Hand-held, freestanding, double-sided electronic keyboard

2- An electronic data entry apparatus, according to claim 1, wherein, the modifier keys are grouped, shaped, and positioned such that any one, or combination of several, or all modifier keys may be pressed by one thumb.

3- An electronic data entry apparatus, according to claim 1, which shall have the means by which said apparatus may be adjusted in size or shape, to accommodate a range of user hand sizes, through the use of sliding, telescoping, or swiveling parts.

4- An electronic data entry apparatus, according to claim 1, wherein;

• said apparatus is controlled by computer software, that scans, detects, encodes, and transmits data from the keys to an operating system or application in a computer or other data processing or communications device, with said software including algorithms to perform the process, whereby;
• the key-data is examined before it is relayed to the operating system, specifically to detect whether switches in the handles have been released, or whether a switch designated lock/reset on the front of the apparatus has been pressed, with the effect that, at such time no further data will be transmitted, effectively locking the keyboard, until the keys designated as the home row have been pressed together simultaneously, and released while the device is held in the hands, thereby resetting and unlocking the keyboard, and said software shall include the instruction to place the keyboard in its locked state during power-up, and said software shall include an interface for any devices that may be included in the computer system that function as the pointers in a graphical user interfaces, to block data from these devices, during the time that the keyboard is locked.