Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display peripheral interface input device
Patent
1997-11-13
2000-03-14
Brier, Jeffrey
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display peripheral interface input device
341 22, G09G 508, H03K 1794
Patent
active
060379286
ABSTRACT:
The present disclosure is directed to a system for providing restrained, streamlined access to a computerized information source. The system--which works in association with a multipurpose computer--includes a discrete article, such as an advertising specialty like a mouse pad, having facilities to receive a user input and, in turn, generate a unique predetermined signal based on the input. The system further includes software for configuring the computer to respond to each unique predetermined signal by executing one or more commands, as selected and stored within the software. Each configuration can be dynamically locked such that the commands to be executed upon the unique input are not alterable without an authorization mechanism, such as a password. The software also responds to receipt of one of the unique predetermined signals by executing the commands associated with the received signal. A method for performing same is also disclosed. This system and method have particular application in advertising a business on the Internet, facilitating access to various locations within the domain of an Internet content provider and in managing a computer network.
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Becker Thomas
Krebs Richard
Morton Gregory
Nachinson Jon
Watson Richard
Bell Paul A.
Brier Jeffrey
Imageworks Manufacturing, Inc.
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