Remote key manager
First Claim
1. A method for passing user signals in an apparatus having a multi-tasking operating system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, via a key manager, a user signal from a user interface device;
identifying, via the key manager, a first application that requires the received user signal;
sending the received user signal from the key manager to the first application bypassing the operating system and thereby enabling the first application to perform a first user function;
after sending the received user signal from the key manager to the first application, translating, via the key manager, the received user signal to a second signal recognizable by the operating system; and
sending the second signal from the key manager to the operating system for sending to a second application running under the operating system and thereby enabling the second application to perform a second user function.
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Abstract
An apparatus having a memory and an operating system running a plurality of applications that are controlled by user signals, means to register the user signals required by each application, means to receive user signals, and means to send each received user signal to the application registered to require that signal. A method of passing user signals to a plurality of applications running with an operating system comprising receiving from each application information on user signals required by that application; saving in a memory the required user signals associated with each application; receiving a user signal from a user interface device; retrieving from the memory applications that require the received user signal; and sending the received user signal to each of the retrieved applications.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for passing user signals in an apparatus having a multi-tasking operating system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, via a key manager, a user signal from a user interface device;
identifying, via the key manager, a first application that requires the received user signal;sending the received user signal from the key manager to the first application bypassing the operating system and thereby enabling the first application to perform a first user function; after sending the received user signal from the key manager to the first application, translating, via the key manager, the received user signal to a second signal recognizable by the operating system; and sending the second signal from the key manager to the operating system for sending to a second application running under the operating system and thereby enabling the second application to perform a second user function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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an operating system; a key manager operative to receive a user signal and send said received user signal to a first application that requires said received user signal bypassing the operating system and thereby enabling said first application to perform a first user function; and wherein after sending said received user signal to said first application, said key manager translates said received user signal to a second signal recognizable by the operating system and sends said second signal to said operating system for sending to a second application running under said operating system and thereby enables said second application to perform a second user function. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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