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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Marcus J. Andrews, Redmond, WA (US);
Firdosh K. Bhesania, Kirkland, WA (US);
Doron J. Holan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert Ingman, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott R. Leatham, Duvall, WA (US);
Ervin Peretz, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Ray, Redmond, WA (US);
OM K. Sharma, Kirkland, WA (US);
James E. Veres, Woodinville, WA (US);
Marcus J. Andrews, Redmond, WA (US);
Firdosh K. Bhesania, Kirkland, WA (US);
Doron J. Holan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert Ingman, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott R. Leatham, Duvall, WA (US);
Ervin Peretz, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Ray, Redmond, WA (US);
Om K. Sharma, Kirkland, WA (US);
James E. Veres, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer peripheral has a processor, non-volatile memory, and a plurality of controls. The non-volatile memory holds control mappings corresponding to a plurality of application program genres. The control mappings indicate actions to be performed in application programs of particular genres in response to actuation of particular controls. The control mappings indicate controls by unique string indexes that are also used in HID control descriptors associated with the computer peripheral.