The navigational interface allows a user to control computer operations and input text into applications running on the computing
system with a single
input device. The navigational interface operates by receiving selection signals from the
input device. The navigational interface includes an
input device, a navigational interface interpretation module having a sensor pattern, and a control display providing feedback of the navigational interface interpretation module operations. The sensor pattern is radially divided into a central sensory portion, a petals sensory portion divided into sensory petals, and a circumferential sensory portion. Each sensory portion references an
information element. The information elements are associated with tasks to be performed in the computing
system. The tasks might be
computer control operations, application selection, application operation, or inputting and editing of textual characters into various applications running on the computing
system. The information elements are selected by a selection
stroke on the sensory portions and sensory petals of the sensor pattern. The selection
stroke is defined by information in the selection
signal, which is transmitted pursuant to a
user input stroke. Tasks are performed through recognization of the selection
signal by the navigational interface interpretation module. Following task execution, the information elements associated with the sensor pattern are functionally updated according to the executed task.