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Input management system and method

  • US 10,048,993 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/2014
  • Issued: 08/14/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for exposing events for both logical input and physical input, the system comprising:

  • at least one processor and memory configured to provide computer program instructions to the at least one processor;

    a promoter configured to turn physical input associated with a primary event into logical input associated with a secondary event, the physical input associated with a first physical input device and the logical input associated with a second physical input device, wherein the first physical input device is different from the second physical input device, wherein the first physical input device is incompatible with an application and the second physical input device is compatible with the application, and wherein the first physical input device maps to an existing interface of the second physical input device to the application; and

    a dictionary accessible to the application, the dictionary associating the primary event with the secondary event based at least on a dictionary of the secondary event inheriting a dictionary of the primary event, such that the primary event that is incompatible with the application simulates an existing event using the secondary event that is compatible with the application through the existing interface, wherein corresponding dictionaries of events store states of events, a state of the secondary event at least comprising position information associated with the logical input, wherein the position information is associated with executing the secondary event such that the position information is extracted from the dictionary of the secondary event for executing the primary event.

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