Patent ID: 7570166
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A user input process comprising the steps of; providing a substrate, providing and affixing to said substrate at least one wireless energy transmitter, providing and affixing to said substrate a plurality of switchable elements including a first switchable element in a first state in a first physical position on said substrate, a second switchable element in a first state in a second physical position on said substrate, a third switchable element in a first state in a third physical position on said substrate, and a fourth switchable element in a first state in a forth physical position on said substrate, providing a memory, storing in said memory one selected from the group consisting of, a plurality of modulation patterns, a plurality of wireless transmission signatures, and a positional attribute of the physical locations of the switchable elements on said substrate, providing a wireless energy sensor wherein said wireless energy sensor is in wireless communication with said energy transmitter and said wireless energy sensor is in communication with said memory, wherein as an input mechanism a user switches in a sequence said first switchable element to a second state and then said second switchable element to a second state, wirelessly communicating to the transmission sensing means one selected from the group consisting of; the sequence of the switching of the elements, the elements that are in the first state, and the elements that have been switched to the second state, utilizing the wireless communication to assign a meaning to the user's input including at least one selected from the group consisting of; a positional characteristic, a sequence characteristic, a time characteristic, and a directional characteristic.