Portable Electronic Device Touchpad Input Controller
First Claim
1. A touchpad input controller for receiving user input relating to a display, comprising:
- a facing surface that faces a user when the controller is held in the user'"'"'s hand or hands during use;
one or more non-facing surfaces that each faces away from the user when the controller is held in the user'"'"'s hand or hands during use, at least one non-facing surface including a touchpad input area that is positioned to be accessed by at least one user finger for receiving user input.
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Abstract
A touchpad input controller receives user input relating to a display. The input controller includes a facing surface that faces a user when the controller is held in the user'"'"'s hand or hands during use, and one or more non-facing surfaces that each faces away from the user when the controller is held the user'"'"'s hand or hands during use. At least one non-facing surface includes a touchpad input area that is positioned to be accessed by at least one user finger for receiving user input. The facing surface including a display on which the results of user input received at the touchpad input area is displayed. The touchpad input area includes a mapping to a virtual keyboard layout for receiving keyboard-equivalent input from the user at the touchpad input area.
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29 Claims
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1. A touchpad input controller for receiving user input relating to a display, comprising:
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a facing surface that faces a user when the controller is held in the user'"'"'s hand or hands during use; one or more non-facing surfaces that each faces away from the user when the controller is held in the user'"'"'s hand or hands during use, at least one non-facing surface including a touchpad input area that is positioned to be accessed by at least one user finger for receiving user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A touchpad input controller for receiving user input relating to a display, comprising:
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a touchpad input area that is positioned to be accessed by at least one user finger for receiving user input, the touchpad input area including a mapping to a virtual keyboard layout for receiving keyboard-equivalent input from the user at the touchpad input area; and a display rendering of the virtual keyboard layout indicating each keyboard-equivalent input from the user at the touchpad input area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A touchpad input controller for receiving user input relating to a display, comprising:
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a touchpad input area that is positioned to be accessed by at least one user finger for receiving user input, the touchpad input area including first and second mappings to a virtual keyboard layout for receiving keyboard-equivalent input from the user at the touchpad input area when the touchpad is in first and second orientations, respectively; and a display rendering of the virtual keyboard layout indicating each keyboard-equivalent input from the user at the touchpad input area. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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