Patent Publication Number: US-9411467-B2

Title: Actionable-object controller and data-entry device for touchscreen-based electronics

Description:
This application is a continuation-in-part application and claims the benefit of priority to WIPO Patent Application IB2011/051049 filed on Mar. 12, 2011 and U.S. application Ser. No. 14/062,824 filed on Oct. 24, 2013 (which lead to a granted patent in July of 2015) which claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/344,158 filed Jun. 2, 2010 and U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/282,692 filed Mar. 18, 2010. The entire contents of all of the foregoing applications as referenced and of any related disclosures under common inventor ownership are hereby incorporated. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     The present invention relates to the technical field of touchscreen-based electronics. Touchscreen-based electronics, in both a portable and stationary environment, can include a wide array of devices such as: personal and notebook computers, netbooks, ATMs, POS or information kiosks, ticket-dispensing machines, portable media players, personal digital assistants, monitors, televisions, tablets, branded i-devices and Mobile Internet Devices or MIDs, such as multi-media and Internet-enabled Smart phones; although this list is not intended to be exhaustive. Touchscreens allow users of these devices to input commands, engage in data entry or otherwise control an actionable object or on-screen graphic through touch—typically by finger, thumb or stylus contact. The touchscreen senses the coordinates of the “touch,” through any of the varying means of touchscreen-based technologies, including, but not suggestive of limitation to, those that are capacitive-and-resistive governed. The coordinate data registered via “touch-sensing” can then be relayed to the device&#39;s microcontroller (or processor) for related processing and can further see execution by software associated with applications running on an electronic-touchscreen in order to initiate a desired action. 
     Coordinate-data determination at the point of contact, of course, is technology specific. With resistive touchscreen technologies, for example, the touchscreen panel is comprised of several layers; notably two electrically-conductive membranes that are typically separated by an extremely thin non-conductive gap. When pressure is applied to the flexible topmost layer, contact is made with its conductive pairing, effectively completing “the circuit” at the point of contact and thus, engaging the related hardware for specific coordinate-data determination and related processing. 
     In a capacitive-sensor system, the touchscreen panel, typically glass coated with a material such as indium tin oxide to enhance conductivity across a sensor device, acts as a sensor. In preamble, a biological property of the human body is its ability to carry and store an electrical charge—a case in reference being the electrons contained in your finger. The capacitive-sensor system utilizes a conductive input, usually a user&#39;s finger, to register touch (and is ideally capable of collectively tracking 10 or more fingers concurrently). Finger contact with the capacitive-based touchscreen panel alters the electrostatic field, which is then interpreted by the processor and device&#39;s software, such as any pre-installed input-driven software, translating this touch into a gesture or command. Respective capacitive touchscreens feature electrostatic-field monitoring circuitry, with points that can be arranged in the form of a grid. Each point on the grid is designed to register changes in electrostatic fields and process them accordingly, making multi-touch and multi-gestures possible. 
     Input-driven software includes touch-requisite applications such as those fueling an ever-growing list of smart-phone “apps”. In associative transition, despite mobile apps being wildly popular, a direct consequence of the pocket-sized footprint of portable gadgets may see a user experience that is greatly attenuated by significant limitations of control of an actionable object or “an on-screen graphic”. Contributing factors may include the device&#39;s small screen size and tiny on-screen control-keys, the size and sensitivity of the positioning of a user&#39;s fingers, the diversity and changing landscape of the soft keys and the unnatural fit for many of controlling or navigating an actionable object whilst the touchscreen-enabled hardware is concurrently grasped. In the ease of gaming applications on portable hardware, where control of an actionable object or player for a particular gaming title becomes more intricate, these limitations of control can be exacerbated. 
     The imprecise nature of traditional, graphic-based touchscreen controllers of an actionable object may be especially apparent when console-born gaming titles are adapted to the small screen (pocket gaming), and controllers and control efficacy between both platforms can be compared based on a user&#39;s experience. Even simple left, right, upward and downward navigation that is engaged by a touchscreen&#39;s soft buttons or keys, in a traditional manner, may prove difficult to execute in certain environments. Peer-based, business or SMS (Short Message Service) testing in data-entry applications, additionally, can suffer from a tiny-portable footprint, where the “hunt and peck”, for example, may not always be as productive as first intended. With one&#39;s finger size often bigger than the soft keys or buttons it was designed for, this can lend itself to accidental “key bleed” between neighboring keys—that is, with neighboring keys accidentally being touched in data-entry execution over the intended ones or, similarly, a plurality of keys accidentally being touched concurrently, instead of an intended single-key execution. 
     Circumstances may arise where it would be desirable to operate the soft buttons displayed on the touchscreen from a distance or using an alternate input device; in both a portable and stationary (notwithstanding its larger form factor) environment. 
     SUMMARY 
     It is to be understood that both the following summary and the detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. Neither the summary nor the description that follows is intended to define or limit the scope of the invention to the particular features mentioned in the summary or in the description. 
     In certain embodiments, the disclosed embodiments may include one or more of the features described herein. 
     Embodiments herein are directed to systems, devices and methods for improving the control performance and data-entry efficacy and functionality of soft buttons or soft keys displayed on congruous touchscreens; when used in stationary and portable devices. 
     In some embodiments, a touchscreen-controller attachment is attached conterminously or proximately to a touchscreen. The touchscreen-controller attachment provides a physical interface for a touchscreen controller displayed as soft keys on a touchscreen. 
     According to an embodiment, a touchscreen-controller attachment device has one or more input ends and one or more output ends. The input and output ends both serve as conductive elements. Each input end is connected to a respective output end and the output ends, residing in an attachment base, are configured to be respectively affixed, in a position of contact with or in close proximity to and awaiting manipulation that engages contact with, the soft buttons, keys or controller(s) of a touchscreen. The output ends are thus configured to activate the touchscreen when one or more of the input ends is manipulated. The base can include a plurality of channels, with each of the plurality of channels designed to house either a fixed or removable output end. Unlike resistive touchscreens that sense pressure on a touchscreen from an output end regardless of the presence of an electrical signal, traditional capacitive touchscreens require a conductive path to remain present between the input and output end. 
     In some unitary element embodiments, there may be at least one spring chamber extending through a controller base channel; said channel or chamber collectively housing both the unitary element and a coil spring. As the input end of a housed (by a coil wrap) unitary element is manipulated, the output end is engaged contactually to a touchscreen. In such an embodiment, both the spring and output end preferably assume a position of rest upon deapplication of the input end of a unitary element. Each pair of input and output ends are opposite ends of a unitary element and serve to complete a conductive path in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     Varying the contactual alignment of the output ends with the soft-buttons, for instance at the soft-button&#39;s outermost edges, allows for physical expansion of the size of the tactile controller from the fixed dimensions of the soft-button controller, which may be coveted in scenarios revolving around a pocket-gaming environment. 
     In some embodiments, a touchscreen-controller assembly provides an interface between a touchscreen controller displayed as soft keys on a portable-or-stationary device&#39;s touchscreen and a physical controller device that is designed for remote operation. That is, an actionable-object controller device that operates remotely from the portable or stationary device. Remote operation is delineated in both wired and wireless expressions. 
     According to a remote embodiment, the input ends are remote from the output ends and are connected to the output ends by wire or wirelessly. Components may include a remote, hand-controller base, housing one or more input ends, a transceiver that is communicatively coupled—wirelessly—with a remote, hand-controller base, and at least one conductive filament; the at least one conductive filament (housed in a specially insulated cable) having a first end and a second end, where the first end is communicatively coupled with the transceiver, and wherein the second end is communicatively coupled with an output end. Some remote embodiments, such as those that are transceiverless, may also see at least one conductive filament, the at least one conductive filament (housed in a specially insulated cable) having a first end and a second end, where the first end is communicatively coupled to one of the input ends of a remote, hand-controller base, and the second end is communicatively coupled to one of the output ends. 
     In haptic embodiments, a hand-gripped controller—containing at least one or more input ends—also houses at least one vibration motor; whereas a vibration motor is engaged according to directives administered through haptic association with a broadcast agent such as a user device. Haptic association may be married to a transceiver or haptic directives can be interpreted directly by a specially-designed, independent hand-gripped controller. Both wired and wireless mediums can be utilized to complete the necessary conductive path of a unitary element, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     According to an embodiment, a data-entry attachment provides an interface between data-entry-based soft keys, including, but not limited to, symbols, numbers, alphabetic characters, graphics; also navigation, function, toggle and modifier keys (such as Ctrl, Shift, Alt, and so forth) and a physical data-entry controller (such as a keyboard, keypad or similar data-entry device), located remotely from the portable or stationary device. 
     According to an embodiment, a data-entry attachment device includes a plurality of output elements and a plurality of input keys, each input key communicatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of output elements via wires or wirelessly. In a wired environment, the plurality of output elements are affixable to the touchscreen of a user device. The output elements are conductive elements and the input keys (inherently conductive) also act as conductive elements; with each input key communicatively coupled, respectively, to at least one of the plurality of output elements via one or more conductive wires. A specially designed transceiver with attachable matrix would permit wireless coupling serviceable to this embodiment. In toggle mode, at least one of the output elements is communicatively coupled with at least two input keys, whereby activation of either input key activates the associated, coupled output element. 
     According to an embodiment, a suspension device with a grip-friendly stead is introduced. The suspension device is adapted to house a touchscreen device, an adjustable stem member having a first end and a second end, and at least one slotted groove designed to house the first end of the adjustable stem member, the second end being attachable—or seeing fixed attachment—to an attachable-controller device or touchscreen-controller attachment; whereas said touchscreen-controller attachment (with housed conductive elements) seeks direct (basal) attachment to the touchscreen at its base, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. The suspension device may be constructed to provide for an attachment plurality; an embodiment is further described where the attachment device is at least one of a touchscreen-controller attachment and a magnification device, and whereas the suspension device includes at least one handle component and the at least one handle is contoured to a user&#39;s hand. 
     In some embodiments, two or more input keys may be communicatively connected with a single actuating element such that activation of either input key activates the coupled actuating element. Any of the described embodiments may use an AV cable output configured to connect to a touchscreen device that allows touchscreen device output to be viewed on a television screen, freeing touchscreen device input and/or output from the constraints of the touchscreen device. Any of the disclosed embodiments may use actuating elements that instead of being conductive, exert, pressure on the touchscreen or otherwise are configured to activate a given non-conductive touchscreen technology. In some embodiments, an innate capacitive source and capacitive manager allow conductive output ends to be engaged without direct user contact or a direct conductive connection between input and output ends by drawing from the innate capacitive source. The actuating elements may be configured to control an actionable-object on the touchscreen. 
     These and other articulations of the present invention are pabulum of the disclosure and associated drawings. Non-traditional input interfaces for touch-screen based electronics are imparted, an impetus at the core of all filings under the title; ACTIONABLE-OBJECT CONTROLLER AND DATA-ENTRY ATTACHMENT FOR TOUCHSCREEN-BASED ELECTRONICS. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a part of the specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments and, together with the description, further serve to enable a person skilled in the art to make and use these embodiments and others that will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The invention will be more particularly described in conjunction with the following drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top view of a soft-key or soft-button touchscreen controller (graphically-based) and a controllable or actionable object on a touchscreen, according to prior art. 
         FIG. 2A  illustrates a touchscreen-controller attachment, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 2B  illustrates a touchscreen-controller attachment conductively affixed to the soft keys or soft buttons of a touchscreen, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 3A  illustrates an unattached controller assembly, designed for remote operation, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 3B  illustrates a controller assembly designed for remote operation; conductively married by attachment to the soft buttons or keys of a touchscreen, according to an embodiment. (See also  FIGS. 10A, 10B ) 
         FIG. 4A  illustrates a simplified, cross-sectioned side view of an attachable-controller assembly, as affixed, respectively, to the touchscreen, with the correlative conductive elements in constant contact with the touchscreen, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 4B  illustrates a simplified, cross-sectioned side view of an attachable-controller assembly, as affixed, respectively, to the touchscreen, with the correlative conductive elements disengaged from the touchscreen at rest, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 5  illustrates a cross-sectional view of a touchscreen-controller attachment, with a single, spring-mounted conductive element, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 6  illustrates a touchscreen-controller attachment, borrowing in expression from a traditional joystick controller, primarily through its shaft design and curvilineal conductive top, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 7  is yet another embodiment of the touchscreen-controller attachment, featuring a customizable navigation-control system, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 8A  illustrates a user-device suspension apparatus, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 8B  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the elements of a controller attachment as it is attached to, through an adjustable stem, a receptive suspension device, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 9  illustrates a touchscreen-controller assembly designed for remote operation; with a wireless component, according to an embodiment. 
         FIGS. 10A and 10B  illustrate a touchscreen-controller assembly, designed for remote operation, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 11  illustrates a means of expanding the size of the touchscreen-controller attachment, against a fixed set of soft buttons, according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 12  is a listing, diagram of components related to a data-entry ensemble; including a touchscreen-controller attachment matrix-comprising a plurality of conductive elements; a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device designed to engage soft data-entry or soft buttons and a hardware touchscreen; according to an embodiment. 
         FIG. 13  is an associative diagram of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix and its correct attachment sequence to the graphical or touchscreen-based soft buttons or data-entry buttons at the matrix&#39;s face  50 -F and its integration with the conductive keys (partially illustrated for clarity using only two conductive keys or the actionable letters “A” and “B”) of a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device, via extension from the matrix&#39;s back. 
         FIG. 14  is an illustration of an embodiment suggesting the premise of “toggle-mode”, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
         FIG. 15  is an illustration of a plurality of various character or keyboard sets that are linked in a toggle, the premise of “toggle” being requisite for devices subject to space limitations. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Embodiments herein are directed to systems, devices and methods for improving input function of soft-button controllers (graphical representations that are engaged by—or respond to—the control input of a finger in order to carry out a function) and/or any respective soft key or keys and/or graphical representations situated on a capacitive touchscreen, particularly; in both stationary and portable devices. The disclosures herein are provided to lend instance to the operation and methodology of the various embodiments and are neither intended to suggest limitation in breadth or scope nor to suggest limitation to the claims appended hereto. Furthermore, such exemplary embodiments may be applicable to all suitable touchscreen-hardware platforms (tablets, smart phones, monitors, televisions, point-of-display, etceteras) and can also include all suitable touchscreen technologies, beyond capacitive and capacitance governed, such as those inclined with resistive touchscreens that, too, respond to touch input, albeit with its own peculiarities related to the technology. Those skilled in the art will understand and appreciate the actuality of variations, combinations and equivalents of the specific embodiments, methods and examples listed herein. 
     The embodiment(s) described, and references in the specification to “one embodiment”. “an embodiment”, “an example embodiment”, etc., indicate that the embodiment(s) described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. When a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, persons skilled in the art may effect said feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described. 
     While a functional element may be illustrated as being located within a particular structure, other locations of the functional element are possible. Further, the description of an embodiment and the orientation and layout of an element in a drawing are for illustrative purposes only and are not suggestive of limitation. 
     In the several figures, like reference numerals may be used for like elements having like functions even in different drawings. The embodiments described, and their detailed construction and elements, are merely provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of the invention. Thus, it is apparent that the present invention can be carried out in a variety of ways, and does not require any of the specific features described herein. Also, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention with unnecessary detail. 
     The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention. 
     In the description that follows, the term “portable device” encompasses portable media players, personal digital assistants, laptop computers, tablets, branded i-devices and multimedia and Internet-enabled smart phones, amongst others similarly situated. 
     In the description that follows, the term “stationary device” encompasses a device that is generally operated in a fixed location. A stationary device may be movable or transportable, but is generally not operated while in transit. 
     Whilst embodiments may be illustrated using portable devices, the particularity of these embodiments are not limited to application of portable devices and may instead be applied to stationary devices. For purposes of the discussion that follows, the term “user device” encompasses both portable and stationary devices. 
     In the discourse that follows, the terms “soft button” or “soft keys” can encompass a graphical representation of a D-pad (directional pad) or gamepad, a physical button, a switch, a pointer, an alphanumeric key, data-entry key or any input-seeking graphical representation on a touchscreen; that may be engaged by a user through touch in order to enter a command, indicate a selection, input data or engage or control an actionable object located on the touchscreen. Touch gestures are registered by the touchscreen through interpretation by a processor; in collaboration with the respective software running on the user device. 
     In the description that follows, the term “attachment” generally refers to a device or assembly that is placed in contact with the soft-buttons on a touchscreen for purposes of engaging control of an actionable object or series of objects, such as those that may be present in gaming, enterprise, office suites, text or data-entry, media, graphics and presentation applications, although these applications are not suggestive of limitation. In certain scenarios, soft-button deployment through attachment contact is not automatic and requires prior manipulation of usually proximal conductive elements for engagement. An attachment may be adapted for both wired and wireless expressions. 
     In the description that follows, the term “remote operation” refers to a physical controller assembly, interface or device that is intended to be operated remotely from the touchscreen. 
     Embodiments of the present invention are described in more detail below, under dissertation of introduced Figures, with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates a top view of a soft-key or soft-button controller and an actionable or controllable object on a touchscreen, according to prior art. 
     A user device  5  utilizes a touchscreen  10 . An application running on the user device  5  displays soft buttons  20  that are designed to effect control of an actionable object  15 . The actionable object  15  is illustrated as a graphic on the touchscreen  10  and may be a player, character, numerical or alphabetic rendering, cursor, pointer, icon or any other graphical representation that is typically controlled by the rendered soft button inputs  20 . In a data-entry sense, the term actionable object  15  can be used interchangeably with the soft-buttons  20  themselves. Such is the case when a soft-button, for instance, comprises an alphanumeric character. In this way, as a soft-button is touch engaged, it can directly translate the gesture into user input in a data-entry application. 
     As noted previously, due to a user device&#39;s  5  potentially small-screen size and concomitant tiny on-screen soft buttons  20 , significant limitations of control can be a direct consequence of a small footprint; making precise or intended control of the actionable object  15  difficult in a native, attachmentless state. 
       FIG. 2A  illustrates a touchscreen-controller attachment  102 , according to an embodiment.  FIG. 2B  illustrates a touchscreen-controller attachment  102  with the respective conductive elements  106  conductively affixed to the soft keys or soft buttons  20  of a touchscreen  10 , according to an embodiment. Some elements of  FIG. 2A  may not be reproduced in  FIG. 2B  since contactual overlay is the elementary focus. 
     A touchscreen-controller attachment  102  comprises an attachment base  104  containing a conductive element  106  or plurality of conductive elements  106 . The conductive elements  106  may be made of any electrically-conductive material or materials, including but not limited to, conductive polymers such as polyaniline, conductive gels, conductive liquids, conductive wire, any material that is conductively (exhibiting conductivity) coated—such as with the use of treated and/or dipped foam, thread, or fibers-used alone, in filler compositions or in a series of conductive combinations, as aptly conjoined. The material of the conductive elements  106  are preferably chosen and/or shielded to be non-abrasive to the touchscreen  10 . 
     Excluding the housed conductive elements  106 , the touchscreen-controller attachment  102  is comprised of a non-conductive material or materials, such as plastic or rubber. The back, screen or “attachment” side of the touchscreen-controller attachment  102  is designed to be affixed to the touchscreen  10 , with the touchscreen-controller attachment&#39;s  102  opposing face, (the actuating or “user” side) accessible by a user of the user device  5 . The conductive elements  106  are designed for contact with the soft buttons  20  (see  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2B ) from the attachment side and see the element&#39;s conductive path extended, respectively, to an accessible position of touch input on the actuating or “user” side of the user device  5 . 
     The attachment base  104  may be affixed to the touchscreen  10  by suction, static, removable adhesive backing or any other appropriate means. A removal tab  108  provides for removal of the attachment base  104  from the touchscreen  10 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2B , the touchscreen-controller attachment  102  is attached in a manner such that the conductive elements  106  are in contactual and respective alignment with the soft buttons  20  displayed on the touchscreen  10 . This alignment permits the capacitive load or capacitance stored, for example, in the user&#39;s finger (which is also an electrical conductor) to be conveyed through the conductive elements  106  upon touch at the “input” end and thus alter the amount of charge at the corresponding “output” end seeing touchscreen  10  contact, just as if the user was directly touching the soft-buttons  20  of a touchscreen  10  by the instrumentality of finger or touch input. Said contact may then be interpreted by both the processor and software of the device and relayed, accordingly, to engage control of an actionable object  15 . A conductive path thus “extends” the soft buttons  20  of the touchscreen  10  to the entirety of the conductive elements  106 . In this way, the touchscreen-controller attachment  102  can offer the user a vastly improved, more refined means of controlling a controllable or actionable object  15  over its “native”, attachmentless state. 
     In contrast with direct finger contact with the soft buttons  20 , the touchscreen-controller attachment  102  provides for a physical interface—that can be scalable—assisting the user in tactile reference of a touchscreen&#39;s  10  “button geography”. Such tactile reference could prove quite advantageous in yielding more precise control, comfort, convenience and a greater parallel to familiarity of habit with an interface that may borrow certain physical expression or expressions from traditional control structures of video-game consoles, amongst other advantages. The touchscreen-controller attachment  102 , in tactile elaboration, provides a physical reference point that reduces a user&#39;s need for visual confirmation of the location of the soft buttons  20 . With traditional, standalone soft-button controllers in action, as a case in point, visual confirmation may be required when a user&#39;s finger has slipped, from the soft buttons  20  or fails to actuate a soft-button through misplacement and a loss in finger orientation ensues. In an active gaming environment, for example, with dynamic and rapidly-evolving control-structure requirements facing the user, such miscues can be all too common. 
     The touchscreen-controller attachment  102  is sufficiently wide and long to ensure that the soft-buttons  20  are aligned with the conductive elements  106 , but not overly wide and long to otherwise block or encroach germane domain of the actual screen as an application or actionable element is being rendered. Graphical encroachment beyond the soft-buttons  20  may occur, when such encroachment is not deemed critically invasive to the application. The conductive elements  106  are proportionate to the soft buttons  20  on the touchscreen  10  and also the respective hardware ensemble on which it is intended to operate and sit contactually affixed to the intended soft button and not an unintended plurality, unless specifically designed for such a purpose. 
     While a single touchscreen-controller attachment  102  is illustrated in  FIG. 2B , this is not suggestive of quantitative limitation. In an embodiment, a plurality of touchscreen-controller attachments of varying sizes, shapes, configurations and component dimensions may be simultaneously affixed to a touchscreen  10 , in the spirit and scope of this discourse, should control scenarios of an actionable object  15  or objects require it. 
       FIG. 3A  illustrates an unattached touchscreen-controller assembly, designed for remote operation, according to an embodiment. 
     A remote actionable-object controller assembly  302  comprises a remote actionable-object controller interface  304 , connecting cable  308  and a plurality of conductive elements  310  and  306 ; each of the conductive elements  310  is individually attached, ensuring a chain-of-conductivity or conductive path remains present, to a conductive extension such as a wire filament. The connecting cable  308  collectively houses the attached wire filaments for each of the conductive elements  310 , with care to ensure each individual wire is properly insulated from each other to prevent conductive “bleed-through” between the competing filaments (subject to contact) housed in the connecting cable  308 . 
     Reciprocally, each of the conductive elements  306  in the remote actionable-object controller interface  304 , is individually attached, ensuring a conductive path remains present, to the opposite end of the respective wire filament originally extended from a conductive element  310  and described above. Thus, a conductive path remains throughout the respectively tethered conductive elements  306  and  310  via a wire filament connection. 
     The conductive elements  306  and  310  may be made of any electrically-conductive material or combination of conductive materials, including but not limited to, conducting polymers such as polyaniline, conductive gels, conductive liquids, conductive inks, conductive wire and/or any material that is conductively (exhibiting conductivity) dipped and/or coated—such as with the use of treated foam, thread, or fibers—used alone, in filler compositions or in a series of conductive combinations, as aptly conjoined to ensure a proper conductive path remains present. Excluding the housed conductive elements  306 , the remote actionable-object controller interface  304  is constructed of a non-conductive material, such as plastic or rubber. 
     A substantial length of each wire filament remains housed in the connecting cable  308 ; the exception being the attachable ends of a wire filament, thus helping promote attachment and attachment flexibility. The conductive element  310  is married to the contact base  312  by any means appropriate, with care to ensure a proper conductive path to the touchscreen  10  remains throughout. The contact base  312 , containing either a conductive component or constructed from a conductive material in its entirety, is designed to sit conductively affixed to the soft buttons  20  (not illustrated). 
       FIG. 3B  illustrates the touchscreen-controller assembly  302  outlined in  FIG. 3A , delineating how it is conductively married—by attachment—to the respective soft buttons  20  of a touchscreen  10 ; thus permitting remote operation, according to an embodiment. 
     Each conductive element  306  of the remote actionable-object controller interface  304  is assigned to a correlative soft button  20 . For instance, according to position, the top conductive element  306  on the remote actionable-object controller interface  304 , will see the conductive path completed when it is positioned in contact with the top soft button  20 . The conductive element corresponding to the right-most conductive element  306  sees its conductive path extended to the right-most soft button  20 , and so on, until each respective soft button  20  is properly accounted for and properly synchronized for intended navigation. 
     Each conductive element  310  is proportionate to the touchscreen  10  environment in which it is intended to operate. Each conductive element  318  is sized with care to ensure each does not block or encroach germane domain of the actual screen as the application is being rendered and/or unintentionally overlap a plurality of soft buttons  20 , upon attachment to its correlative counterpart. One or more of the conductive elements  310  (including all attachment housing) may be transparent or translucent, minimizing any loss of view due to placement of the conductive elements. Colour coding may be used to simplify deployment of the controller assembly, amongst other means. 
     Citing an example of a capacitive touchscreen  10 , two electrically conductive objects, in this case a user&#39;s finger and the metal electrodes underneath the surface of a capacitive touchscreen, are brought in close proximity—without actually touching. When a user&#39;s finger contacts the glass of a specially-equipped touchscreen  10 , a tiny instance of capacitance is created between these two electrically conductive objects. This instance of capacitance is cooperatively interpreted by both the processor and software running on the user device  5 , thereby translating this touch into directives; such as when attempting control of an actionable object  15 . Touching the conductive elements  306  of the remote actionable-object controller interface  304 , is detected by the touchscreen  10  in the same way as directly touching the soft buttons  20  on the touchscreen  10  itself, making remote operation from a capacitive-touchscreen device possible through extension of any requisite conductive path(s). 
     Although not illustrated, the remote actionable-object controller assembly  302  can comprise a current-boosting device that is designed to, for example, intercept, then boost the induced capacitance engaged by finger contact with the conductive elements  306 , before it is relayed to the touchscreen  10  in order to complete the conductive path. Such use of an amplifier device may be necessary under certain remote-operating scenarios. 
     Furthermore, a haptic embodiment marrying an adapted remote actionable-object controller interface  304  with an actuator, such as a single or series of vibratory motors and a vibration-coupling device, in a hand-held device to form a haptic controller—also not illustrated—is presented. The haptic controller provides force or tactile feedback to a user, commonly in the form of a vibration reflex to touch. Vibration-feedback is dependent on governing software, such as with the game play or activity of compatible-gaming titles relaying haptic directives from the user device  5  to a haptic controller. In a game environment, force feedback can be used to register events like bumps, crashes and player damage. A vibration-coupling device acts as an intermediary relay to the vibratory motors of a haptic controller, after first receiving “haptic” or signal directives from the user device  5 , in one haptic embodiment, or alternatively, a separate intermediary-transceiving device (See  FIG. 9  for related discussion) may act as the synchronizing relay agent of haptic directives from a user device  5  to a haptic controller. 
     Components involved in the relay of haptic directives can be suitably equipped for a full wireless complement, although this does not preclude use of a “wired” constituent and/or substitute. For instance, A haptic controller with innate conductive elements  306  designed to capacitively engage control of an actionable object  15 , in the spirit and scope of this discourse, can see a conductive path to a touchscreen  5  completed through use of a wire filament. Haptic directives may also be communicated using near-field communications (NFC) with, for example, a NFC-equipped mountable intermediary-transceiving device (not shown here, please refer to  FIG. 9  for related discussion) designed to station—and haptically-interact with—a user device  5 . The use of NFC in this embodiment is not suggestive of limitation to this particular example. 
     The haptic controller may be powered by a controller battery or plurality of batteries, a power receptacle and/or any ether suitable power source. Dimensions of this embodiment are proportionate in size to the hardware in which it is linked. Although haptic feedback seeks to take advantage of a user&#39;s sense of touch, this embodiment is not suggestive of limitation and may be modified to wholly embrace the future of all sensory-involvement devices, including those beyond the sense of touch. Modifications to this embodiment will also occur as haptic technology evolves and a new wave of highly-sophisticated haptic interfaces surface, such as with the possible inclusions of haptic radar, haptic teloperation, force-feedback RFID and virtual drums and with the evolution of nano-technology interfaces. 
     The conductive elements  106  illustrated in  FIGS. 2A and 2B  and as elements  306  and  310  in  FIGS. 3A and 3B , and throughout this discourse, may be formed from an absorbent material, shaped to a desired dimension, which is then dipped in a conductive liquid, such as water or a saline solution and packaged in an airtight container (sometimes referred to herein as a “cocoon”). Said container may be fabricated from a thin, flexible plastic material to prevent evaporation of the electrical conductor. The plastic used in this “cocoon” is sufficiently thin to ensure a conductive path remains amongst the conductive elements  106 ,  306 ,  310  and the respective soft buttons  20  upon application. The absorbent material selected for the conductive elements  106 ,  306 ,  310  may be soft and compressive in nature, as to simulate the feel and physical expression of “button-pressing” of larger, console-based game controllers. The cocoon may also be filled exclusively with a conducting liquid, amongst a broad scope of alternative deployments, to aptly fulfil the requirement(s) of a conductive path. 
       FIG. 4A  illustrates a simplified, cross-sectioned side view of certain components of a touchscreen-controller attachment  102  (See  FIGS. 2A, 2B  and related discussions), as affixed, respectively, to the touchscreen  10 ; with the conductive-elements  106  sitting in a position of constant contact with the touchscreen  10  and the correlative soft navigator buttons  20 , according to an embodiment. To engage control functionality a person must simply touch the conductive elements  106  using the control input of a finger. 
       FIG. 4B  illustrates a simplified, cross-sectioned side view of certain components of an alternate implementation of a touchscreen-controller attachment  102  (See  FIG. 4A ), as affixed, respectively, to the touchscreen  10 . In contrast to  FIG. 4A , the correlative conductive elements  106  are disengaged from the touchscreen  10  at rest, according to an embodiment. To engage control functionality of a capacitive touchscreen under this system, the user employs the control input of a finger or thumb to both touch and concurrently depress the conductive elements  106  until the bottom surface of the conductive elements  106  make contact with the touch-sensitive soft buttons  20 . The amount of pressure that is required to actuate the conductive element  106  to a state of contact with the touchscreen  10  can depend on the flexibility of the attachment base  404  and the distance between a conductive element  106  at rest and the touchscreen  10 , among other factors. Once finger pressure is removed from the conductive element  106 , the conductive element  106  will ideally revert back to its original position of rest (in non-contact mode). A spring-mounted conductive element can also be implemented for such reversion. (See  FIG. 5 ) 
     This resulting range of motion helps more closely simulate the “button behavior” of buttons found on traditional game controllers, game pads and/or other such control or navigation devices of gaming consoles. Aside from migration to more “button-like” action, this system may help prevent unintentional “button bleed” that can arise from such scenarios as slippage and/or incidental finger contact with competing conductive elements  106 , since the user must not only contact, but also depress the conductive elements  106  to a degree of touchscreen  10  contact to be engaged. This design, for instance, may prove useful for soft-button  20  controller renderings where spacing between the set of independent buttons is diminutive and thus, prone to “button bleed”. 
     The conductive elements  106  are proportionate in size to the hardware in which it is intended to operate and care is directed to ensure dimensions of the conductive elements  106  are not excessive. Overly long conductive elements  106 , for example, can help create undue stress or pressure on the naturally fragile-touchscreen  10  glass when firm, downward finger pressure is applied by the user. To help safeguard the touchscreen  10 , a range-restrictive shield that surrounds the protruding conductive elements  106  at the position of user input, among other means, can be applied. This range-restrictive shield is a physical barrier that prevents the conductive elements  106  from pressing too hard against the surface of touchscreen  10  and damaging it, and may be similar to a backstop  14  shown in  FIG. 5 . 
       FIG. 5  illustrates a cross-sectional view of a touchscreen-controller attachment, featuring a single, spring-mounted conductive element, according to an embodiment. A cylindrically-tethered compression spring  502  resides in a spring chamber  504  located in the attachment base  520 . The cylindrically-tethered compression spring  502  can embrace a substantial length of the conductive elements  106 , with a measured allotment of the top and bottom regions of the conductive elements  106  sitting free from the coil wrap of the compression spring  502 . The design impetus being to permit fluency of motion for the bottom region  510  of the conductive element  106  in making contact with the touchscreen  10 —when the upper region  512  of the conductive element  106  is both touched and concurrently depressed—without risk of harming the surface of the touchscreen  10  from coil abrasion. Accordingly, the cylindrically-tethered compression spring  502  returns to its original position of rest (non-contactual mode of the conductive elements  106 ) when the downward pressure is removed. 
     The compression spring  502  is secured by a backstop  514  near the bottom of a spring chamber  504 . The backstop  514  may be a circular lip that extends slightly beyond the circumference of the spring for proper anchoring and is not excessively wide that it interferes with the fluency of movement of the conductive element  106  as they are engaged. The conductive element  106  may be of varying heights and dimensions; the determinants of which can be dictated by criteria such as the size and orientation of the touchscreen-controller attachment  10 , touchscreen  10  and soft buttons  20 . The diameter of the upper region  512  of the conductive element  106  protruding beyond the coil wrap, may be fashioned wider (not illustrated) than the portion that passes through the compression spring  502 , if covered, for improved contact with the tip of a finger or thumb. 
       FIG. 6  illustrates a touchscreen-controller attachment  602 , borrowing in certain characteristic expressions from a traditional joystick controller, such as through its shaft design, motion behavior and graspable tip (in this case a curvilinear conductive top mimics the physical expression found on some traditional joystick controllers, although this language is not intended to be limiting), this according to an embodiment. The soft button or buttons  20  ( FIG. 1 ) are represented as a “soft orb”  30  and control of an actionable object  15  ( FIG. 1 ) or player is effected by dragging the soft orb  30  in a 360 degree range of motion. A conductive element is fashioned into a stick controller  606  comprising a top portion  606 A, center portion  606 C and bottom portion  606 B. The top portion  606 A may take the shape of a knob, amongst other designs, to furnish grip comfort or remain “knobless”, while the bottom portion  606 B acts as an actuating base designed to maintain constant contact with the soft orb  30 —displayed on the touchscreen  10 —during a full range of motions. The center portion  606 C represents the shaft and may exhibit a diameter less than that of the corresponding knob or base. The bottom portion  606 B may be any of a number of different shapes, for example: a straight shaft with no bulge or a spheroid design or other bulge. 
     As understood by those skilled in the art, a joystick controller attachment in the spirit and scope of this embodiment may require appropriate electronic translation of movement; since stick-controller gestures can translate to the soft orb  30  on a touchscreen  10  in a reverse manner to those gestured. Anticipatory software can quarterback this “electronic translation” and can be programmed to work in collaboration with such controllers at the source, such as with the game developers. Where complimentary software is not situated, design modifications can be implemented (not shown) to include gesture-reversing components innate to the controller. The impetus of any joystick-configuration measure is to effect appropriate actuation to all desired movements, whereas an “upward” movement of the joystick, for instance, will result in an “upward” or reciprocal movement of a controllable or actionable object  15  on a user device  5 . 
     The conductive stick-controller element  606  is housed in an attachment base  604 , which facilitates the conductive stick-controller element&#39;s  606  directional and rotational movements and acts to simulate the “feel” of a traditional stick controller by controlling both stabilization and gesture fluency. The attachment base  604  may be affixed to the touchscreen  10  by suction, static, removable adhesive backing or any other appropriate means. A removal tab  608  provides for removal of the attachment base  604  from the touchscreen  10 . 
       FIG. 7  illustrates yet another embodiment of the touchscreen-controller attachment  702 , featuring a customizable navigation-control system. A touchscreen-controller attachment  702  comprises an attachment or controller base  704 . The attachment base  704  comprises a plurality of channels  710  for receiving conductive elements  106 . The touchscreen-controller attachment  702  may be oriented on the surface of the touchscreen  10  prior to attachment, such that a congruous plurality of channels  710  align with the totality of the soft buttons  20  ( FIG. 1 ) displayed on the touchscreen  10 . Upon attachment, a conductive element  106  is inserted into a channel or channels  710  aligned with the soft buttons  20  ( FIG. 1 ) to a point of conductive contact, thereby causing the soft buttons  20  ( FIG. 1 ) to be actionable from a customizable physical interface that sits attached to the touchscreen  10 . A transposable configuration apropos to the specific needs of the displayed controller geography is present. This may make possible the use of a single, comprehensive touchscreen-controller attachment  702  per software event without the need for a prefabricated set or plurality of stand-alone, touchscreen-controller attachments (each potentially with widely varying placement of its conductive elements  106 ) that may be required by a user, for example, with a library of gaming titles. Such configuration virtue may lead to a more ubiquitous attachment. 
     By way of illustration and not by way of limitation, the highly-configurable attachment base  704  may be implemented as a circular disc, containing a plurality of channels  710  that are arranged in a gridded fashion across the attachment base  704 . The attachment base  704  may be circumscribed by a flexible ring  708 . The flexible ring  708  may contain a lower lip exterior that may be affixed through suction, static, removable adhesive backing or any appropriate means to the touchscreen  10  ( FIG. 1 , reference  10 ) allowing each channel  710  and its respective inserted conductive element  106  to oscillate through directional finger, thumb or individual touch contact; thus adding further flexibility and customization capabilities to the embodiment&#39;s control disposition. In other words, each channel and respective conductive element  106  has some flexibility of movement, such that it can be gestured some small translational distance in any direction in order to best match up with the touchscreen  10  and the control disposition of its soft navigational buttons  20 , where necessary. 
       FIG. 8A  illustrates a user-device suspension apparatus and related controller attachment, according to an embodiment.  FIG. 8B  is a cross-sectional view illustrating elements of a controller attachment, as it is attached, through an adjustable stem, to a user-device suspension apparatus, according to an embodiment. 
     A suspension device  802  secures a user device  5  and anchors a touchscreen-controller attachment with adjustable stem  808 , according to an embodiment. The graspable or handle ends of the suspension device  802  may be molded to the contours of the hand, with rubberized grips, to facilitate gripping and hand comfort. The grippable components may be similar to those of a traditional video-game console, controller and thus, help provide the user with a more familiar tactile experience. “Pocket garners” seeking a more “clutch-friendly” stead may likely prefer a controller that allows for better grip mechanics and button logistics than the more limited stead of the direct clutch of a user device  5 . This may be particularly evident in such situations where the gamer is not looking directly at the controller and may be engaged in rapid and dynamic manipulation of the soft-button controller; such conditions which can easily cause the user device  5  to, for example, become momentarily or partially dislodged from the user&#39;s grasp and/or see a user&#39;s oriented touch input wander. 
     The suspension device  802  comprises a left-core assembly  804 L and a right-core assembly  804 R. The left-core-assembly  804 L and the right-core assembly  804 R may be joined by an adjustable or fixed strip (not illustrated) or fabricated from a single component. The left-core assembly  804 L and the right-core assembly  804 R, using laterally positioned inner tracks or channels (not illustrated), may snap or slide into position along the respective sides of the user device  5 . A purpose of the channels contained in the left-core assembly  804 L and the right-core assembly  804 R can be to guide and lock the user device  5  at the centre of the suspension device  802 , whilst maintaining fluent viewing of its touchscreen  10 . The left-core assembly  804 L and the right-core assembly  804 R can also accommodate the anchoring of—and furnishing accessibility to—an attached touchscreen-controller attachment with adjustable stem  808  or a respective attachment plurality. 
     The face of the suspension device  802  contains a frontal-slotted groove  810  that accommodates the touchscreen-controller attachment with adjustable (interchangeable) stem  808 ; the adjustable or interchangeable stem substantially permitting varying placement of the base of the touchscreen controller attachment with adjustable stem  808  on the touchscreen  10 , for proper control syncing amongst varying scenarios. The suspension device  802  may contain a plurality of frontal-slotted grooves  810  to accommodate additional touchscreen-controller attachments with adjustable stems  808 , if warranted. The touchscreen-controller attachment with stem  808  may house one or more conductive elements  106  designed to capacitively engage (such engagement is not a focus of this illustration) the soft buttons ( FIG. 1 , reference  20 ) on the touchscreen  10 ; thereby providing the ability to engage control of an actionable object  15  from a mounted, attachable interface, as it sits attached to a stead-friendly suspension device  802 , in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     The suspension device  802  may include one or more threaded-attachment apertures  814  that can act to suspend accessories such as an eye-friendly magnification device  816 ; which can readily be positioned to magnify a pocket-sized touchscreen  10  as, exempli gratia, a game or an application is being rendered or a webpage or e-book is being read. The magnification device  816  may cover all or a portion of the touchscreen  10 . The magnification device  816  may be mounted to a threaded attachment aperture  814  by an elbow  818 . The elbow  818  may be fixed or configured to pivot and/or be manually directed for positioning flexibility. The magnification device  816  may be permanently attached or may be removable. The components of a suspension device  802  are ideally scaled to the proportions of the user device  5  to which it is linked. 
     The adjustable stem  808 A ( FIG. 8B ) may contain a variable locking head  820  designed to sit securely into the frontal slotted groove  810 . The frontal-slotted groove  810  may be incised in varying shapes and dimensions; catering to any variance in design of the locking head  820 . The adjustable stem  808 A may be constructed of a rigid or yielding material—the latter tending to retain its position until it is manually altered from its position of rest, to facilitate adjustment capabilities of the touchscreen-controller attachment with adjustable stem  808  across a wide range of the touchscreen  10 . In this way, the conductive elements  106  have enhanced positional flexibility under a manually-altered configuration. Touchscreen attachment protocol may detail suction, static, removable adhesive backing or any other appropriate means. 
       FIG. 9  illustrates a touchscreen-controller assembly  902  with a wireless component; an assembly designed for remote operation, according to an embodiment. A wireless controller  904  with exemplary button inputs  906  is paired to an intermediary-transceiving device  920  using short length radio waves or radio frequency, microwave, infrared communication, near-field communications (NFC) or any other wireless technologies in the act of controlling of an actionable object  15  or player, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. The intermediary-transceiving device  920  acts as a relay between the soft buttons  20  on a touchscreen  10  and the command signals of a wireless controller  904 . The intermediary-transceiving device  920  may be constructed to draw from an internal power source, such as from the holdings of an internal battery compartment, or from an external source such as an electrical receptacle outlet, reducing the potential draw on the user device  5 . The assembly may also be constructed to optionally use the power source of the user device  5 , at the user&#39;s discretion. 
     The intermediary-transceiving device  920  contains a single or plurality of tethered conductive elements  910  for attachment to the soft buttons  20  of a touchscreen  10  by virtue of a contact base  912 . The conductive elements  910  may be formed from any conductive material or combination of materials including, but not limited to, conductive polymers such as polyaniline, conductive gels, conductive liquids, conductive plastics, metallic or conductive wire, or any material that is conductively (exhibiting conductivity) coated—such as with the use of treated or dipped foam, thread, or fibers—used alone, in filler compositions or in a series of conductive combinations, as aptly conjoined. 
     As it is engaged, a wireless controller  904  sends control or navigation commands to an intermediary-transceiving device  920 , a mediating agent, for processing, thereby causing the respective conductive elements  910 , attached to the intermediary-transceiving device  920 , to be engaged accordingly. 
     The intermediary-transceiving device  920  contains an innate capacitive source and capacitive manager, thereby delivering the ability to engage a conductive element  910  or plurality of elements  910 —by drawing from this innate capacitive source and managing its “transfer” or distribution to a respective conductive element  910  counterpart; in a manner faithful with the command gestures of the wireless controller  904 . This, without the need of actual direct finger contact with the conductive elements  910  by the user. Said another way, the intermediary-transceiving device  920  precisely marries the control gestures of the wireless controller  904  with the reciprocal physical conductive elements  910 , thereby engaging control of an actionable object  15  or player in the exact manner and order in which the command is sent by the wireless controller. With emphasis, a system has been delineated where conductive engagement is not dependent on the user&#39;s finger being an electrical conductor and initiating touch (the control input of a finger) with the touchscreen  10 . The touchscreen  10  responds to these wirelessly conveyed signals as an innate capacitive source is induced by the intermediary-transceiving device  920  and then respectively relayed to the touchscreen  10 ; just as it would to direct touchscreen  10  contact from the control input of a user&#39;s finger (which is no longer requisite, as per this embodiment). A hybrid system utilizing both wired and wireless aspects is illustrated, although use of a hybrid system in this example is not intended to be limiting. The innate capacitive source and/or manager, of course, being dispensable components under wireless operating scenarios. 
     Other embodiments described or addressed herein, or ones that otherwise become obvious to a person of skill in the art upon reading this application, may similarly be adapted for wireless use through, for instance, the introduction of an intermediary-transceiving device  920  to an embodiment or embodiments lacking such a device. Introduction of an intermediary-transceiving device  920  may offer certain embodiments the potential to become wholly “wire free” or wireless since the transceiver can communicate directly with both the user device  5  and any specially-designed hand-held controller device, or potentially offer a user the underpinning of “less wires” in a hybrid system, where available. Such wireless button input  906  elements of a wireless controller  904  are, of course, referred to in the exemplary and are not intended to suggest limitation toward any of the serviceable input dispositions that may be incorporated into a wireless controller. In some instances, the addition of a servomechanism or the like may also be introduced to manage certain gestures or motions, such as with trackball rotation of a wireless controller  904  in controlling an associated soft input counterpart. NFC technologies can also further permeate itself, where applicable, beyond those embodiments in which the technology itself receives mention. 
     On Aug. 31, 2015 the inventor, in maintaining such disclosures without limitation, built and tested a non-traditional input device in the form of a controller that is propelled by hand—built around, and in the image of, the popular amateur sport of darts—wherein a user throws said controller at a capacitive touchscreen surface from a distance. Comprising a suction cup tip for adhesion to a touchscreen surface (for instance, a touchscreen that displays a digital dart board and scoring table of a software application) and an innate capacitive source supplying said tip with a capacitive charge such that it actuates a screen at the adhesion point of a thrown dart; the inventive impetus was to put a new spin on an old favorite. 
     On Aug. 29, 2015 the inventor constructed a variation on the above “darts” experience—this iteration, however, designed without the need to draw on an innate capacitive source—and was also able to reproduce an instance of “remote casting” of a capacitive charge. By devising a water caster—with a conductive reservoir filled with water and communicably held by a user; thus forming a conductive bond to a user&#39;s capacitive throughput in capacitively charging the water—that was cast at a remote touchscreen device displaying the image of a dart board, an embodiment for remote actuation was presented. The stream remaining intact from the reservoir upon touchscreen contact. 
     To protect the touchscreen electronics, of course, the touchscreen device was first sealed in a waterproof bag prior to being suspended from, in accordance with an outdoor embodiment, a clothes line. The associated software script can be designed to register the initial contact of the water stream only and to exclude the presence of any gravitational drip in the spirit and scope of this discourse. The inventor envisions that certain consumers may enjoy participating in this embodiment in the spirit of summer fun. Each dart embodiment above, of course, naturally extending from the inventive matter first taught by the inventor in the earliest of reveals; as a matter of continuity. 
     In further controller variants, a camera sensor can be readily added to the controller environment for mapping-based purposes in tracking the flight of a similarly propelled touchscreen controller input. 
       FIGS. 10A and 10B  illustrate a touchscreen-controller assembly, designed for remote operation, according to an embodiment. See also  FIGS. 3A, 3B . 
     By way of illustration and not by way of limitation, each tip of the conductive elements  106  may comprise a liquid conductor—fully enclosed in an air-tight, plastic-wrap seal  1002 —designed for attachment to (and detachment from) the soft-buttons  20  of a touchscreen  10  on a user device  5 , as illustrated in  FIG. 10B . Each tip of the conductive elements  106  may be affixed to the touchscreen  10  by suction, static, removable adhesive backing or any other appropriate means, individually or collectively through the strategic attachment of a plurality-containing body such as a matrix (See  FIG. 12 ). A matrix is designed to have each of the plurality of air-tight, plastic-wrap seals  1002 , complete with an inherent conductive path serviceable to this embodiment, concurrently (and independently) placed in a contactual manner with its respective soft-button  20  counterpart. 
     Similarly, a mountable-attachment matrix with housing designed to host a plurality of liquid-filled, air-tight, plastic-wrap seals  1002 , each complete with an inherent conductive path serviceable to this embodiment, for actuation, may be replaced by less spatially intensive seals  1002  housing a plurality of conductive elements  106  arranged in a reciprocal environment (the arrangement being dependent on the soft-button controller to which the individual seal  1002  is respectively attached to and intended to actuate), similar to the appearance and arrangement of  FIG. 2 , plus the accretion of a cable  1008  component. 
     The material base surrounding and isolating the plurality of air-tight, plastic-wrap seals  1002  (each seal housing one or more conductive elements  106 ) may be non-conductive in nature, such as a base material of plastic or rubber. A plurality of cables  1008  may extend from the remote controller  1010  (not illustrated) and a plurality of the air-tight, plastic-wrap seals  1002 , each complete with an inherent conductive path serviceable to this embodiment, may extend from a single cable  1008  (also not illustrated) in alternate embodiments. 
     The liquid conductor in the air-tight, plastic-wrap seal  1002  may be used in conjunction with a thin length of conductive wire—for example copper, but any conductive wire could be used—which has its bare, metallic tip immersed, anchored and wholly sealed in the conductive liquid located in the air-tight, plastic-wrap seal  1002  in order to form a conductive path and to prevent evaporation. The thin length of conductive wire, acting as a conductive element, is substantially housed in a connecting cable  1008  that acts as a wire conduit. The wire-end opposite to each tip inserted and sealed into a respective air-tight, plastic-wrap seal  1002 , each seal complete with an inherent conductive path serviceable to this embodiment, is connected to a conductive element counterpart found on the remote actionable-object controller  1010 . Thus, upon manipulation of the conductive input/element counterpart, it offers the user of the remote actionable-object controller  1010  positional and distance flexibility away from the touchscreen  10  as an actionable object  15  or player is being controlled. With the freedom of distancing the remote actionable-object controller  1010  from the portable-hardware&#39;s touchscreen  10 —made possible through the described implementation of a tractable corded length of conductive wire according to an embodiment—the remote actionable-object controller  1010  can take on whole new design capabilities and more closely (and more broadly) borrow from the user experience and physical expression of the larger, console-based game controllers used in home consoles/gaming systems. Robust potential and support for controller customization exists in its spirit and scope. 
     Conductive elements  106  in whole or in transmissive part are made of any electrically-conductive material or materials, including but not limited to, conducting polymers such as polyaniline, conductive gels, conductive liquids, conductive inks, conductive wire and/or any material that is conductively (exhibiting conductivity) coated or dipped—such as with the use of treated foam, thread, or fibers—used alone, in filler compositions or in a series of conductive combinations, as aptly conjoined to ensure a proper conductive path remains present throughout. 
     This embodiment further illustrates the potential for the combination of different conductive materials or properties—used in a link—to complete a conductive path necessary as a means of controlling an actionable object  15  or player, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. The conductive path described herein is not suggestive of limitation or limitation to the elemental components comprising the path, as described. Therefore, without limitation, any conductive path that is serviceable to the spirit and scope of this discourse may be utilized for remote-operating scenarios. A conductive path may be comprised of a singular conductive component throughout the path or a conjoined plurality of distinct components comprising a path. The noted components can be designed on a similar scale to the hardware in which it is attached. 
       FIG. 11  illustrates a means of expanding the size of a touchscreen-controller attachment  1110  associated with a fixed set of soft buttons  20 ; an initiative that may yield increased user comfort, control precision and tactile deployment, this according to an embodiment. Due to the small size of some touchscreens  10  and the potentially dense arrangement of soft buttons  20  this small footprint may yield, amongst other considerations, a user may wish to increase the actual size of the touchscreen-controller attachment  1110  beyond the original soft-button  20  parameter or alter the button disposition. 
     The conductive elements  106  are configured to contact the soft buttons  20  displayed on a user device  5  on the exterior edges of the soft buttons  20 . Through external edge appropriation, the size of the touchscreen-controller attachment  1110  and/or button disposition is thus expanded (the expansion measurement of which is dependent on the variable of the transverse-perimeter dimensions of the soft buttons  20 ) in an effort to help improve user comfort, efficacy and control ergonomics, while still maintaining full functionality since a conductive path remains present in its spirit and scope. The noted components are ideally designed for the scale of the hardware to which it is attached. 
       FIG. 12  The present invention details an attachment-matrix overlay containing a plurality of conductive, elements that are fittingly tethered to both the graphical soft-buttons at the face of the attachable matrix and the respective hard keys of a specially-designed keyboard, keypad or data-entry device, through extension from the back of the attachable matrix, in order to facilitate the premise of remote data-entry for touchscreen based electronics or hardware, as equipped. 
     It should be noted that in order not to congest the diagrams labeled in  FIG. 12 ,  FIG. 13  and  FIG. 14 , partial quantities of the conductive elements, the soft-buttons or data-entry buttons and the conductive “hard keys” or “physical keys” associated with a receptive receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device, may be illustrated and such illustrations are not intended to be limiting. A person skilled in the art (PSITA) should readily ascertain like quantities and composite characteristics of each of the groupings in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     As a preamble to further detailed discussion; graphical soft or data-entry buttons  54  rendered on a hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56  include, but are not limited to, symbols, numbers, alphabetic characters, graphics; also navigation, function, toggle and modifier keys (such as Ctrl, Shift, Alt, and so forth); in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     The breadth of possible graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  is expansive and includes any and all keyboard-based characters for purposes of this discourse; from both traditional and non-traditional keyboards—in both English and non-English languages. 
     Control of an actionable on-screen object, in this particular embodiment being data-entry buttons  54  such as symbols, numbers, alphabetic characters, graphics; and navigation, function, toggle and modifier keys, as a partial listing, are registered using the capacitance-sensing technology of the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56  (although this embodiment is not intended to be limiting and does not preclude adaptation to other apropos screen-based technologies beyond capacitance that rely on touch input in the spirit and scope of this discourse) once a user initiates touch contact with the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  with the control input of a finger. Human skin has dielectric properties. While finger, thumb and/or stylus contact may be the most common means of capacitance transfer in the spirit and scope of this discourse, such a reference is not intended to be limiting in nature. 
     Referring now to the present invention in more detail.  FIG. 12  represents an embodiment with a detached touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  containing a plurality of conductive elements  52 ; where each conductive isolate in the plurality (at the face  50 -F of the matrix) is designed to be contactually affixed to its respective graphical soft-button or data-entry button  54  counterpart, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. The premise of being “contactually affixed” will be particularized by lineation in  FIG. 13 , with the introduction of co-ordinate mapping and further detailed in  FIG. 14 . 
     By aptly aligning to a point of contact, the respective conductive isolates of the conductive elements  52 —found at the face  50 -F of the touchscreen controller attachment matrix  50 —with their graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  counterparts displayed on the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , and then extending the conductive path of said conductive isolates to the respective conductive keys K- 52  of a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60 , the capacitance stored, for instance, in the finger of a user, is transferred onto the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , once user contact with the conductive keys K- 52  is initiated (unless a conductive key is spring-mounted and/or designed with a contactual gap and requires the user to concurrently touch, then depress a key for actuation, see  FIGS. 4B, 5  for related discussion), just as if the user was touching the screen directly. 
     This process thereby permits control of actionable, on-screen symbols, numbers, alphabetic characters, graphics; and navigation, function, toggle and modifier keys, etceteras (data-entry buttons  54 ), remotely from the touchscreen  56  with the control input of a finger. Only now, an enhanced, more user-friendly data-entry interface exists that can help bolster comfort, ergonomics, productivity and simplicity of use; helping improve input efficacy due to the implementation of a more precise control structure, a greater familiarity of association to traditional data-entry based desktop and laptop input mechanisms and tactile touch discovery and orientation, amongst other potential betterments. This can significantly enhance the data-entry experience over the use of traditional touchscreen hardware in its native, attachmentless environment. 
     Each of the individual conductive elements  52 , or a conductive isolate in the singular, of the plurality or series possesses conductive-path extension capabilities from the back  50 -B or tethered-side of a touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 . One possible means of extension (not illustrated), amongst others, is achieved by incorporating, through fusion or any other suitable manner faithful to a conductive path, a conductive length of wire  58  into each of the respective conductive elements  52  at the back  50 -B or tethered-side of a touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 —on one end—with care to ensure a conductive path remains present throughout, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. In preparation to trigger its control functionality, the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  is then attached to the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , ensuring contactual consistency with the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54 . Each embedded conductive isolate remains wholly transmissive between the front and back of the matrix. 
     Conversely, the opposite end of the conductive length of wire  58  is respectively attached to the reciprocal conductive key or plurality of keys K- 52  (a plurality is stated here as an acknowledgement for the distinction of toggle mode, which is discussed later in this filing); found on a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60 , in the spirit and scope of this discourse. The shape of the matrix  50  can be designed to be manipulated to match up with variously sized soft keys and touchscreens, for example by having the elements of the matrix  50  easily snap together and apart in various configurations or having a pliable matrix that appropriately maintains its shape until manipulated by a user, if coveted. Similarly, single conductive elements  52  may be manipulated individually to accommodate differences in the characters displayed on a touch screen, should design permit, although any examples cited for matrix manipulation are not suggestive of limitation. 
     The touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  and its plurality of conductive elements  52  are designed to be attached or affixed to the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56  by any manner of attachment including, but not limited to, suction, static, removable adhesive backing, through an affiliation with a flexible, hardware-friendly sleeve or case or any attachment means for purposes suited thereof. The touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  may contain an exteriorly protruding tip  62  that can be used for convenient detachment of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  from the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 . 
     The conductive elements  52 , or any single conductive isolate of the plurality, in the spirit and scope of this discourse, can be made of any electrically-conductive material or combination of conductive materials as aptly conjoined, in whole, in transmissive part or in a series, including but not limited to, conducting polymers such as polyaniline, conductive gels, conductive liquids, conductive inks, conductive wire and/or any material that is conductively (exhibiting conductivity) dipped or coated-such as with the use of treated foam, thread, or fibers or related filler compositions, to which ensuring a proper conductive path remains present throughout in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     The conductive material comprising a single conductive element  52  or conductive isolate can differ from others in the plurality, but in this embodiment, remains consistent in order to streamline the manufacturing process and contribute to economies-of-scale advantages. The conductive elements  52  may be referred to in its singular form, as it has above: notably referencing a conductive isolate equivalent or an individual conductive element, bearing root from its plural counterpart and such singular or plurality references will be understood by those skilled in the art in the context they were intended, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     Typically, the conductive elements  52  are individually insulated from each other to prevent contact with, and “conductive bleed” or “capacitive bleed” from, competing conductive elements  52 ; unless special-case operating scenarios require an instance of capacitive bleed. “Capacitive bleed” can result from improper shielding of the individual conductive isolates or related conductive apparatus. Since a plurality of conductive lengths of wire  58  (each constituting an instance of conductive elements  52 ) may exist contactually in cable conduit housing, this potential event underscores why shielding is especially important; as to ensure intended data-entry actions result as anticipated. 
     Note that while the conductive elements  52  can be concurrently attached to the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56  by direct placement of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 , as described herein, each individual conductive element  52  or conductive isolate, or plurality, can also be designed to be individually or separately attached/detached (without being conjoined to a stand-alone, touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  overlay) to/from the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , should it be desired. The language found in this description, and others situated in this filing is not intended to be limiting. 
     Ideally, the conductive elements  52  and corresponding touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  are dimensionally articulated and proportionate to the hardware ensemble they are designed for. The touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  is sufficiently wide and long to ensure the respective conductive elements  52  at its face  50 -F are conductively aligned with the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54 , but not overly wide and long to unnecessarily block or encroach germane screen area or, similarly, skew any necessary contactual-alignment requirements. Embodiments and practical application can greatly diverge from the drawings in this and other figures. A matrix square containing a singular conductive isolate can vary greatly in dimension from a competing matrix square of a conductive isolate and standardization of squares and square dimension across a matrix is not requisite. 
     The conductive elements  52  conductively aligned with the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54 , are attached to the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56  with care, ensuring each conductive isolate of the conductive elements  52  is not contactually aligned on a plurality of graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  concurrently and that the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  remain directly actionable only from its intended conductive key or keys K- 52 , as summoned in the task of data-entry, unless otherwise required. 
     Ensembles of the present invention and any various embodiments listed will vary in degree of construction complexity. Construction can also differ to accommodate left-and-right handed preferences. Subjects, respective components and any sub-components found in  FIG. 12  (and the filing in its entirety) may not be shown to exact specification or scale. 
     The attachable matrix  50  may also be incorporated as a stand-alone entity (although this is not the focus of this embodiment) where it seeks the control or touch input of a finger directly upon touchscreen attachment and does not require the path extended to the conductive keys K- 52  of a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60 . The conductive elements  52 , described collectively, or each respective isolate in the singular, may be transparent or translucent, minimizing any loss of view due to operational placement of the attachable matrix  50 . Such an operating scenario may see a stand-alone matrix, for instance, be incorporated into a smart phone&#39;s mobile casing under a retractable design (to engage and disengage the matrix), in the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
     The user experience may be further improved when the disclosed premise of remote data entry is married, synergistically, to such technologies as: “Component AV Cables”, that allow, exempli gratia, a compatibly-equipped smart phone to be connected—and to have its screen output transferred—to televisions fitted with component video inputs or similar linking technologies. Coupling with such technologies can help create an environment that even more profoundly liberates the texting or data-entry experience for users of touchscreen  56  hardware when compared to use in a native, attachmentless environment. Business travelers may find this coupling especially liberating. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 13  in more detail, in an embodiment, a two-sided view of a touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  is shown (from a vantage of its face  50 -F and back  50 -B), with its set of conductive elements  52 , each exhibiting uninterrupted conductive paths transversely across the entire thickness of the matrix. For clarification purposes regarding correct application of the face  50 -F of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 , a subset of a traditional QWERTY-based arrangement of graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  is depicted (non-toggle mode) to suggest intended conductive lineation of the face  50 -F of the matrix to the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , upon attachment. 
     Then, in order to more clearly depict transitional lineation, the back  50 -B of the corresponding touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  is also produced in  FIG. 13  to show a completed conductive path from an input end to an output end, amongst the illustrated parts, in the spirit and scope of this discourse. The back is shown from a top-down orientation, as if looking down at the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 , with the front  50 -F vantage naturally obstructed from view upon matrix application in practice (hence, the inventor has chosen a side-by-side illustrative manner here for simplicity). The back  50 -B of the corresponding touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  shows an extension of its conductive elements  52  to the conductive keys K- 52  (in this case, 2 keys, the actionable letters “A” and “B”, respectively, representing only a constituent view of the full set of keys ordinarily present in a QWERTY design) of a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60 . Said differently, the conductive elements  52  found at the back  50 -B of the corresponding touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  are conductively married, to an appropriate input counterpart, by extension via conductive lengths of wire  58  (as a possible, but not an exclusive means of extension) to the corresponding conductive keys K- 52  (key-based conductive elements  52 ), as situated on a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60 . Again, the actionable letters “A” and “B” are only a partial representation of the actionable physical keys typically available in a traditional QWERTY environment (a subset of a toggle environment) and the array and disposition of both the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  and conductive keys K- 52  displayed in practice can differ widely from this illustration and are not suggestive of limitation. 
     The conductive element  52  individually assigned and aptly attached (via a conductive isolate found at the face  50 -F of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 ) to the “A” key of the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  found on the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , will then see said conductive isolate assigned, while maintaining an inherent conductive path, from the back  50 -B of the corresponding touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 , to the “A” key found on the specially designed keyboard comprising a plurality of conductive keys K- 52 —composed of conductive elements  52 —in the spirit and scope of this invention. 
     To illustrate contactual placement of a single conductive isolate (comprising the conductive elements  52 ) found at the face  50 -F of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50 , with the respective graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  found on the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , an X,Y grid is shown adjacent to both the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  (dual sides) and graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54 , to demonstrate correct contactual positioning that is serviceable to this embodiment. The “A” key of the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54 , for example, is located at position X1, Y2 and noted. The respective “A” key position at the noted position X1, Y2 on the matrix seeks contactual overlay—upon attachment of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  at its face—with its data-entry button  54  counterpart. Successful contactual placement of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  with the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54 , in the spirit and scope of this discourse, will see each set of the identical X,Y coordinates in the control structure (comprising a conductive path) matched in their totality upon matrix overlay. A typical matrix can have some of its individual conductive isolates vary in size, positioning and structure (versus the identical grid-composition of the matrix illustrated here) to more closely reflect the graphical renderings on the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56  to which it marries and this illustration is not suggestive of limitation. 
     Similarly, the conductive elements  52  assigned and aptly attached (via a conductive isolate found at the face  50 -F of the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  at position X5,Y1) to the “B” key of the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  (at position X5,Y1) found on the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , will then see said conductive isolate similarly assigned, ensuring a conductive path remains present, to the “B” key found on the specially designed keyboard, keypad or data-entry device comprising conductive keys K- 52  (composed of conductive elements  52 ) from a rear-modal matrix extension (at position X5,Y1), in the spirit and scope of this discourse. And so on, preferably until all available graphical soft-buttons or soft data-entry buttons  54  of a given application (in both toggle and non-toggle mode on a hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 ) are properly accounted for and conductively married to their respective conductive keys K- 52  on a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60 . 
     Illustrations shown in  FIG. 13 , and throughout all diagrams, are not necessarily to scale and may be prone to modification, adaptation and/or variance in practical application, in the spirit and scope of the present invention. Disclosures and renderings herein are not intended to be limiting. A person skilled in the art (PSITA) may also seek referral to  FIG. 12  and other embodiments to appreciate the broad spirit and scope of this embodiment. 
       FIG. 14  details the premise of toggle mode, with a simple, hypothetical illustration of a plurality of graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  that interchangeably share a fixed location on a touchscreen (and affixed matrix), as various character sets are deployed in a toggle on a touchscreen  56 . In this hypothetical example, and disclosed embodiment, the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  “K” and “J” share the same fixed screen location, but not concurrently, each of these keys becomes enlisted to a shared fixed screen location only when actuated by a toggle; in which both keys are typically rendered independently, as part of a set of touchscreen keys or characters in an aggregate set or rendering. Toggle mode, in the spirit and scope of this discourse, may be necessary when a touchscreen&#39;s geography is limited in size (such as with the physical constraints instanced in a mobile environment). It would, for example, not usually be either efficient or practical for pocket-sized, Internet-enabled smart phones to fit the entire QWERTY-based keyboard in a single, graphical-rendering entirety on its limited touchscreen size. Toggle mode makes, exempli gratia, the QWERTY-load more manageable. Arrangements and character sets of the graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  displayed in practice may vary from those depicted in this hypothetical example (and elsewhere) and merely serve as a guide to understanding the premise of toggle mode. 
     Where a toggle is effected for graphical soft-buttons or data-entry buttons  54  that share a fixed geography or position (toggle area) on the hardware&#39;s touchscreen  56 , a conductive length of wire  58  is fused (or conductively attached in any appropriate manner) to the conductive isolate at the real-modal matrix point sharing a toggle area  70  upon contactual placement. An additional conductive length of wire  58  intended to actuate a shared toggle area is then attached accordingly, either directly at the same matrix point of the conductive isolate sharing a toggle area  70  (not shown) or along the corded length of an established conductive length of wire  58  (shown in phantom as a dashed line), careful to ensure a conductive path remains throughout, in the spirit and scope or this invention. 
     The respective conductive lengths of wires used in a toggle situation described above, will, at the corded lengths opposite the touchscreen-controller attachment matrix  50  fusion and/or amalgamation points (and at each respective conductive isolate comprising the matrix at full employment) be attached to the respective conductive keys K- 52  on a receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60  in order to facilitate keyboard-based text or data entry, remotely from a touchscreen  56 . The fusion point is the point where the wire meets the attachment matrix  50  and the amalgamation point is the point where the wires from the different conductive keys K- 52  are joined, although in some operating scenarios, no amalgamation point exists because the wires may see direct contact with the attachment matrix  50  at the conductive isolate. A person skilled in the art (PSITA) may also seek referral to  FIG. 12  and other embodiments to appreciate the spirit and scope of this discourse. 
       FIG. 15  illustrates three distinct character sets or digital “keyboards” presented on a touchscreen  10 ; each of which rely on a “toggle” for activation—the premise of “toggle” being requisite for devices subject to space limitations. In this embodiment, a QWERTY keyboard  1501  is displayed. With a QWERTY allocation encompassing nearly the entire touchscreen  10  as shown, despite the diminutive status of each individual key, there is not sufficient room for additional sets of numbers or special characters to be displayed concurrently. The solution to such space constraint is the toggle. 
     The upper-toggle button  1503  in the third frame  1507 , for instance, changes the displayed keys to a “numerical-based set”  1505  (second frame), whilst the lower toggle button  1503  in the same frame reverts back to the QWERTY set. To engage additional punctuation and the special characters set of  1507 , the user would simply touch the upper-toggle button  1503  in the second frame  1505 ; allowing a user to refresh to a new character set in the same, fixed space. Both useful and germane to the small footprint. 
     The letter “A”  1509  and dash “-”  1511  share a location, or toggle area, on the touchscreen  10 . Thus, on the data-entry device, both the “A” and “-” keys are conductively married to the matrix point adjoining this shared area of the touchscreen  10 , allowing the data-entry device to be used in similar fashion to a desktop environment in attribute to the present invention. A “toggle” need not exclusively be triggered by contact with a “toggle character” and instead a data-entry device can also contain a “toggle button” or set of “toggle buttons” that cue the respective character sets automatically (conductive-path wiring not shown) when a “toggle button” is touched, then depressed (if, like in a previous embodiment, the key is spring mounted or requires downward pressure to be contactually engaged) or otherwise receives touch input. A receptive keyboard, keypad or data-entry device  60  can be designed to automatically shuttle between toggle sets, when, for instance, a button on the data-entry device is pressed that does not have its corresponding soft key currently displayed on the touchscreen  10 . A data-entry device and related processor can, for instance, toggle to an appropriate screen before actuating the intended key stroke via an innate capacitive source and manager, refer to  FIG. 9  for related discussion). The data-entry device may default back to a set of characters such as the QWERTY set or remain static to the character set of the first keystroke entered after a “toggle button” has been initialized and can be completely customizable (setting defaults manually, for instance in an option to customize toggle behavior) in certain incarnations. 
     Amongst a list of functional electronics, the keyboard may contain memory storage, a specially designed matrix attachment with OCR capability, broad wireless functionality, including near-field communications (NFC), for pairing with a user device  5 , a miniature LCD with, amongst other means, message storage and draft output capability and, as referenced, a device processor that powers such improved functionality, amongst other possible functionalities divined by those skilled in the art and not detailed here. Such discourse is not intended as a limitation on the breadth and scope of the present invention. 
     The conductive data-entry attachment and ensemble, like its conductive actionable-object controller counterpart, can leverage the use of both haptic and wireless technologies to empower functionality. Haptic inclusion may prove useful, for example, if a person was to use a keyboard, keypad or data-entry device, in the spirit and scope of this discourse, for game play, such as with a text-based adventure or role-playing game. 
     For purposes of disclosure, touchscreen based hardware—and references to a hardware&#39;s touchscreen—include any and all touchscreen-based technologies within the spirit and scope of this discourse, premised on the ability for adaptation beyond those that are capacitive and capacitance governed. The present invention may, for example, require certain, modifications and engineering protocol to actualize functionality for non-capacitive based touchscreen-such as those with resistive touchscreen technologies that sense contactual pressure differently than a capacitive touchscreen. For instance, a spring-mounted touch element requiring downward pressure to effect point-of-contact with a touchscreen display vs. an operating scenario of perpetual touch-element contact with a touchscreen display may be an underlying modificative transition for resistive touchscreen technologies. For any touchscreen technology that relies on an electric signal to determine, the location of touch, embodiments disclosed herein may function as described without substantial modification and those skilled in the art will appreciate any modificative qualifiers that may be necessary regarding the type of input electrical signal. 
     For touchscreen technologies relying on physical contact with/pressure change on a touchscreen  10 , such as with resistive, surface acoustic wave, infrared, optical imaging, dispersive signal technology and acoustic pulse recognition touchscreens, modification may generally be needed for remote input embodiments to convert the conducted electrical signal into a point of pressure on the touchscreen  10 . Notwithstanding any disclosed embodiments that can result in a point of pressure being created on a touchscreen  10  and the possibility for trans-interoperability between differing touchscreen technologies that this represents, this can additionally be accomplished, for example, by coupling actuators to the conductive elements; which exert pressure on the touchscreen  10  when a signal is received due to touch input or manipulation of the opposing end or the input end of the controller in a conductive path. A intermediary-transceiver device could also be readily designed to convert input manipulation into point-of-pressure contact on a touchscreen  10  to cater to demands of those touchscreens. An innate capacitive source and manager could, for example, be replaced by a system of mechanical relays of“contactual pistons”. Embodiments are disposed to modification and combination. 
     Although some embodiments are shown to include certain features, the applicant specifically envisions that any feature disclosed herein may be used together or in combination with any other feature on any embodiment of the invention. It is also envisioned that any feature may be specifically excluded from any embodiment of an invention. 
     While the noted embodiments and accompanying discourse and illustrations of the invention disclosed herein can enable a person skilled in the art (PSITA) to make and use the invention in its detailed exemplary embodiments, a skilled artisan will understand and appreciate the actuality of variations, modifications, combinations, atypical implementations, improvements and equivalents of any of the specific embodiments, methods, illustrations and examples listed herein. 
     While the present invention has been described with reference to such noted embodiments, methods, illustrations and examples, it is understood by a skilled artisan that the invention is not limited to any of the disclosed embodiments, methods, illustrations and examples, but by all embodiment, methods, illustrations and examples within the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the following claims, and the principles and novel features, amongst the discourse herein, is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all modifications, combinations, improvements and equivalent structures and functions 
     Any particular terminology describing certain features or aspects of the invention is not suggestive of language restricted to any specific characteristics, features, or aspects of the invention with which that terminology is associated. Furthermore, any reference to claim elements in the singular, for example, using the articles “a,” “an,” or “the,” is not to be construed as limiting the element to the singular.