Paragraph Number

63

"User input" refers to a form of input data that is provided directly or indirectly by a user, operator, or beneficiary of an apparatus, module, system, method, or process. User input can be provided by a variety of input devices and can include any indicator or indication of input data from the user. A variety of signals, indicators, indications, gestures, movements, touches, keystrokes, or the like can serve as user input. "Input data" refers to data identified, used, collected, gathered, and/or generated to serve as input to another component, circuit, driver, device, manager, control circuit, storage media, storage device, or controller. The input data can be in analog or digital format and can represent a data signal and/or one or more data values. As used herein, an "indicator" refers to an apparatus, device, component, system, assembly, mechanism, hardware, software, firmware, circuit, module, set of data, or logic structured, organized, configured, programmed, designed, arranged, or engineered to convey information or indicate a state, condition, context, location, or position to a user of a module, device or apparatus that includes, or is associated with the indicator. The indicator can include one or more of an audible signal, a tactile signal, a visual signal or indication, a visual marker, a visual icon, and the like.

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