Controls and indicators with on-screen cognitive aids
The invention relates to an applet for a mobile computing device, comprising an element to detect user input and perform appropriate associated actions, and to provide a cognitive aid for users of the mobile computing device. The invention also relates to a method for controlling operation of a mobile computing device, comprising detecting user input and performing appropriate associated actions and providing a cognitive aid for users of the mobile computing device. The invention further relates to a cognitive aid for a mobile computing device having a display screen, the cognitive aid being displayed on the display screen and including an on-screen and/or an audio tip, and being associated with an input vehicle of the mobile computing device. The cognitive aid provides relevant information to the user regarding the input vehicle. The invention still further relates to a method for assisting users of a mobile computing device having a display screen. The method comprises providing a vehicle for user input to the mobile computing device and providing a cognitive aid on the display screen, the cognitive aid being associated with the user input vehicle. The cognitive aid provides relevant information to the user regarding the user input vehicle.
1. A mobile computing device comprising:
an embedded controller; and
an applet using standardized nomenclature for controlling HID-class buttons,
wherein the standardized nomenclature is adapted to allow a single device driver to control a plurality of types of HID-class buttons connected to the embedded controller, and wherein the single device driver is to be re-usable for one or more mobile computing device implementations.
2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the single device driver is an ACPI-to-HID mapper driver, and a configuration file defines details of HID-class button implementation, and the ACPI-to-HID mapper driver is reusable with reconfiguration using details in the configuration file.
3. The mobile computing device of claim 2 , wherein the single device driver automatically configures itself from the configuration file.
4. The mobile computing device of claim 2 , wherein the configuration file resides in a system registry.
5. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the applet comprises software code.
6. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the applet is implemented in part with hardware.
7. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the applet is a single element.
8. The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the mobile computing device is a tablet computer.
9. A mobile computing device comprising:
an embedded controller;
a plurality of buttons, each button having a button identifier assigned by the embedded controller, the plurality of buttons including HID-class buttons; and
an ACPI-to-HID mapper driver to use a standardized nomenclature for controlling HID-class buttons of the plurality of buttons, wherein the ACPI-to-HID mapper driver is reconfigurable using a configuration file that defines details of the HID-class buttons.
10. The mobile computing device of claim 9 , wherein the embedded controller is a keyboard/system controller.
11. The mobile computing device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of buttons includes hard buttons that connect to the keyboard/system controller.
12. The mobile computing device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of buttons includes soft buttons that connect to the keyboard/system controller.
13. The mobile computing device of claim 9 , wherein the embedded controller controls a status light, the status light used to indicate a state of a button of the plurality of buttons.
14. The mobile computing device of claim 9 , wherein the ACPI-to-HID mapper driver automatically configures itself from the configuration file.
15. The mobile computing device of claim 9 , wherein the configuration file resides in a system registry.
16. The mobile computing device of claim 9 , wherein the mobile computing device is a tablet computer.