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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andrew Lovitt, Redmond, WA (US);
Sebastian Sztuk, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A client device of a user (e.g., a headset) provides a software-based user interface, not relying solely on physical buttons built into the client device itself. The client device's user interface system can render the user interface using graphical, virtual user interface elements that take the place of physical buttons, reducing device manufacturing costs, improving user interface reliability, and allowing greater user interface flexibility. Information on user movements can then be obtained using a separate wearable device, and the client device can use such information to determine whether the user's movements indicate interactions with the virtual user interface elements, taking appropriate actions if so. The client device's user interface system can also render the user interface using sounds made to appear to emanate from particular locations. Subsequent user movements can then be analyzed to determine whether they indicate the particular locations corresponding to the sound-based elements.