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Mobile client computer with hexagonal keyboard

  • US 5,805,157 A
  • Filed: 08/12/1996
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile client computer comprising:

  • a housing sized to be held in and manipulated by the hand of a user;

    a processor mounted within said housing for processing digital data;

    memory mounted within said housing for storing digital data and coupled to said processor;

    a display mounted in said housing coupled to said processor and said memory for displaying information derived from digital data processed by said processor;

    an input digitizer mounted in said housing and overlaying said display, said input digitizer being coupled to said processor for enabling input of digital data by a user; and

    a control program stored in said memory accessible by said processor for directing the processing of digital data by said processor;

    said control program and said processor cooperating, when said control program is executing on said processor, in displaying a keyboard formed by a plurality of adjoining hexagonally shaped cells, each cell defining a selectable input.

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