System and method for electronic accessibility privileges

• US 20040117279A1
• Filed: 12/12/2002
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Schwerdtfeger, Richardson Scott, Dutta, Rabindranath, Hartley, John C.
• Application Number:
  US10/318,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20040117279A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

A system and method for electronic accessibility privileges is presented. A pervasive computing device is used to provide a user'"'"'s accessibility privilege information to accessibility service providers as well as update the user'"'"'s accessibility privileges with an accessibility database server. The pervasive computing device receives accessibility data from the user and the accessibility database server. The user may provide accessibility data, such as presentation form preference information, to the pervasive computing device whereas the accessibility database server may provide accessibility data, such as accessibility privilege information, to the pervasive computing device. The pervasive computing device receives requests from requesters and provides accessibility data corresponding to the request. The user also uses the pervasive computing device to upload the user'"'"'s accessibility data, such as presentation form preferences, into a client so as to view content in a useful presentation form.

Claims

1. A method of handling accessibility data using a pervasive computing device, said method comprising:

receiving one or more user data values, wherein the user data values include a user identifier;

storing the user data values in the pervasive computing device;

receiving a request, from a requester, to provide one or more of the user data values; and

responsively providing the requested user data values to the requester.

2. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

requesting a service from a service provider, wherein the request includes the user identifier and an accessibility privilege; and

receiving a grant response to the accessibility data from the service provider in response to the request, wherein the pervasive computing device is granted access to the service provided by the service provider.

3. The method as described in claim 2 wherein the determining further comprises:

sending an accessibility record request to an accessibility database server, the accessibility record request including the user identifier;

receiving accessibility data from the accessibility database server, wherein the accessibility data corresponds to the accessibility record request; and

analyzing the accessibility data.

4. The method as described in claim 2 further comprising:

identifying whether insurance coverage exists corresponding to the requested service; and

billing an insurance server in response to the identifying, wherein the insurance server corresponds to the identified insurance coverage.

5. The method as described in claim 2 wherein the service provider is selected from the group consisting of a parking garage server, a parking meter server, a public transportation server, and an airport special assistance server.

6. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

requesting accessibility data from an accessibility database server;

receiving accessibility data from the accessibility database server in response to the request; and

storing the accessibility data in the pervasive computing device.

7. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an electronic bill, wherein the electronic bill corresponds to the user identifier; and

transmitting a billing account number in response to receiving the electronic bill.

8. The method as described in claim 1 wherein at least one of the user data values is selected from the group consisting of a zoom, a sharpen image, a stop animator, a stop flashing, a left justify, a mouseover, a remove background, a billing type, a billing number, a billing expiration, a insurance name, a insurance server identifier, a high contrast, a speech selector, a text spacing, a line spacing, and an accessibility data.

9. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory accessible by the processors;

one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors; and

a pervasive computing tool for handling accessibility data, the pervasive computing tool including;

means for receiving one or more user data values, wherein the user data values include a user identifier;

means for storing the user data values on one of the nonvolatile storage devices;

means for receiving a request from a requestor for one or more of the user data values; and

means for responsively providing the requested user data values to the requester.

10. The information handling system as described in claim 9 further comprising:

means for requesting a service from a service provider, wherein the request includes the user identifier and an accessibility privilege; and

means for receiving a grant response to the accessibility data from the service provider in response to the request, wherein the information handling system is granted access to the service provided by the service provider.

11. The information handling system as described in claim 10 wherein the service provider is selected from the group consisting of a parking garage server, a parking meter server, a public transportation server, and an airport special assistance server.

12. The information handling system as described in claim 9 further comprising:

means for requesting accessibility data from an accessibility database server;

means for receiving accessibility data from the accessibility database server in response to the request; and

means for storing the accessibility data on one of the nonvolatile storage devices.

13. The information handling system as described in claim 9 further comprising:

means for sending, from an accounting server, an electronic bill, wherein the electronic bill corresponds to the user identifier; and

means for providing a billing number in response to receiving the electronic bill.

14. The information handling system as described in claim 9 wherein at least one of the user data values is selected from the group consisting of a zoom, a sharpen image, a stop animator, a stop flashing, a left justify, a mouseover, a remove background, a billing type, a billing number, a billing expiration, a insurance name, a insurance server identifier, a high contrast, a speech selector, a text spacing, a line spacing, and an accessibility data.

15. A computer program product stored on a computer operable media for handling accessibility data, said computer program product comprising:

means for receiving one or more user data values, wherein the user data values include a user identifier;

means for storing the user data values in the pervasive computing device;

means for receiving a request, from a requester, to provide one or more of the user data values; and

means for responsively providing the requested user data values to the requester.

16. The computer program product as described in claim 15 further comprising:

means for requesting a service from a service provider, wherein the request includes the user identifier and an accessibility privilege; and

means for receiving a grant response to the accessibility data from the service provider in response to the request, wherein access is granted access to the service provided based upon the grant response.

17. The computer program product as described in claim 16 wherein the service provider is selected from the group consisting of a parking garage server, a parking meter server, a public transportation server, and an airport special assistance server.

18. The computer program product as described in claim 15 further comprising:

means for requesting accessibility data from an accessibility database server;

means for receiving accessibility data from the accessibility database server in response to the request; and

means for storing the accessibility data in the pervasive computing device.

19. The computer program product as described in claim 15 further comprising:

means for sending, from an accounting server, an electronic bill, wherein the electronic bill corresponds to the user identifier; and

means for providing a billing number in response to receiving the electronic bill.

20. The computer program product as described in claim 15 wherein at least one of the user data values is selected from the group consisting of a zoom, a sharpen image, a stop animator, a stop flashing, a left justify, a mouseover, a remove background, a billing type, a billing number, a billing expiration, a insurance name, a insurance server identifier, a high contrast, a speech selector, a text spacing, a line spacing, and an accessibility data.