

A mouse/keyboard recorder apparatus comprising:a hollow body incorporating operating software for recording electronic signals from keystrokes on a keyboard or actions with a mouse which are operatively software and hardware independent, wherein said hollow body is associated with a host computer unit, but is operatively software and hardware independent therefrom said hollow body comprising a recorder mode for recording said electronic signals from said keystrokes or said actions associated with a record button on said hollow body, a stop mode for s.ġ. It is compatible with all computer programs and needs no support software or additional circuit boards installed in the (main) computer system to operate.ġ. The apparatus is compatible with all computers that utilize external mouse devices and/or external keyboards and is transparent to the user in that the computer system will operate the same with or without the apparatus attached.

The apparatus may be installed permanently or temporarily in the keyboard and mouse line without taking any precautions to save the recorded commands or actions when the computer is powered down or when the apparatus is removed from the user's computer system. In the MCR play mode, the apparatus will transmit the stored keyboard/mouse data by sending electrical signals representing the stored data to a host computer system via the mouse port and the keyboard port. A microprocessor monitors and controls all operations and stores mouse actions and keyboard actions in non-volatile memory during the MCR's record mode.

The MCR apparatus operates independently of the hardware and software that is installed on a host computer system. The MCR has external cables that connect inline to a host computer's external keyboard and mouse without modification on the host computer system and its peripherals. The mouse/keyboard capture recorder (MCR) is capable of recording keyboard keystrokes, mouse coordinate movements, and mouse actions such as left, middle and right mouse clicks and/or mouse drag movements. This apparatus is an add-on computer component peripheral for existing computer systems. The MCR apparatus operates independently of the hardware and software that is installed on a host.
