US Patent Application 18306509. Hardware Element Abstraction simplified abstract

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Hardware Element Abstraction

Organization Name

Apple Inc.


Inventor(s)

Matthew S. Koonce of San Jose CA (US)


Eugene Dvortsov of Cupertino CA (US)


Michael A. Gorbach of Scotts Valley CA (US)


Michael J. Lamb of San Jose CA (US)


Kevin M. Lynch of Woodside CA (US)


Hardware Element Abstraction - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18306509 Titled 'Hardware Element Abstraction'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a process of implementing a configurable input component on a device. This component detects user input and determines the context of the input. Based on this context, a set of actions associated with a specific application is identified. The device then selects the next action to be performed by the application based on the context information. Finally, the selected action is executed by the application.


Original Abstract Submitted

Implementing a configurable input component includes detecting user input via a configurable input component of a device, determining, by the device, context information, and identifying a set of actions associated with a first application. A next action is selected based on the context information, and the application is caused to perform the selected next action.