Patent Document ID: 10082886
Application ID: 15389229

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for configuring an input device, the method comprising: detecting, by a processor on a host computing device, a graphical control element on a graphical user interface (GUI); automatically determining, by the processor, a type of the graphical control element; automatically determining, by the processor, a function associated with controlling the type of the graphical control element; generating, by the processor, configuration control data to cause an input device to configure one or more input elements on the input device to execute the function associated with controlling the type of the graphical control element; and sending, by the processor, the configuration control data to the input device, wherein the input device is separate from and communicatively coupled to the host computing device.

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Claim 2:
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein a type of the graphical control element is one of a video media player, audio media player, hyperlink, word processor document, spreadsheet document, or alphanumeric text.