Input management system and method
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorDwayne Need
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment for managing input information. The system for facilitating input management in a computerized environment may include an input manager for processing events received from an input provider. The system may additionally include a staging area including a stack of events created by the input manager. The staging area allows access by external components. The external components may include a set of filters capable of accessing and manipulating the stack of input events and a set of monitors capable of monitoring manipulation of the stack of events.
Claims12
A method for managing input to facilitate third party access, the method comprising:
- processing input events by creating a staging area including a stack of input events;
- and
- providing third party listener access to the staging area to enable a third party to monitor events in the staging area.
A method for providing an application with event notification, the method comprising:
- receiving a primary event notification, the primary event including a dictionary;
- pushing a secondary event onto a stack in response to the primary event;
- providing the secondary event with the dictionary from the primary event;
- and
- sending both the secondary event and the primary event to the application.
A system for exposing events for both a logical input device and a physical input device, the system comprising:
- a promoter for converting logical input associated with an event to physical input;
- and
- a dictionary accessible to an application, wherein the dictionary associates the logical input related to the event with the physical input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.