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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2003
William Guo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Richard S. Lum, Redmond, WA (US);
William Guo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Richard S. Lum, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A input device is disclosed that is configurable as a manufacturing step or by a user to input selected characters. The input device includes character input keys and an internal memory. The specific character that is input by activating one of the character input keys depends upon a configuration code that is stored within the internal memory. The configuration code is associated with a key mapping configuration of a host device, for example, and the configuration code may be associated with a plurality of character identifiers for the character input keys. When the input device is configured during manufacturing, the configuration code may be programmed into the internal memory and the character identifiers may be provided. When the input device is configured by the user, the configuration code and the character identifiers are replaced with an alternate configuration code character identifiers.