Methods and systems for adapting data from a user interface

• US 20060063138A1
• Filed: 09/16/2004
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Cohrs, Christian, Loff, Gisbert R.
• Application Number:
  US10/941,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20060063138A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/112
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for adapting data from a user interface. The disclosed systems and methods may include creating an identification associated with at least one screen on the user interface. The at least one screen may be produced by an executed software module. The disclosed systems and methods may further include receiving accessibility information associated with the at least one screen on the user interface and storing the identification and the accessibility information. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include driving the user interface with an executed software module, wherein the user interface is configured to display the at least one screen having an identification. In addition, the disclosed systems and methods may include accessing accessibility information based on the identification and providing the accessibility information.

Claims

1. A method for adapting data from a user interface, the method comprising:

creating an identification associated with at least one screen on the user interface, the at least one screen being produced by an executed software module;

receiving accessibility information associated with the at least one screen; and

storing the identification and the accessibility information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one human sense.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one of sight and sound.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be used by a screen reader.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be used by a device capable of reproducing the accessibility information in at least one of audible form and Braille form.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information comprising at least one of layout information associated with the at least one screen and content information associated with the at least one screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the identification further comprises using a hash algorithm.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating the accessibility information through human observation of the at least one screen.

10. A method for adapting data from a user interface, the method comprising:

driving the user interface with an executed software module, the user interface configured to display at least one screen, the at least one screen having an identification;

accessing accessibility information based on the identification; and

providing the accessibility information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one human sense.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one of sight and sound.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises using a screen reader.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility using a device capable of producing the accessibility information in at least one of audible form and Braille form.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information comprising at least one of layout information associated with the at least one screen and content information associated with the at least one screen.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein accessing accessibility information based on the identification further comprises accessing accessibility information based on the identification wherein the identification was created using a hash algorithm.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information created through human observation of the at least one screen.

19. A system for adapting data from a user interface, the system comprising:

a memory storage for maintaining a database; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to

create an identification associated with at least one screen on the user interface, the at least one screen being produced by an executed software module;

receive accessibility information associated with the at least one screen; and

store the identification and the accessibility information.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one human sense.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one of sight and sound.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information configured to be used by a screen reader.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information configured to be used by a device capable of reproducing the accessibility information in at least one of audible form and Braille form.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to receive the accessibility information comprising at least one of layout information associated with the at least one screen and content information associated with the at least one screen.

26. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit being operative to create the identification further comprises the processing unit being operative to use a hash algorithm.

27. The system of claim 19, wherein the processing unit is further operative to create the accessibility information through human observation of the at least one screen.

28. A system for adapting data from a user interface, the system comprising:

a memory storage for maintaining a database; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to

driving the user interface with an executed software module, the user interface configured to display at least one screen, the at least one screen having an identification;

access accessibility information based on the identification; and

provide the accessibility information.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one human sense.

31. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one of sight and sound.

32. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to use a screen reader.

33. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to use a device capable of producing the accessibility information in at least one of audible form and Braille form.

34. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information comprising at least one of layout information associated with the at least one screen and content information associated with the at least one screen.

35. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to access the accessibility information based on the identification further comprises the processing unit being operative to access the accessibility information based on the identification wherein the identification was created using a hash algorithm.

36. The system of claim 28, wherein the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information further comprises the processing unit being operative to provide the accessibility information created through human observation of the at least one screen.

37. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for adapting data from a user interface, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

creating an identification associated with at least one screen on the user interface, the at least one screen being produced by an executed software module;

receiving accessibility information associated with the at least one screen; and

storing the identification and the accessibility information.

38. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability.

39. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one human sense.

40. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one of sight and sound.

41. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be used by a screen reader.

42. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information configured to be used by a device capable of reproducing the accessibility information in at least one of audible form and Braille form.

43. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein receiving the accessibility information further comprises receiving the accessibility information comprising at least one of layout information associated with the at least one screen and content information associated with the at least one screen.

44. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, wherein creating the identification further comprises using a hash algorithm.

45. The computer-readable medium of claim 37, further comprising creating the accessibility information through human observation of the at least one screen.

46. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a computer-readable medium for adapting data from a user interface, the computer-readable medium executed by the set of instructions comprising:

driving the user interface with an executed software module, the user interface configured to display at least one screen, the at least one screen having an identification;

accessing accessibility information based on the identification; and

providing the accessibility information.

47. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability.

48. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one human sense.

49. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information configured to be perceivable by a user having a disability comprising the inability to perceive at least one of sight and sound.

50. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises using a screen reader.

51. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility using a device capable of producing the accessibility information in at least one of audible form and Braille form.

52. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information comprising at least one of layout information associated with the at least one screen and content information associated with the at least one screen.

53. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein accessing accessibility information based on the identification further comprises accessing accessibility information based on the identification wherein the identification was created using a hash algorithm.

54. The computer-readable medium of claim 46, wherein providing the accessibility information further comprises providing the accessibility information created through human observation of the at least one screen.