Computer system user interface
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1. A computer system comprising:
- a computer having a communications input port and means for controlling a display;
a planar work surfacedisplay means connected to the computer display control means and having a screen disposed substantially in the plane of and within the work surface; and
digitizing means including a pointing device connected to the communications input port of the computer and defining a digitizing area including the screen and portions of the work surface surrounding the display screen, whereby the screen and said portions of the work surface can be digitized by positioning the pointing device thereon.
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Abstract
A computer system is provided with a computer having a communications input port and circuitry for controlling a display, a planar work surface, a display connected to the computer display control circuitry and having a screen disposed substantially in the plane of and within the work surface a digitizer including a pointing device connected to the communications input port of the computer and defining a digitizing area including the screen and portions of the work surface surrounding the display screen. As a result, the screen and the portions of the work surface surrounding the display screen can be digitized by positioning the pointing device thereon.
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10 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a computer having a communications input port and means for controlling a display; a planar work surface display means connected to the computer display control means and having a screen disposed substantially in the plane of and within the work surface; and digitizing means including a pointing device connected to the communications input port of the computer and defining a digitizing area including the screen and portions of the work surface surrounding the display screen, whereby the screen and said portions of the work surface can be digitized by positioning the pointing device thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A word processing system comprising:
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a computer programmed to be responsive to a set of commands for carrying out a plurality of word processing operations on alphanumeric text and having a communications input port and means for controlling a display; a planar work surface; display means connected to the computer display control means and having a screen disposed substantially in the plane of and within the work surface locations disposed in a plurality of lines; and digitizing means including a pointing device connected to the communications input port of the computer and defining a digitizing area including the screen and portions of the work surface surrounding the display screen; wherein the computer has means for associating predetermined areas on said portions of the work surface surrounding the display screen with text in the form individual letters of the alphabet and numbers from 0 to 9 with individual ones of the set of commands, means for inputting text and commands into the computer in response to the positioning of the pointing device on the locations associated therewith and means responsive to the positioning of the pointer device on a given screen location for effecting a word processing operation on the displayed text in accordance with one of the set of commands inputted by positioning the pointing device on the area associated therewith and for controlling the display means to display the result of the operation on the screen location.
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