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Usage of monitor bezel buttons to control and indicate multimedia functions

  • US 6,289,466 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/1997
  • Issued: 09/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of implementing bezel buttons to control a peripheral in a computer system incorporating a monitor, a processor, and a multimedia application, the monitor incorporating a monitor controller, bezel push buttons, and a display, the method comprising:

  • determining a multimedia application is present in the computer system;

    responsive to determining the multimedia application is present, dynamically assigning functionality of the multimedia application to the bezel push buttons;

    receiving an activation from the bezel push buttons selectively repeating the steps of determining and dynamically assigning responsive to a user input; and

    responsive to receiving the activation, executing multimedia application code in the multimedia application associated with the functionality assigned to the bezel push buttons.

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