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INPUT DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME

  • US 20090113104A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 04/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a display screen coupled to the housing;

    a main input device operable to translate user manipulations of the main input device into control signals;

    a wireless receiver in the housing;

    a carrier bay defined by the housing;

    an auxiliary input device sized and arranged to be carried in and attached to the carrier bay in a docked state and detached from the carrier bay in an undocked state, wherein in the undocked state, the auxiliary input device translates user manipulations of the auxiliary input device into control signals and wirelessly transmits the control signals for reception by the wireless receiver, and in the docked state, the auxiliary input device is unresponsive to user manipulations of the auxiliary input device; and

    a graphics controller in the housing and operable to present a graphical user interface on the display screen in accordance with the control signals received from the main input device and the auxiliary input device.

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