Remote keyboard macros activated by hot icons
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsS. Christopher Gladwin, James Y. Wilson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a wireless interface device and more particularly to a wireless interface device for interfacing with a host computer in a stand-alone configuration or either a wired or wireless local area network (LAN). The wireless interface device is a pen-based device and includes a passive stylus as an input device. In order to facilitate operation of the system, the wireless interface device is provided with one or more user-defined hot icons, which, in response to a pen-down event, can be used to activate a keyboard macro.
Claims17
A wireless interface device for use in a computer system which includes one or more remote host computers, each of said one or more remote host computers having a CPU and a storage device for running and storing programs, an associated display to display images and a radio interface, the wireless interface device comprising:
- a wireless interface adapted to wirelessly communicate with one of said one or more remote host computers;
- means for wirelessly interfacing said wireless interface device with one of said one or more remote host computers using said wireless interface, said interfacing means including means for enabling said wireless interface device to take control of and access one of said one or more remote host computers and said programs on said remote host computer by way of a communications link;
- means for displaying whatever images can be displayed on said host computer;
- means for permitting a user to record one or more keyboard macros by inputting a series of commands to be executed by the macro;
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- means for enabling said one or more keyboard macros at said wireless interface device, said keyboard macro enabling means including means for enabling keyboard scan codes corresponding to said one or more keyboard macros, as previously recorded, to be transmitted from said wireless interface device to said one or more remote host computers for storage in a keyboard buffer connected to said one or more remote host computers, said one of said one or more remote host computers being responsive to said one or more keyboard macros activated at said wireless interface device and executed at said remote host.
A wireless interface device for use in a computer system which includes one or more remote host computers, each of said remote host computers having a CPU and a storage device for running and storing programs, an associated display to display images and a wireless interface, the wireless interface device comprising:
- a display for displaying whatever images can be displayed by said remote host computer;
- a transceiver configured to communicate with said host computer by way of a communications link;
- means for wirelessly interfacing said wireless interface device with one of said one or more remote host computers using said transceiver, said interfacing means including means for enabling said wireless interface device to take control of and access one of said one or more remote host computers and said programs on said remote host computer by way of said communications link;
- means for permitting a user to record one or more keyboard macros by inputting a series of commands to be executed by the macro;
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- means for enabling said one or more keyboard macros at said wireless interface device to take control of said remote host computer, said control enabling means including means for enabling keyboard scan codes corresponding to said one or more keyboard macros, as previously recorded, to be transmitted from said wireless interface device to said remote host computer for storage in a keyboard buffer connected to said one or more remote host computers to enable said one or more macros to be executed at said remote host computer.
In a wireless interface device for use in a computer system which includes one or more remote host computers, wherein each of said remote host computers has a CPU, a storage device for running and storing programs, a display for displaying images and a wireless interface, a method for enabling the wireless interface device to communicate with the remote host computer comprising:
- wirelessly interfacing said wireless interface device with one of said one or more remote host computers using said wireless interface, said interfacing means including means for enabling said wireless interface device to wirelessly communicate with and take control of and access one of said one or more remote host computers and said programs on said remote host computer by way of a communications link;
- displaying whatever images can be displayed on said host computer;
- means for permitting a user to record one or more keyboard macros by inputting a series of commands to be executed by the macro;
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- enabling said one or more keyboard macros at said wireless interface device to take control of said host computer, said control enabling step including enabling keyboard scan codes corresponding to said one or more keyboard macros, as previously recorded, to be transmitted from said wireless interface device to said host computer for storage in a keyboard buffer connected to said remote host computers to enable said host computer to execute said one or more keyboard macros.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.