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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2020
Appesteem Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hong Jia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dennis Batchelder, Seattle, WA (US);
Keven Goh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nicholas Batchelder, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Ivanov, Redmond, WA (US);
Natalya Grebenik, Redmond, WA (US);
Kira Brodsky, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan Young, Cle Elum, WA (US);
AppEsteem Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and storage media are provided for accessibility services to assist users with disabilities in using touch-based interfaces and graphical user interfaces (GUIs). A client system generates and renders a GUI of a client application that comprises one or more graphical objects. The client system operates a service to identify graphical objects that refer or link to advertisements or other third party resources. The service applies a protective measure to the identified graphical objects, which prevent user inputs (e.g., 'taps') from being accepted by the client system. The protective measure may include a distinguishing effect to visually distinguish the protective measure from other graphical objects in the GUI. The user may remove the protective measure by performing a predefined gesture. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.