Impairment-adaptive electronic data interaction system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11429255-B2
Application number	US-201916423085-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2019
Priority date	Jan 28, 2014
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A system for dynamically adjusting content for an interaction impairment can include a data provider, an end-user electronic device, a user identification module, and a data adjustment module. The data provider can be capable of providing access to electronic data. One or more characteristics of the electronic data can be incompatible with an impairment of an impaired user. The end-user electronic device can be configured to allow the impaired user to interact with electronic data. The user identification module can be configured to identify an identity of the impaired user and/or the impairment of the impaired user. The data adjustment module can be configured to automatically adjust incompatible characteristics of the electronic data prior to presentation by the end-user electronic device. This adjustment can increase the ability of the impaired user to utilize the electronic data with the end-user electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method within an end-user electronic device, comprising:
identifying an impairment that is (i) associated with a user of the end-user electronic device and (ii) defined within an impairment profile associated with the impaired user that includes:
acceptable limit values for a plurality of data characteristics incompatible with the impairment, and
a type of processing for handling a particular one of the plurality of incompatible data characteristics;

receiving, from a data provider, electronic data of which a portion is incompatible with the impairment;
automatically processing, using the type of processing included within the impairment profile, the portion of the electronic data to adjust at least one incompatible characteristic of the portion of the electronic data;
providing the processed electronic data to the user for interaction, wherein the user is not required to make an additional modification to the processed electronic data to compensate for the impairment, and
wherein a determination is made as to a type of electronic data having a potential to include at least one of the plurality of data characteristics included within the impairment profile and the processing is performed only for the determined type of electronic data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the impairment profile is obtained based upon identification data received from the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
interactions of the impaired user with electronic data are monitored, and
at least one of the acceptable limit values is determined based upon modifications made manually to the electronic data by the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein
interactions of the impaired user with electronic data are monitored, and
the type of processing is determined based upon modifications made manually to the electronic data by the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the portion is determined to be incompatible with the impairment using the acceptable limit values within the impairment profile.

6. An end-user electronic device, comprising:
a hardware processor configured to initiate the following executable operations:
identifying an impairment that is (i) associated with a user of the end-user electronic device and (ii) defined within an impairment profile associated with the impaired user that includes:
acceptable limit values for a plurality of data characteristics incompatible with the impairment, and
a type of processing for handling a particular one of the plurality of incompatible data characteristics;

receiving, from a data provider, electronic data of which a portion is incompatible with the impairment;
automatically processing, using the type of processing included within the impairment profile, the portion of the electronic data to adjust at least one incompatible characteristic of the portion of the electronic data;
providing the processed electronic data to the user for interaction, wherein the user is not required to make an additional modification to the processed electronic data to compensate for the impairment, and
wherein a determination is made as to a type of electronic data having a potential to include at least one of the plurality of data characteristics included within the impairment profile and the processing is performed only for the determined type of electronic data.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein
the impairment profile is obtained based upon identification data received from the user.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein
interactions of the impaired user with electronic data are monitored, and
at least one of the acceptable limit values is determined based upon modifications made manually to the electronic data by the user.

9. The device of claim 6 , wherein
interactions of the impaired user with electronic data are monitored, and
the type of processing is determined based upon modifications made manually to the electronic data by the user.

10. The device of claim 6 , wherein
the portion is determined to be incompatible with the impairment using the acceptable limit values within the impairment profile.

11. A computer program product, comprising:
a hardware storage device having computer usable program code stored therein,
the computer usable program code, which when executed by an end-user electronic device, causes the end-user electronic device to perform:
identifying an impairment that is (i) associated with a user of the end-user electronic device and (ii) defined within an impairment profile associated with the impaired user that includes:
acceptable limit values for a plurality of data characteristics incompatible with the impairment, and
a type of processing for handling a particular one of the plurality of incompatible data characteristics;

receiving, from a data provider, electronic data of which a portion is incompatible with the impairment;
automatically processing, using the type of processing included within the impairment profile, the portion of the electronic data to adjust at least one incompatible characteristic of the portion of the electronic data;
providing the processed electronic data to the user for interaction, wherein the user is not required to make an additional modification to the processed electronic data to compensate for the impairment, and
wherein a determination is made as to a type of electronic data having a potential to include at least one of the plurality of data characteristics included within the impairment profile and the processing is performed only for the determined type of electronic data.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein
the impairment profile is obtained based upon identification data received from the user.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein
interactions of the impaired user with electronic data are monitored, and
at least one of the acceptable limit values is determined based upon modifications made manually to the electronic data by the user.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein
interactions of the impaired user with electronic data are monitored, and
the type of processing is determined based upon modifications made manually to the electronic data by the user.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein
the portion is determined to be incompatible with the impairment using the acceptable limit values within the impairment profile.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Dunne Jonathan
• French Paul B
• Galvin Jr James P
• O'Sullivan Patrick J

Classifications

• G06F3/048 Primary

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• H04N1/00127

  Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture · CPC title

• G09B21/001

  Teaching or communicating with blind persons (G09B21/02 - G09B21/06 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/0035

  User-machine interface; Control console (input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00) · CPC title