Patent ID: 8514171

Claim:
A device for controlling execution of instructions comprising: a receptacle supportable by a user with at least one hand and having a front surface and a rear surface provided with rear actuators each of the rear actuators arranged to be actuated according to at least one type of actuation associated with an instruction that is to be carried out in relation to at least one application; storage means capable of storing, for said at least one application, a correlation table between at least one operating mode and a set of selected instructions associated with icons of relative positions defined by a chosen arrangement; and control means configured to identify within said storage means the table that corresponds thereto, once an operating mode of an application has been selected, to associate the instructions contained within said identified table with types of actuation of rear actuators selected as a function of the relative positions of the icons associated respectively with said instructions, at least some of said icons being displayed on at least one screen according to their chosen arrangement to demonstrate relative positions on said rear surface of the rear actuators and the types of actuation associated, wherein the control means is further configured in the case of manual actuation in accordance with a type of actuation of a selected rear actuator, to order the execution of the instruction associated with said type of actuation of said rear actuator, and wherein each rear actuator is configured to be actuated in accordance with at least two types of actuations selected from a first type of actuation triggered by a substantially vertical action of a finger, a second type of actuation triggered by extension of a finger, and a third type of actuation triggered by retraction of a finger.