Patent ID: 6911969

Claim:
A computer apparatus comprising: a computer processing unit, the computer processing unit including a processor device for operating upon data and providing data for display, and a handheld input/output display unit, the display unit comprising: a housing sized to be grasped by a user's single hand, wherein the housing includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and an eyepiece, a computer display located within the housing at a position to allow the user to view the computer display through the eyepiece, a display driver for presenting data from the processing unit on the computer display, and navigational input tools for navigating in computer program applications integrated with the computer display in the housing and operatively connected to provide user input to the processing unit, wherein the navigational input tools comprise a mouse including a force actuated pointer integrated within the housing for operation at the upper surface thereof, and further wherein the navigational input tools including the mouse are positioned for operation by one or more fingers of the user's single hand such that the user's single hand can simultaneously grasp the housing and operate the navigational input tools.