Data processing system and method for customizing data processing system output for sense-impaired users

US6192341A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Craig Henry Becker · Fond du Lac, US
• David Wayne Glass · Georgetown, US
• James G. McLean · Fuquay-Varina, US
• Clifford A. Pickover · Yorktown Heights, US
• Daniel J. Winarski · Tucson, US
• Tin-Lup Wong · Chapel Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/04897
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A data processing system and method for customizing a user output of a data processing system are disclosed. According to the method, a user preference for an audio or visual user output of a data processing system is determined. In response to determination of a user output having a first audio or visual frequency, the user output is mapped to a second audio or visual frequency in accordance with the user preference to obtain a customized user output. Thereafter, the customized user output is presented by the data processing system. In accordance with one embodiment, the user preference is determined by administering a test of the user's visual or aural acuity.