Customized display and function for keys on a keyboard
OwnerMark D. Yarvis, Ayeshwarya B. Mahajan +2inventors
InventorsMark D. Yarvis, Ayeshwarya B. Mahajan, Christopher J. Lord, Ramesh Pendakur
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Abstract
An electronic device is described herein. The electronic device includes a keyboard and a plurality of keys arranged on the keyboard. The plurality of keys may include dynamically customized keys based on usage. The display and function of the customized keys may be enabled through the use of platform components and cloud services on the keyboard. The customized keys may include generic, customer-specific, or dynamically updated images.
Claims25
An electronic device, comprising:
- a keyboard;
- a plurality of keys arranged on the keyboard, wherein the plurality of keys comprise dynamically customized keys based on usage.
A non-transitory, computer readable medium for the display of a customized key comprising code to direct a processor to:
- implement a trusted execution environment (TEE) module;
- execute a trusted keyboard manager (TKM) module in the TEE module;
- implement a keyboard manager module;
- and
- execute an application module.
A signed image to be rendered on a customized key, comprising
- an electronic image;
- an assigned private key;
- a signature generated using the assigned private key;
- and
- a public key certificate chain.
A method of displaying a signed image for a customized key, comprising:
- validating the signed image for the customized key, wherein a trusted keyboard manager (TKM) validates the signed image;
- storing the signed image for the customized key, wherein the TKM stores the signed image;
- determining the location of the signed image for the customized key, wherein the TKM determines the location;
- prioritizing the signed image for the customized key;
- selecting the customized key;
- and
- displaying the customized key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.