Patent ID: 8928637
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A turntable emulator, comprising; a disc having a rotary encoder underneath, the rotary encoder for generating signals indicating disc motion; and a cross fader having a linear encoder underneath, the linear encoder for generating signals indicating cross fader motion; means for converting by the turntable emulator, the generated signals to mouse-message based data; means for sending by the turntable emulator, the mouse-message based data to a controller for processing; wherein the processing comprises processing by software subroutines which separate the input data into a plurality of independent input streams according to the sources from which input signals are generated; means for creating a cursor assistance environment for each input stream from each input source wherein input stream movements are at least one of an unrestricted mode and a restricted mode, wherein in the unrestricted mode the input stream cursor is visible and generates standard positional mouse messages, and in the restricted mode the input movements are restricted to chosen graphical user interface elements for accessing the functionality and control points of said elements and wherein the associated cursor remains hidden; and means for passing each of the plurality of independent input streams to listening applications; and