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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2011
Steven Alan Cordes, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Debra C. Leach, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Debra Ann Loussedes, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Christopher Edward Obszamy, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Steven Alan Cordes, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Debra C. Leach, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Debra Ann Loussedes, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Christopher Edward Obszamy, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A user input device includes a base that has a top surface. Flexibly attached to the base is a joystick. Character indicia are displayed on the base, and each indicium corresponds to a unique joystick position or motion sequence. The user input device has a processor and non-volatile memory that stores machine-readable instructions, that when executed by the processor, transmit a code associated with the unique joystick position or motion sequence.