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User-relocatable self-defining buttons to control machinery

  • US 7,571,037 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2005
  • Issued: 08/04/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for associating a user control in a user interface with a function of a controllable device, the method comprising:

  • physically placing, by an individual user, a self-defining user control at a first predefined location of a plurality of predefined locations of a user interface, the self-defining user control including identification information that is readable by a controller for a controllable device, wherein the self-defining user control is designed to be physically locatable and re-locatable by individual users at any of the plurality of predefined locations;

    determining, by the controller, the identification information from the self-defining user control at the first predefined location; and

    in response to determining the identification information, the controller associating the self-defining user control at the first predefined location with a predefined function for the controllable device.

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