Patent ID: 8037414
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: (a) providing, by a user interface, information to a user, the information comprising a plurality of user selectable objects, the objects being one or more of an icon or part thereof, a window or part thereof, a data field, a file folder, a link, a computer display control, a tool bar or part thereof, a desktop or part thereof, a clickable hot spot, and a drop down menu; and (b) as a pointer and/or programmatic focus indicator changes position on the user interface, playing, by a driver, a plurality of audible locating signals to identify spatial locations of a portion of the displayed information and/or successive locations of the pointer and/or programmatic focus indicator, wherein the locating signals indicate a location relative to a three-dimensional coordinate system, wherein in an X dimension a first acoustic parameter of the locating signals is varied, and in a Y dimension a second acoustic parameter of the locating signals is varied, and in a third dimension a third acoustic parameter of the locating signals is varied, wherein: