Method and system for using a keyboard overlay with a...

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2005-04-19

2005-04-19

Nolan, Jr., Charles H. (Department: 2854)

Typewriting machines

Means auxiliary to typewriting function

Attachment for shielding or screening record-medium or...

C400S472000, C400S489000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06880998

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a “keyboard overlay” that sits on top of a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing device. After aligning the overlay on the display screen, the user types on the overlay. When the user presses a key on the overlay, the pressure is transmitted to the display screen below. That pressure is registered by the display screen as a touch. The keyboard overlay is formed to provide tactile finger-position feedback so that a user can keep his fingers oriented properly over the keyboard. The overlay may be opaque with keycap information displayed in the key areas. The overlay may be transparent, allowing a user to see a virtual keyboard painted on the display screen below. The computing device can detect the presence and type of an overlay. Applications may respond differently to different types of overlays. Different applications may be invoked depending upon the type of overlay detected.

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