Interface including non-visual display for use in browsing an indexed collection of electronic content
First Claim
1. An interface for facilitating browsing of an indexed collection of electronic content, comprising:
- determining a current location within an index associated with the indexed collection of electronic content while browsing the indexed collection of electronic content;
a non-visual display device for displaying information identifying the current location;
a location display resolution controlling device for controlling the resolution with which the information identifying the current location is displayed by the non-visual display device;
a non-visual resolution feedback device for providing non-visual feedback representative of a current resolution with which the information identifying the current location that is currently being displayed by the non-visual display device;
wherein the non-visual device display further comprises a haptic display device; and
wherein the haptic display device further comprises identifying individual records by providing a distinct haptic feedback for each record while navigating through the records in the indexed collection of electronic content.
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Abstract
The invention facilitates browsing of an indexed collection of electronic content by displaying information identifying a current location within the collection of electronic content using a non-visual display (e.g., audio display and/or haptic display). The information identifying the current location can be displayed with variable resolution and the content of the display of the information identifying the current location can be dependent on the resolution. The invention can be used to browse any type of electronic content, including, for example, audio content, visual content, text content or some combination of such content. The invention can be used to browse electronic content that is indexed in any way, such as, for example, electronic content that is indexed (partly or entirely) alphabetically, numerically or by date.
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16 Claims
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1. An interface for facilitating browsing of an indexed collection of electronic content, comprising:
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determining a current location within an index associated with the indexed collection of electronic content while browsing the indexed collection of electronic content; a non-visual display device for displaying information identifying the current location; a location display resolution controlling device for controlling the resolution with which the information identifying the current location is displayed by the non-visual display device; a non-visual resolution feedback device for providing non-visual feedback representative of a current resolution with which the information identifying the current location that is currently being displayed by the non-visual display device; wherein the non-visual device display further comprises a haptic display device; and wherein the haptic display device further comprises identifying individual records by providing a distinct haptic feedback for each record while navigating through the records in the indexed collection of electronic content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for facilitating browsing of an indexed collection of electronic content, comprising the steps of:
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determining a current location within an index associated with the indexed collection of electronic content while browsing the indexed collection of electronic content; displaying information identifying the current location with a non-visual display device; controlling the resolution with which the information identifying the current location is displayed by the non-visual display device with a location display resolution controlling device; providing non-visual feedback representative of a current resolution with which the information identifying the current location that is currently being displayed by the non-visual display device with a non-visual resolution feedback device; wherein the non-visual device display further comprises a haptic display device; and wherein the haptic display device further comprises identifying individual records by providing a distinct haptic feedback for each record while navigating through the records in the indexed collection of electronic content.
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16. A computer readable storage medium or media on which is stored one or more computer programs for providing an interface for facilitating browsing of an indexed collection of electronic content, the one or more computer programs comprising:
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instruction for determining a current location within an index associated with the indexed collection of electronic content while browsing the indexed collection of electronic content; instructions for displaying information identifying the current location with a non-visual display device; instructions for controlling the resolution with which the information identifying the current location is displayed by the non-visual display device with a location display resolution controlling device; instructions for providing non-visual feedback representative of a current resolution with which the information identifying the current location that is currently being displayed by the non-visual display device with a non-visual resolution feedback device; wherein the non-visual device display further comprises a haptic display device; and wherein the haptic display device further comprises identifying individual records by providing a distinct haptic feedback for each record while navigating through the records in the indexed collection of electronic content.
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