Patents by Inventor Sylvia A. WORK

Sylvia A. WORK has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aiding people with impairments
    Patent number: 9377922
    Abstract: A device may receive information identifying a type of impairment, and provide, based on the type of impairment, a user interface. The user interface may allow a user to specify a command and an action that is to be performed, by an application, based on detecting the command. The action may relate to the type of impairment. The device may further receive configuration information via the user interface, where the configuration information identifies the command and the action. The device may configure the application based on the configuration information, detect, using the application, the command, and perform, using the application, the action based on detecting the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Sylvia A. Work
  • AIDING PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRMENTS
    Publication number: 20140181673
    Abstract: A device may receive information identifying a type of impairment, and provide, based on the type of impairment, a user interface. The user interface may allow a user to specify a command and an action that is to be performed, by an application, based on detecting the command. The action may relate to the type of impairment. The device may further receive configuration information via the user interface, where the configuration information identifies the command and the action. The device may configure the application based on the configuration information, detect, using the application, the command, and perform, using the application, the action based on detecting the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Sylvia A. WORK