Manipulative user interface systems and methods
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid Goldberg, Kenneth P. Fishkin, Anuj Uday Gujar, Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Roy Want
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Abstract
Two previously virtual concepts, such as, for example, the concept of “me” and the concept of “my data” are reified into physical objects which can be physically manipulated and interact with legacy technologies such as, for example, desktop or portable computers. In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computing device in the form of an animal, such as, for example, a bear, with a manipulatable user interface, is used to log onto and off of various computers.
Claims19
A method of communicating information about a user of a responsive device to the responsive device, comprising:
- storing information about the user in a physically manipulatable device;
- providing a manipulative user interface between the responsive device and the physically manipulatable device;
- placing an object relative to the physically manipulatable device, where the object indicates a state of the user independent of physical manipulation of the object by the user;
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- communicating, by the physically manipulatable device, a subset of the stored user information to the responsive device, wherein the subset is determined based on the state of the user indicated by the object in conjunction with the relative placement of the object and the physically manipulatable device.
A method of communicating information about a user of a responsive object to the responsive object, comprising:
- storing information about the user in a physically manipulatable reified device;
- providing a manipulative user interface between the responsive device and the physically manipulative reified device
- placing an object relative to the physically manipulatable reified device, where the object indicates a state of the user independent of physical manipulation of the object by the user;
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- communicating, by the physically manipulatable reified device, a subset of the stored user information to the responsive device, wherein the subset is determined based on the state of the user indicated by the object in conjunction with the relative placement of the object and the physically manipulatable reified device.
A physically manipulatable device for interfacing and communicating with a computer, comprising a physical representation of one user of the computer, the physical representation comprising:
- a manipulatable user interface to communicate with the computer;
- at least one physically manipulatable element to store information about the user;
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- an object placed relative to the physically manipulatable element, where the object indicates a state of the user independent of physical manipulation of the object by the user,
- wherein the physically manipulatable element communicates a subset of the stored user information to the manipulatable user interface, where the subset is determined based on the state of the user indicated by the object in conjunction with the relative placement of the object and the physically manipulatable element.
A reified device for interfacing and communicating with a computer, comprising a physical representation of a user of the computer, the physical representation comprising:
- a manipulatable user interface to communicate with the computer;
- an object placed relative to the manipulatable user interface, where the object indicates a state of the user independent of physical manipulation of the object by the user;
- and
- at least one physically manipulatable element to store information about the user,
- wherein the physically manipulatable element communicates a subset of the stored user information to the manipulatable user interface, where the subset is determined based on the state of the user indicated by the object in conjunction with the relative placement of the object and the physically manipulatable element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.