Computing devices having dynamically configurable user input devices, and methods of operating the same
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAlberto Martin, Katie Leah Roberts-Hoffman, Alexander Friedrich Kuscher, Benjamin Goldsmith
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Abstract
A computing device may include one or more dynamically configurable user input devices. In one example, a triggering event, such as, for example, a user input at a user interface of the computing device, may be detected in connection with an application running on the computing device. In response to the detected triggering event, individual elements of the user interface, such as, for example, keys of a keyboard, may be configured, and/or re-configured, to correspond to the input received and/or the application running on the computing device.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- detecting, by a processor of a computing device, a triggering event in an application executing on a computing device;
- determining, by the processor, a configuration of a user interface of the computing device associated with the application in response to the detected triggering event;
- and
- configuring electronic ink associated with at least a portion of the user interface of the computing device in response to the detected triggering event and the determined configuration, including at least one of:
- changing an appearance of the portion of the user interface to provide a visual indication of the triggering event;
- and
- changing a functionality associated with the portion of the user interface in response to the detected triggering event.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- detecting, by a processor of a computing device, a touch input at a user interface of a computing device, the touch input corresponding to a triggering event;
- determining, by the processor, a configuration of the user interface of the computing device in response to the detected triggering event;
- and
- displaying, at the user interface, user interface elements corresponding to the determined configuration of the user interface in response to the detected triggering event and the determined configuration, including at least one of:
- changing an appearance of at least a portion of the user interface to provide a visual indication of the triggering event;
- and
- changing a functionality associated with the portion of the user interface in response to the detected triggering event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.