Patent ID: 6924790

Claim:
A computer system comprising: one or more remote host computers, said remote host computers having a CPU and a storage device for running and storing programs; means for enabling radio communication between said one or more remote host computers and one or more remote devices; and one or more wireless interface devices, each wireless interface device including means for selecting one of said one or more remote host computers and communicating with a selected remote host computer by way of a radio link, and 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, each wireless interface device including a digitizer panel for receiving input from a passive stylus, said wireless interface device having a pen mode and a mouse mode, wherein in said mouse mode said digitizer panel is responsive to said passive stylus and emulates the movement of a mouse and the clicking of a mouse button, means for translating pen events from a passive stylus into pen data defining a pen mode and means for switching between a mouse mode and a pen mode.