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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Annette Margaret Crevasse, Apopka, FL (US);
William Graham Easter, Orlando, FL (US);
John Albert Maze, Orlando, FL (US);
Frank Miceli, Orlando, FL (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A computer system for a motion impaired user includes a housing, a processor in the housing, and a display connected to the processor for displaying at least one menu of selectable commands arranged in a sequence. A mouse is connected to the processor for positioning a pointer on the display responsive to movement of the mouse. The computer further includes a mouse template having at least one elongate body having a plurality of stations therealong corresponding to the sequence of selectable commands and cooperates with the mouse for assisting the motion impaired user so that when the mouse is positioned at a station, the pointer on the display is positioned at the corresponding selectable command of the menu.