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Manipulative user interface systems and methods

  • US 7,253,800 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2001
  • Issued: 08/07/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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; and

    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.

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