SUPPLEMENTAL SENSORY INPUT/OUTPUT FOR ACCESSIBILITY

• US 20080144134A1
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lexmark International Incorporated (Ninestar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lexmark International Incorporated (Ninestar Corporation)
• Inventors: Bridges, Amanda Kay, Flowers, William James Gardner, McQuillen, Chad Eugene, Timperman, Michael Ray, Grieshaber, Charles Edward, Ahmed, Mohamed Nooman, Daniel, Stuart Willard, Hasselbring, Dennis Herbert, Lhamon, Michael Earl
• Application Number:
  US11/555,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20080144134A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/500
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/46 Colour picture communication systems

Abstract

A method for a user to control a peripheral device includes soliciting input from a user through assistive technology, receiving input from the user in response to soliciting, and executing a job generated from the input.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a peripheral device comprising:

soliciting input from a user through assistive technology;

receiving input from the user in response to said soliciting; and

executing a job generated from said input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said soliciting input comprises prompting the user to enter input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the assistive technology is an interactive voice response system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an activation signal from the user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the activation signal is an off-hook headset signal.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the activation signal is a signal from a connected portable auxiliary device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the auxiliary device is a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is one or more alphanumeric characters representing one or more desired functions, instructions, parameters or attributes.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is a delimiter character.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the received input is valid.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing a first indication for valid received input; and

providing a second indication for invalid received input.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the job comprises a request to perform a function and one or more attributes, instructions or parameters.

13. A method for controlling a peripheral device equipped with assistive technology, comprising:

soliciting input from a user through a wizard;

determining whether the received input is valid;

receiving a completion indication from the user through a response to the wizard; and

executing a job in response to the received completion indication.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the wizard is a script of interactive audible requests.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the interactive audible requests are synthetic voice prompts.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the input comprises one or more alphanumeric characters representing one or more peripheral device functions and associated attributes, instructions or parameters.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein said determining comprises verifying that received input represents valid peripheral device functions and associated attributes, instructions or parameters.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising signaling in response to said determining.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said signaling comprises:

a first indication signifying valid received input; and

a second indication signifying invalid received input.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the completion indication is a special function key on the peripheral device.