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US 8,710,967 B2Granted
Non-visual presentation of information on an electronic wireless device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsJerome Pasquero, David Ryan Walker
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Abstract
In one example, information is presented to a user in a non-visual manner. In this example, a list of visually representable items defined by a beginning and at least one of dimension of time and space is accessed. Each of the visually representable items within the dimension is placed in one of a plurality of non-visual sensory categories. A non-visual sensory preview is rendered, in sequence for each item in the list, from the plurality of non-visual sensory categories.
Claims14
A method of operating an electronic device comprising:
- accessing a list of visually representable items occurring within a total time period defined by a beginning and an end;
- and
- rendering, in sequence for all the items in the list specified by the total time period, a non-visual sensory overview, and based on the visual items being a set of:
- calendar entries, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a length of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a length of a respective calendar entry divided by a length of the total time period;
- messages within the total time period, for each non-visual sensory overview, using a set of attributes to indicate whether each message in a set of messages has been read or unread and has an attachment associated therewith;
- and
- directions for turn-by-turn navigation, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a duration until a start of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a distance to a start of a respective direction divided by a distance of an overall route.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;
- and
- a non-visual presentation manager communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, the non-visual presentation manager configured to perform a method comprising:
- accessing a list of visually representable items occurring within a total time period defined by a beginning and an end;
- and
- rendering, in sequence for all the items in the list specified by the total time period, a non-visual sensory overview, and based on the visual items being a set of
- calendar entries, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a length of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a length of a respective calendar entry divided by a length of the total time period;
- messages within the total time period, for each non-visual sensory overview, using a set of attributes to indicate whether each message in a set of messages has been read or unread and has an attachment associated therewith;
- and
- directions for turn-by-turn navigation, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a duration until a start of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a distance to a start of a respective direction divided by a distance of an overall route.
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A computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit configured to perform a method comprising:
- accessing a list of visually representable items within a total time period defined by a beginning and an end;
- and
- rendering, in sequence for all the items in the list specified by the total time period, a non-visual sensory overview, and based on the visual items being a set of
- calendar entries, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a length of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a length of a respective calendar entry divided by a length of the total time period;
- messages within the total time period, for each non-visual sensory overview, using a set of attributes to indicate whether each message in a set of messages has been read or unread and has an attachment associated therewith;
- and
- directions for turn-by-turn navigation, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a duration until a start of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a distance to a start of a respective direction divided by a distance of an overall route.
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A method of operating an electronic device comprising:
- accessing a list of visually representable items within a total display space defined by a beginning and an end;
- and
- rendering, in sequence for all the items in the list specified by the total display space, a non-visual sensory overview, and based on the visual items being a set of
- calendar entries, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a length of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a spatial length of a respective calendar entry divided by a spatial length of the total display space;
- messages within the total display space, for each non-visual sensory overview, using a set of attributes to indicate whether each message in a set of messages has been read or unread and has an attachment associated therewith;
- and
- directions for turn-by-turn navigation, for each non-visual sensory overview, setting a duration until a start of the non-visual sensory overview based on a ratio defined by a spatial length till a start of a respective direction divided by a spatial length of an overall route.
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