Method And System For Providing A User Interface That Enables Control Of A Device Via Respiratory And/Or Tactual Input

• US 20090247222A1
• Filed: 03/26/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pierre Bonnat
• Original Assignee: Pierre Bonnat
• Inventors: Bonnat, Pierre
• Granted Patent: US 8,701,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A method and system are provided for a user interface that enables control of a device via respiratory and/or tactual input. A mobile device comprising a graphical user interface may receive data from a second device and/or locally from within the mobile device. The data may be associated with and/or mapped to multimedia content that may be retrievable from a content source. The content source may be external to the mobile device and the second device. The associating and/or mapping may occur at either the mobile device or the second device and the associated or mapped data may be operable to function as at least a portion of the graphical user interface of the mobile device. The graphical user interface may be customized utilizing the data that is associated and/or mapped to the media content. The second device may map the received data to the media content.

Claims

1. A method for device interaction, the method comprising:

receiving at a mobile device comprising a graphical user interface, data from a second device and/or from within said mobile device; and

associating said data with media content that is retrievable by said mobile device from a content source, wherein;

said associating occurs at either said mobile device or said second device; and

said associated data is operable to function as at least a portion of said graphical user interface of said mobile device and/or another device to which said associated data is transferred.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising customizing said graphical user interface utilizing said data that is associated to said media content.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising mapping said received data to said media content by said mobile device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said second device maps said received data to said media content.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said data that is mapped to said media content is communicated from said second device to said mobile device.

6. The method according to claim 5, comprising receiving said mapped data from said second device via a wireless connection and/or a wired connection.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said media content that is retrievable by said mobile device comprise one or more of an RSS and/or XML feed, a URL, and/or multimedia content.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein human breath is utilized to control said graphical user interface.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein touch is utilized to control said graphical user interface.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said mobile device comprises one or more of a personal computer (PC), a laptop, and/or a handheld communication device.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said handheld device comprises one or more of a mobile telephone, and/or a mobile multimedia player.

12. A system for device interaction, the system comprising:

one or more processors in a mobile device comprising a graphical user interface, said one or more processors operable to receive data from a second device;

wherein said data is associated with media content that is retrievable by said mobile device from a content source and/or from within said mobile device, and wherein;

said one or more processors enable said association at said mobile device or one or more other circuits in said second device enable said association at said second device; and

said associated data is operable to function as at least a portion of said graphical user interface of said mobile device and/or another device to which said associated data is transferred.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said one or more processors enables customization of said graphical user interface utilizing said data that is associated to said media content.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein said one or more processors maps said received data to said media content at said mobile device

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein said one or more other processors maps in said second device maps said received data to said media content at said second device.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein said data that is mapped to said media content is communicated from said second device to said mobile device.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors are operable to receive said mapped data from said second device via a wireless connection and/or a wired connection.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein said media content that is retrievable by said mobile device comprise one or more of an RSS and/or XML feed, a URL, and/or multimedia content.

19. The system according to claim 12, wherein human breath is utilized to control said graphical user interface.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein touch is utilized to control said graphical user interface.

21. The system according to claim 12, wherein said mobile device comprises one or more of a personal computer (PC), a laptop, and/or a handheld communication device.

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein said handheld device comprises one or more of a mobile telephone, and/or a mobile multimedia player.

23. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for networking, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

receiving at a mobile device comprising a graphical user interface, data from a second device and/or from within said mobile device; and

associating said data with media content that is retrievable by said mobile device from a content source, wherein;

said associating occurs at either said mobile device or said second device; and

said associated data is operable to function as at least a portion of said graphical user interface of said mobile device and/or another device to which said associated data is transferred.

24. The machine-readable storage according to claim 23, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for customizing said graphical user interface utilizing said data that is associated to said media content.

25. The machine-readable storage according to claim 23, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for mapping said received data to said media content by said mobile device.

26. The machine-readable storage according to claim 23, wherein said second device maps said received data to said media content.

27. The machine-readable storage according to claim 26, wherein said data that is mapped to said media content is communicated from said second device to said mobile device.

28. The machine-readable storage according to claim 27, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for receiving said mapped data from said second device via a wireless connection and/or a wired connection.

29. The machine-readable storage according to claim 23, wherein said media content that is retrievable by said mobile device comprise one or more of an RSS and/or XML feed, a URL, and/or multimedia content.

30. The machine-readable storage according to claim 23, wherein human breath is utilized to control said graphical user interface.

31. The machine-readable storage according to claim 30, wherein touch is utilized to control said graphical user interface.

32. The machine-readable storage according to claim 23, wherein said mobile device comprises one or more of a personal computer (PC), a laptop, and/or a handheld communication device.

33. The machine-readable storage according to claim 32, wherein said handheld device comprises one or more of a mobile telephone, and/or a mobile multimedia player.