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A popup keyboard on a touchscreen or pen computer. No special things about the keyboard, just a keyboard that pops up when an input field is selected.
Their patent is here:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=YPIRAAAAEBAJ
Patent 5276794 being prior art, but even that is not the first on screen keyboard that pops up as needed.
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A popup keyboard on a touchscreen or pen computer. No special things about the keyboard, just a keyboard that pops up when an input field is selected.
Their patent is here:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=YPIRAAAAEBAJ
Patent 5276794 being prior art, but even that is not the first on screen keyboard that pops up as needed.