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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Ignatius Punsal Lozada, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anshu K. Chimalamarri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bryce L. Schmidtchen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Lutter, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Paul Ewers, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Burgner, Venice, CA (US);
Thomas J. Moore, Northglenn, CO (US);
Trevor J. Mcintyre, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine whether the user is reading text or intends an interaction with a portion of the text in order to initiate an interaction event during the presentation of the content. For example, an example process may include obtaining physiological data associated with an eye of a user during presentation of content, wherein the content includes text, determining whether the user is reading a portion of the text or intends an interaction with the portion of the text based on an assessment of the physiological data with respect to a reading characteristic, and in accordance with a determination that the user intends the interaction with the portion of the text, initiating an interaction event associated with the portion of the text.