Patent ID: 7403190
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for labeling a key on a hardware input device, wherein a plurality of pattern layers are associated with a key, one of first and second pattern layers being disposed on top of the other of the first and second pattern layers, and the first pattern layer being divided into first and second portions, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a first control signal from a computer in a first application context; displaying the first portion, and not the second portion, of the first pattern layer responsive to the first control signal in the first application context; receiving a second control signal from the computer in a second application context; displaying at least a portion of the second pattern layer responsive to the second control signal in the second application context; receiving a third control signal from the computer in a third application context; and displaying the second potion, and not the first portion, of the first pattern layer responsive to the third control signal in the third application context.