Abstract: Feature discovery includes determining what a user is doing or trying to do with respect to a computer platform from situational awareness information relating to the user's use of the platform. Feature discovery logic is applied to the situational awareness information and personalized user information to determine (a) when to present information to the user regarding a platform feature or features relevant to what the user is doing or trying to do, (b) what information to present to the user regarding the feature(s), and (c) how to best present the information to the user with a user interface. After the user interface presents the information regarding the platform feature(s) the feature discovery logic, personalized user information, or situational awareness information are updated according to the user's response to presentation of the information.

Abstract: In customized audio attenuation a computer system generates audible sounds in one or more frequency ranges from electronic signals. An audiogram for a listener is inferred from the listener's response to the audible sounds and an attenuation profile is determined from the audiogram. The attenuation profile includes an attenuation level for each of the one or more frequency ranges. Each attenuation level is inversely related to the listener's sensitivity to hearing sounds in the corresponding frequency range. Subsequent signals or data corresponding to subsequent audible sounds in the one or more frequency ranges are generated. The attenuation profile is applied to the subsequent signals to generate attenuated signals and the attenuated signals are transmitted to an audio transducer.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for automated visual setting importation is disclosed. A first application running on a first device requests a vision setting for a second application. A vision setting of the first application running on a first device is determined to correspond to the vision setting for the second application. The vision setting for the second application is then applied to the corresponding vision setting of the first application.

Abstract: Haptic support for UI navigation is provided so that in addition to visual cues such as a cursor moving onscreen and audio cues such as sound effects, tactile feedback is provided through haptic generators in an input device such as a computer simulation controller. As the cursor moves right, for example, a haptic generator on the right side of the controller may be activated to generate a tactile sensation on the right side of the controller, and vice versa.