Patent ID: 7730402

Claim:
A method of entering input into a computing system, the method comprising the following steps: detecting one or multiple input movements using a sensing panel associated with the computing system; classifying each detected input movement as being of a particular type; translating each input movement to an instruction signal by consulting a knowledge database; and transmitting the instruction signal to the computing system; wherein translation of a detected input movement to an instruction signal involves a main process and one or more sub-processes, the main process and the one or more sub processes together form a hierarchical control structure in which the main process determines whether an input movement corresponds to a prompt to invoke a particular mode, and where a particular mode is indicated, the main process invokes a sub process in that mode, each sub process is assigned to translate one or more particular input movements into corresponding instruction signals by consulting the knowledge database, the main process manages one or more sub processes by assigning a priority value such that a sub process having a minor priority value does not impede a sub process having a major priority value; and the whole sensing panel functions as a single sensing area and the main process and one or more sub-processes can be invoked regardless of the location of the detected input movement on the sensing panel.