Appeal No. 1998-0943
Application No. 08/300,500
and 6-13 is before us on appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to a mobile interface
device which operates to remotely control application programs
running on a host computer. An input subsystem, including a
stylus, provides positional data representing spatial
positions of the stylus. A further embodiment includes a pen-
based graphical interface which communicates with an operating
system on the host computer having handwriting recognition
capability.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A mobile user interface device for controlling a
host computer, comprising:
a graphical display subsystem, including a graphical
display, for displaying an image;
an input subsystem, including a stylus, for receiving
from a user positional data representing spatial positions of
said stylus; and
a wireless communication subsystem for sending data to
and receiving data from said host computer over a wireless
communication link; and
means for controlling operations of said graphical
display subsystem, said input subsystem and said wireless
communication subsystem, said means for controlling (i)
causing said wireless communication link to be created; (ii)
causing an application program to be run on said host
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