Patent ID: 7967189

Claim:
A keyboard overlay adapted to indicate which one of a plurality of menu commands provided by a predetermined software application is invoked when a first key is pressed together with a second key on a computer keyboard overlaid by the keyboard overlay and coupled to a computer that is actively executing the software application, the keyboard overlay comprising: a first portion adapted to overlay the first key, the first portion comprising a first label identifying the first key, the first portion further comprising a first indicia, such that the first label and the first indicia are associated with the first key; and, a second portion adapted to overlay the second key, the second portion comprising a second label identifying the second key, the second portion further comprising the first indicia and a second indicia indicating the menu command invoked when the first key is pressed together with the second key, such that the second label, the first indicia and the second indicia are associated with the second key.