Patent ID: 6885316

Claim:
A finger mounted data entry device for a user to enter information into a computing device, the data entry device mounted on at least one of a user's hands, each of the at least one of the user's hands having a plurality of fingers and one thumb, and a palm-side and a back-side, the data entry device being adapted to accept data entry in a manner mimicking a keyboard that generates a signal representing a character corresponding to a key selected from a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of rows on the keyboard, the data entry device comprising: two sets of thumb contacts positioned on respective ones of the user's thumbs on each of the at least one of the user's hands, each set of thumb contacts including a plurality of thumb contact wherein each respective one of the thumb contacts corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of rows on the keyboard; and a plurality of finger contacts positioned on respective ones of the user's fingers on each of the at least one of the user's hands such that contact between any one of the finger contacts and a respective one of the thumb contacts generates a signal equivalent to the signal that would be generated if touch typing was used by the user to press a corresponding key in the corresponding row of keys on the keyboard.