| US 7,469,387 B1 | ||
| Method and apparatus for interacting with a portable computer system | ||
| Robert Yuji Haitani, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Redwood City, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/100,110. | ||
| Application 11/100110 is a continuation of application No. 10/186040, filed on Jun. 26, 2002, granted, now 6,943,813. | ||
| Application 10/186040 is a continuation of application No. 09/272979, filed on Mar. 19, 1999, granted, now 6,448,988. | ||
| Application 09/272979 is a continuation of application No. 08/790518, filed on Jan. 29, 1997, granted, now 5,900,875. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—840 [715/802; 715/803; 715/810; 715/835] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A computer implemented method of preparing a computer system for use, said computer system including a screen display with
a screen display area, said method comprising the steps of:
accepting a particular application button press by a user, wherein said computer system includes a plurality of application
buttons for selecting applications, wherein said plurality of application buttons include said particular application button,
wherein each application button of said plurality of application buttons:
is associated with a particular application program, and
is located at a location external to said screen display area; and
in response to said particular application button press:
waking a processor, and
executing the particular application program associated with said particular application button.
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