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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
George Bernhart, Trophy Club, TX (US);
Dominik Jaworek, Vancouver, CA;
Yannick Pellet, Helsinki, FI;
Maini Williams, Tampere, FI;
Tommi Salomaa, Tampere, FI;
George Bernhart, Trophy Club, TX (US);
Dominik Jaworek, Vancouver, CA;
Yannick Pellet, Helsinki, FI;
Maini Williams, Tampere, FI;
Tommi Salomaa, Tampere, FI;
Nokia Corporation, , FI;
Abstract
An improved user interface for use with a mobile telecommunication device such as a mobile phone to make its featured more accessible to a sight-impaired user. The user interface employs a collection of distinguishable non-visual (NV) cues that are selectively generated as the user chooses a feature for activation by navigating through a menu system. The NV cues may take any of several forms, but are most usually vibration pulses or audible sounds, or a combination of these two forms. As the user navigates through the menu system by sequentially selecting from available options, the NV cues are generated so that the user can sense a location within the menu system. The different NV cues may be associated with the availability of certain selected options, the selection of them, or organized in a manner analogous to the manner in which the options themselves are organized.