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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsC. Shane Evans, Marcus J. Andrews, Om K. Sharma, James E. Veres, John M. Thornton
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A system for using computer input devices with software applications is disclosed. The system includes an input device mapper API, which uses a language of semantics as an interface between input devices and software applications. The input device mapper receives information about which semantics the devices connected to the computer are able to implement, and which semantics correspond to actions that a user can request the software to perform. The input device mapper maps controls on the available devices into user-requestable software actions by matching, as closely as possible, device controls and software actions that correspond to the same semantic. The system thus makes input devices and software applications transparent to each other, and permits a software application to be designed to operate without regard to which input device is being used to control its actions.
A system for mapping an input device's controls to interact with an application, the system comprising:
A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
One or more tangible computer readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that perform an action-control set-up when executed on a computing device, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
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