Touch Input Programmatical Interfaces
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, said computer-readable instructions including a program comprising the steps of:
- receiving at a module a request for a type of input device connected to a computer system, said request originating from a requester;
retrieving a property associated with said type of input device from a storage;
forwarding information related to said type of input device to said requester, said requester using said information related to said type of device to control a type of functionality available to a user.
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Abstract
A system for enabling a tablet input object is described. A tablet input object can take various inputs from touch, a mouse, and a pen and sends their information to an application or operating system. Also, a pen message pathway may also be used to handle touch messages, thereby reusing an existing pen message pathway for messages created by something other than a pen.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, said computer-readable instructions including a program comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a module a request for a type of input device connected to a computer system, said request originating from a requester;
retrieving a property associated with said type of input device from a storage;
forwarding information related to said type of input device to said requester, said requester using said information related to said type of device to control a type of functionality available to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, said computer-readable instructions including a program comprising the steps of:
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indicating that an application desires to receive at least one of all touch events and only small touch events;
receiving at a module said indication; and
forwarding one of all touch events and only small touch events to said application based on said indication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer readable-medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, said computer-readable instructions including a program comprising the steps of:
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receiving messages in the format of mouse messages;
determining which of said messages are pen messages;
determining which of said messages are touch messages;
handling said touch messages as touch messages, said pen messages as pen messages, and remaining messages as mouse messages. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a module a request for a type of input device connected to a computer system, said request originating from a requester;
retrieving a property associated with said type of input device from a storage;
forwarding information related to said type of input device to said requester, said requester using said information related to said type of device to control a type of functionality available to a user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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