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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2010
Benjamin Andrew Rottler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aram Lindahl, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Allen Paul Haughay, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Shawn A. Ellis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Policarpo Wood, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Andrew Rottler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aram Lindahl, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Allen Paul Haughay, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Shawn A. Ellis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Policarpo Wood, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Various techniques for adaptively varying audio feedback data on an electronic device are provided. In one embodiment, an audio user interface implementing certain aspects of the present disclosure may devolve or evolve the verbosity of audio feedback in response to user interface events based at least partially upon the verbosity level of audio feedback provided during previous occurrences of the user interface event. In another embodiment, an audio user interface may be configured to vary the verbosity of audio feedback associated with a navigable list of items based at least partially upon the speed at which a user navigates the list. In a further embodiment, an audio user interface may be configured to vary audio feedback verbosity based upon the contextual importance of a user interface event. Electronic devices implementing the present techniques provide an improved user experience with regard to audio user interfaces.