Patent ID: 7433933

Claim:
A computer input device comprising: a computer mouse operatively connected to a user's computer system wherein at least one actuation of at least one control switch of the computer input device will result in a display of at least one of either a vendor's Internet web page, domain name, or URL address on the user's computer system, wherein the computer mouse has a promotional housing in a physical shape selected by a the vendor to promote at least one of either a product or a service offered by the vendor wherein the physical shape generally suggests the product or the service offered by the vendor, wherein the at least one of either the vendor's Internet web page, domain name, or URL displayed by the user's computer system matches an Internet web page, domain name, or URL address preprogrammed and stored within the computer input device, and wherein the computer input device contains all necessary software drivers and computer software to allow the computer input device to operate as a plug-and-play computer input device when communicatively connected with a computer system without the need to separately install specific configuration software onto the user's computer system prior to operatively connecting the computer input device to the user's computer system.