ASSOCIATION OF AN INPUT AND OUTPUT OF A PERIPHERAL DEVICE IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM

• US 20130339553A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Slezak, Mark, Michaud, Alain Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,280,494 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/102 where the programme performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver G06F13/105 takes precedence; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A method on a computing system for associating an output of a coupled peripheral device to an input of the peripheral device is provided. A computing system configured to be coupled to a peripheral device comprising an input and an associated output is provided. The computing system comprises an input logical layer configured to receive descriptor configuration information from the peripheral device and build interface sets including attributes of the input of the peripheral device and the associated output. The input logical layer uses the interface sets to select and set attributes of the output of the peripheral device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

selectively altering an attribute of a peripheral device based on an acceptable input to an application with which the peripheral device is associated.

2. The method of claim 1, the selectively altering comprising altering a height associated with the peripheral device.

3. The method of claim 1, the attribute corresponding to a level of a sense of awareness associated with the application.

4. The method of claim 1, the selectively altering comprising altering a physical manifestation of the peripheral device.

5. The method of claim 1, the selectively altering comprising altering a temperature associated with the peripheral device.

6. The method of claim 1, the selectively altering comprising altering a resistance associated with the peripheral device.

7. The method of claim 1, the selectively altering comprising altering a tactile aspect associated with the peripheral device.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more processing units; and

memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least one of the one or more processing units, perform a method comprising;

selectively altering an attribute of a peripheral device based on an acceptable input to an application with which the peripheral device is associated.

9. The system of claim 8, the selectively altering comprising altering a height associated with the peripheral device.

10. The system of claim 8, the attribute corresponding to a level of a sense of awareness associated with the application.

11. The system of claim 8, the selectively altering comprising altering a physical manifestation of the peripheral device.

12. The system of claim 8, the selectively altering comprising altering a temperature associated with the peripheral device.

13. The system of claim 8, the selectively altering comprising altering a resistance associated with the peripheral device.

14. The system of claim 8, the selectively altering comprising altering a tactile aspect associated with the peripheral device.

15. A computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed perform a method, comprising:

selectively altering an attribute of a peripheral device based on an acceptable input to an application with which the peripheral device is associated.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the selectively altering comprising altering a display associated with the peripheral device.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the attribute corresponding to a level of a sense of awareness associated with the application.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the selectively altering comprising altering an illumination associated with the peripheral device.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the selectively altering comprising altering a resistance associated with the peripheral device.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15, the selectively altering comprising altering a tactile aspect associated with the peripheral device.