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US 2004/0017352 A1Published application
Information processing apparatus and function assignment method for pointing device
OwnerSatoru Ishigakiinventor
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Abstract
This invention provides an information processing apparatus which has a pointing device, means for identifying the environment of the information processing apparatus, and means for executing a function corresponding to an operation of the pointing device in accordance with the identified environment.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a pointing device;
- means for identifying an environment of the information processing apparatus;
- and
- means for executing a function corresponding to an operation of the pointing device in accordance with the identified environment.
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A method of assigning a function of a pointing device, comprising steps of:
- identifying an environment of the information processing apparatus;
- and
- executing a function corresponding to an operation of a pointing device in accordance with the identified environment.
An information storage medium which stores a program for assigning a function of a pointing device in an information processing apparatus,
- the program comprising:
- means for identifying an environment of the information processing apparatus;
- and
- means for making the information processing apparatus execute a function corresponding to an operation of the pointing device in accordance with the identified environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.