Touch screen form entry system
December 11, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDisplayed keyboard indicia Dynamically variable keyboard terminal Method of using a liquid crystal display device as a data input device General-purpose electronic telephone station set Telephone system with computer generated dial pad and automatic dialing Interactive computer aided design system Touchscreen two-dimensional emulation of three-dimensional objects Communication terminal for processing voice and graphical information Audiographics communication system Computer interface device Patent #: 4725694 InventorsApplicationNo. 06/940408 filed on 12/11/1986US Classes:379/368, Plural-switch number input device (e.g., keypad)178/18.01, Position coordinate determination for writing (e.g., writing digitizer pad, stylus, or circuitry)345/173, Touch panel345/902, MENU DISPLAY379/396, Visual signalling (e.g., lamp)379/915, "Soft" key379/916, TOUCH SCREEN ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE SET379/93.19, Having pressure or position sensitive surface (e.g., touch-screen, light pen)715/507, Form filling715/790Overlap controlExaminersPrimary: George, Keith E.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 3/023 (20060101)G06F 17/24 (20060101) G06F 3/033 (20060101) H04M 1/274 (20060101) H04M 1/2745 (20060101) AbstractA personal computer connected to a display and touch screen panel is provided with a form entry system integrated therewith. The form entry system is adapted to display a predefined form and to automatically display a predefined tool, such as a keyboard, menu, calculator, etc., to facilitate inputting information in a respective field of the form or chart. Specifically, the user is prompted as to which field is to be filled in by highlighting the field and concurrently displaying as an overlay (window) the tool that the user will use to input the information called for by the highlighted field. In the case where a field calls for illustratively the insertion of a name, the system may be adapted to display a menu of names as the tool for filling in that field. The user selects the name that he or she desired to be inserted in the field by touching that name. The system responsive thereto inserts the name in that field, highlights the next field to be filled in and displays the tool for filling that field. The system may also be adapted to communicate with a host computer to obtain the information that is to be inserted in one or more fields. Also, the user may erase the tool that is displayed by the system and direct the system to display another tool, such as the aforementioned keyboard.Other References
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