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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2010
Charles Nicholson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Nicholson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs for controlling a device without requiring visual contact are presented. One method includes an operation for identifying available options for a user according to a state of a program executing on a device, where the available options correspond to possible menu items. Further, the method provides an audible output of the available options and the detection of a touch-based input, where the input is received at the device without providing an identifiable visual cue to the user. Further yet, the method includes operations for determining the selected option from the available options based on the timing of the input relative to the audible output, and for performing the selected option by the computer program. In another method, the options are presented to the user via different vibration patterns or via vibrations of a second device connected to the device.