Patent ID: 7113173

Claim:
A computer system which enables one or more wireless interface devices to communicate with a plurality of remote host computers, the system comprising: a plurality of remote host computers adapted to communicate over a radio link with one or more wireless interface devices, said plurality of remote host computers, each having a CPU and a storage device for running and storing programs; one or more wireless interface devices adapted to communicate over said radio link with said plurality of remote host computers, each wireless interface device including a digitizer panel responsive to a passive stylus for receiving handwriting input, a selectively enabled handwriting recognition system for translating said handwriting input into character data and means for transmitting said character data over said radio link to said remote host computer, said wireless interface device including means for monitoring pen down events of said passive stylus in a mouse mode and emulating the movement of a mouse and the clicking of a mouse button in response to pen down events in which the movement of a mouse and clicking of a mouse button are emulated and a pen mode of operation for translating pen down events into pen data, said wireless interface device including means for switching between a pen mode and a mouse mode, said wireless interface device having an ink field; means for enabling a user to manually select a remote host computer from said plurality of remote host computers, and establish a connection with a selected remote host computer; means for enabling said wireless interface device to take control of and access said selected remote host computer and said programs on said selected remote host computer; means for detecting a pen down event in said ink field; and means for activating said handwriting recognition system based on said pen down event in said ink field.