Patent ID: 6986614

Claim:
A computer keyboard configured for navigation of a graphical user interface of a host computer, comprising: a first navigation section including a first input device configured to receive manual movement according to a first user-selectable mode and responsive thereto configured for scrolling content items of a display screen relative to the display screen along a first axis so as to change the direction of scrolling to movement of said content items along a second axis when scrolling along said second axis exceeds a predetermined elapsed time, said second axis being perpendicular to said first axis, and a second user-selectable mode for freeform moving a graphical pointer relative to the perpendicular axes; a second navigation section including a second input device configured to receive manual movement and responsive thereto configured for moving a graphical pointer relative to the perpendicular axes; and an alphanumeric section being laterally disposed between the first navigation section and the second navigation section.