Patent ID: 9507518
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of navigating a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising: responsive to a user input initiating a navigation mode, overlaying, atop of the GUI located within a first layer, a virtual keyboard within a second layer, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of virtual keys; for each virtual key, associating the virtual key with a region of the first layer comprising an area of the GUI beneath the virtual key; mapping each virtual key with a physical key of a physical keyboard communicatively linked with a computer rendering the GUI; responsive to a user input selecting a physical key of the physical keyboard, selecting a region corresponding to the selected physical key and increasing a level of magnification for the selected region within the first layer while keeping the virtual keyboard sizing constant; responsive to receiving a user input, assigning one of a plurality of programmatic actions to each physical key of the physical keyboard; and responsive to a user input selecting a physical key mapped to a virtual key above an icon within the region of the first layer associated with the virtual key, initiating the assigned programmatic action on an object stored in memory that is represented by the icon.