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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2007
Mark J. Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stuart K. Card, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ed H. Chi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lichan Hong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark J. Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stuart K. Card, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ed H. Chi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lichan Hong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques provide for the dynamic display of a page-oriented information asset using an audio output mode. Pluralities of elements in the page-oriented information asset are determined based on chapters, sections, paragraphs, sentences, words and the like. The elements are rendered to an audio output mode. Optionally selectable representations of the elements are also determined and output using a 3-dimension-like rendering to a visual output mode. The 3-dimension-like rendering of the visual representations of the elements shows how the current element relates to the other elements and its location within the page-oriented information asset. The 3-dimension-like rendering provides visual orientation or context within the page-oriented information asset. The visual representations of the elements are optionally selectable as spatial context indicators providing direct navigation control to support reading, browsing and information retrieval tasks within the page-oriented information asset. Speech input is also optionally recognized as a direct navigation control.