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Method and apparatus for eyetrack derived backtrack

US5831594A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 1996
Grant dateNov 3, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04895
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed to assist a user of a display device to more quickly recover from a distraction causing the user to look away from the display device. The user is also assisted when navigating hypertext documents by the invention indicating where the user last looked in a restored, previously viewed hypertext document.

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