input would, on rising edge, set the output to 0"

Both J and R = 0 to begin. Output state is indeterminate.

Then, J rises. This sets Q = 1.
Next, J falls. The output stays 1.
Next, K rises. The output is set to 0.
Next, K falls. The output stays 0.
Next, J rises. The output is set to 1.
Next, K rises. The output is set to 0. (this is JK toggle state, if this won't happen just use NOR SR latch)
Next, J falls. The output stays 0.
Next, K falls. The output stays 0.
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Is this what you are looking for? Wiki link, showing truth table, gate level schematic

EDIT: Added fix for both inputs @ 1 simultaneously.

If you want both edges at once to toggle, generate a pulse to clock the flip flop. The pulse duration needs to be less than the full J-K loop (feedforward NOR + feedback AND) but more than the feedforward NOR delay. 1 or 3 inverters should work; I chose 3 in this case. The simple simulator didn't have 3 input ANDs so I just chained two 2-inputs back to back; either will work.

showing schematic and simulation results

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