UNIVERSAL INPUT DEVICE DRIVER

摘要

Methods, systems, means and machine-readable media embodying program instructions for using a virtual input device to create compatible control signals for a software application using control signals from a remote input device that are incompatible with the software application. Certain methods create a driver that receives first control signals adhering to a first control signal protocol type from an input device connected to a host system. The driver may act as a pass-through for the first control signals, transmitting them to a software-module. Concurrently, the driver may create a virtual input device that appears to the software-module as a device that produces control signals adhering to a second control signal protocol type. The driver may transform the control signals from the first control signal protocol type into the second control signal protocol type before transmitting them to the software-module.

主权项

1. A method for using a virtual input device to create compatible control signals for a software application using control signals from a remote input device that are incompatible with the software application, the method comprising:
receiving, from a remote input device, a first control signal that conforms to a first control signal protocol; using the first control signal to create a second control signal that conforms to a second control signal protocol used by a software application; and transmitting the second control signal to the software application.