Application launching system

摘要

A touchpad pointing device utilized as a pattern input device for a pattern recognition system. The input pattern received from the touchpad pointing device is translated into a start application command. The recognition system forms part of a computer having an operating system and includes a touchpad pointing device, a recognition module and a signal capturer. In addition, a unit for launching an application to run on a computer having an operating system and a pointing device which produces an input pattern in response to movement upon it, is described. The unit includes a recognition module and a launcher. The recognition module attempts to recognize the input pattern as a previously trained launching pattern. The launcher launches the application by providing a launching command which is associated with the launching pattern to the operating device. A security application enables access to the computer upon receipt of an input signature from a user with access privileges.