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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Nima Parivar, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesse Michael Devine, Campbell, CA (US);
Christopher T. Mullens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nima Parivar, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesse Michael Devine, Campbell, CA (US);
Christopher T. Mullens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods related to providing peripheral device functionality is described herein. In one embodiment, a method of operating a host computing device is described. The method includes communicatively coupling with a keyboard and querying the keyboard for a descriptor. Receiving the descriptor from the keyboard, wherein the descriptor includes data representative of a language, layout, and key mappings for the keyboard. Storing the data from the descriptor at the host and publishing strings for proper translation and interpretation of input received from the keyboard.