System and method for a customizable universal digital docking input pad operating as a plurality of input/output (io) devices for a nearby information handling system

A method of customizing a customizable universal digital docking input pad for an information handling system comprising:

• establishing a short distance wireless link with the information handling system, via a short distance radio;
• detecting, via a grid of touch sensitive or force sensitive pressure sensors, locations of a plurality of solid objects placed by the user on the customizable universal input pad as IO devices for the information handling system;
• transmitting a first location of a first of the plurality of solid objects and a second location of a second of the plurality of solid objects on the universal digital docking input, via the short distance wireless link, to the information handling system;
• receiving, via the short distance radio, from the information handling system a user-selected identification of a first type of IO device for the first solid object;
• detecting a first downward force upon or a first movement of the first solid object with respect to the customizable universal digital docking input pad, via the grid of touch sensitive or force sensitive pressure sensors;
• associating the first downward force or the first movement of the first solid object with first IO commands formatted for a first type of IO device associated with the first solid object, via a microprocessor executing machine readable code instructions of the universal input pad customization agent;
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• transmitting, via the short distance radio, the first IO commands to the information handling system.

An information handling system executing a universal docking input pad customization system comprising:

• a short distance radio to establish a first short distance wireless link with a customizable universal digital docking input pad placed beneath or within short distance radio range of the information handling system;
• the short distance radio to receive from the customizable universal digital docking input pad a location of a solid object placed by a user on the customizable universal digital docking input pad as an identified IO device for the information handling system;
• a hardware processor to execute machine readable code instructions of the universal docking input pad customization system to prompt the user via a graphical user interface (GUI) to identify or confirm an IO device type as the identified IO device for the solid object indicating a type of IO commands to be generated at the customizable universal digital docking input pad in response to detected force or movement of the solid object;
• the short distance radio to receive first IO commands for the IO device type from the customizable universal digital docking input pad at the location for the identified IO device;
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• the hardware processor or a hardware controller to execute the first IO commands from the identified IO device to allow the user to interact with a software application of the information handling system.