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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Frank A. Mckiel, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1633 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1636 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are described wherein an auxiliary sensor attachable to a touchscreen computing device provides an additional form of user input. When used in conjunction with an accessibility process in the touchscreen computing device, wherein the accessibility process generates audible descriptions of user interface features shown on a display of the device, actuation of the auxiliary sensor by a user affects the manner in which concurrent touchscreen input is processed and audible descriptions are presented.