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US 2011/0216028 A1Published application
Methods For Allowing Applications To Filter Out Or Opt Into Tablet Input
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAlexander J. Zotov, Reed L. Townsend, Steven P. Dodge, Todd M. Landstad, Olumuyiwa M. Durojaiye, Stefan Wick, Vijayakumar Rangasamy
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Abstract
Methods and systems for enabling a tablet input object is described. A tablet input object can take various inputs from touch, a mouse, and a pen and send their information to an application.
Claims20
A method for handling tablet input, the method comprising:
- receiving a message, including a signature from a digitizer, that differentiates between touch input, made via a finger, and pen input;
- exchanging the received message with an input sink of a client side application;
- determining that the received message represents touch input made via a finger based upon a tablet name, wherein a portion of the tablet name includes a term identifying the tablet as a touch tablet;
- and
- when a determination has been made that touch input, made via a finger, has been received, the client side application providing a touch specific option and disabling areas of a user interface not affected by touch input.
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A method for handling tablet input, the method comprising:
- receiving a message, including a signature from a digitizer, that differentiates between touch input, made via a finger, and a mouse event;
- exchanging the received message with an input sink of a client side application;
- determining that the received message represents touch input made via a finger based upon a tablet name, wherein a portion of the tablet name includes a term identifying the tablet as a touch tablet;
- generating mouse events including a touch signature from the digitizer based on touch input,
- passing the mouse events to the client side application;
- and
- upon a determination that touch input, made via a finger, has been received, the client side application providing a touch specific option.
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A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause said processor to perform a method for handling tablet input, the method comprising:
- receiving a message, including a signature from a digitizer, that differentiates between touch input, made via a finger, and a mouse event;
- exchanging the received message with an input sink of a client side application;
- determining that the received message represents touch input made via a finger based upon a tablet name, wherein a portion of the tablet name includes a term identifying the tablet as a touch tablet;
- generating mouse events including a touch signature from the digitizer based on touch input;
- passing the mouse events to the client side application;
- and
- upon a determination that touch input, made via a finger, has been received, the client side application providing a touch specific option.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.