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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2008
Applicants:
David Callaghan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Daryn E. Robbins, Duvall, WA (US);
Sandra E. Macdonald, Sammamish, WA (US);
Inventors:
David Callaghan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Daryn E. Robbins, Duvall, WA (US);
Sandra E. MacDonald, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Localization and/or customization of computing devices are accomplished automatically through an add-on input device. Operating system or a separate application in the computing device is arranged to communicate with or recognize the input device such as a keypad and configure parameter of the computing device such as language, user interface arrangement, communication setup, and the like accordingly without user interaction.