US Patent Application 17734029. ASSISTANCE USER INTERFACE FOR COMPUTER ACCESSIBILITY simplified abstract

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ASSISTANCE USER INTERFACE FOR COMPUTER ACCESSIBILITY

Organization Name

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

Inventor(s)

Jacques Christopher Newman of North Bend WA (US)

Travis Scott Leithead of Kent WA (US)

Kurt Allen Catti-schmidt of Lynnwood WA (US)

Daniel James Libby of Honolulu HI (US)

ASSISTANCE USER INTERFACE FOR COMPUTER ACCESSIBILITY - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17734029 titled 'ASSISTANCE USER INTERFACE FOR COMPUTER ACCESSIBILITY

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes technology for computer-user interfaces that make it easier for users with accessibility needs to access computer resources.

  • The computer-user interface includes an assistance user interface (UI) that is presented alongside the computer resource, without blocking access to it.
  • The assistance UI includes UI controls like hyperlinks or buttons that help users access the computer resource.
  • The UI controls and their configuration are determined based on the category of the computer resource, so similar computer resources have similarly configured assistance UIs.
  • The technology can programmatically detect specific data features of a computer resource and generate corresponding UI controls, allowing users to directly access those features.
  • Users can access specific data features of the computer resource either through the presentation of the resource itself or by using the UI controls in the assistance UI.


Original Abstract Submitted

Technology is disclosed for computer-user interfaces to facilitate access to a computer resource by users having accessibility needs. In one implementation, a computer-user interface comprises an assistance user interface (UI) provided as a supplemental UI presented in conjunction with the computer resource and which does not inhibit access to the computer resource. The assistance UI may include UI controls, such as hyperlinks or buttons, to facilitate user access to the computer resource. Particular UI controls and their configuration may be determined based on a category of the computer resource such that computer resources of a similar category have similarly configured assistance UIs or similarly named UI controls. Moreover, particular data features of a computer resource may be programmatically detected and utilized to generate the UI controls such that a particular UI control corresponds to a particular data feature. Accordingly, users can access the particular data feature of the computer resource directly via the presentation of the computer resource or can access the particular data feature by actuating the corresponding UI control via the assistance UI.

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