Patent ID: 8641306

Claim:
A data entry device for wrist deployment, comprising: a wrist-sized housing having a top surface and four side surfaces forming a periphery there around; a digital display on the top surface; a wrist-band connected to two opposing side surfaces, the wrist band functioning to removably attach the housing to a person's wrist; at least two panels on each of the two remaining, unbanded, side surfaces; at least two dimples on each panel, each dimple configured to receive the touch of a finger-tip, each dimple enabled with sensor technology to respond to finger-tip pressure toward one of at least two preferred directions in the plane of the panel; and a programmable processor coupled with memory inside the housing, the processor in signal communication with the sensor technology and the digital display and programmed to associate each dimple with a stored menu and each preferred direction with a functionality; whereas, with the thumb and index fingers of each hand hovering over the unbanded side surfaces, a functionality can be selected by touching at least one of the dimples with one of the hovering fingers to cause a menu to be displayed by the integrated processor on the digital display and thereafter urging the touching finger toward one of the preferred directions as indicated by the menu and wherein the at least two panels are in stacked configuration, on each of the two unhanded side surfaces, the panels angularly disposed to each other in side pairs and to the display upon which they flank.