Patent ID: 8321810

Claim:
A system for configuring an adaptive input device, the system comprising: a computing device operatively coupled to the adaptive input device and a display device separate from the adaptive input device, the adaptive input device including a plurality of depressible buttons, each button having a depressible key face configured to receive an image dynamically generated within the adaptive input device and to display that image to a user of the adaptive input device, the computing device including: a menu module configured to display a plurality of graphical images on the display device, each graphical image associated with a computing function; a detection module configured to detect which of the plurality of graphical images displayed is selected by the user for display on a depressible button of the adaptive input device; and a presentation module configured to visually present the selected graphical image on the depressible button by causing that image to be generated within the adaptive input device and projected onto the depressible key face of that button, and to visually present a dragging of the selected graphical image across the display device, off of the display device, onto the adaptive input device, and across the adaptive input device to the depressible button of the adaptive input device.