System for changing device from specialized interface that enables control of subsystem to general interface that performs general purpose computing functions unrelated to the subsystem
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Feb 10, 1998
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Jan 13, 1995
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The present invention describes a method for superimposing general usage interface characteristics upon a computing device configured with specialized interface characteristics to enable the particular computing device to control general purpose computing functions. The user may also establish control of a portion of the display of a particular computing device. The computing system may include multiple computing devices, users, and subsystems that may be controlled by control devices. A first event signals a request for a change of the particular computing device from specialized interface characteristics to general interface characteristics unrelated to the specialized interface, and the particular computing device is reconfigured to general interface characteristics. Control of the device may also be based on the context of the system and the environment of the particular device.
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