Patent ID: 8576073
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for providing a gesture-based user interface, comprising: a wearable portable device storing a gesture profile for each of a plurality of different applications on the wearable portable device to define different gestures for the different applications, wherein each of the gesture profiles includes at least one gesture and a predetermined function associated with the at least one gesture, the wearable portable device configured to: a profile web service that is in communication with the portable device, wherein a user selects a customizable gesture profile from a plurality of stored profiles on the profile web service or creates a new one, such that the profile web service downloads the customizable gesture profile to the wearable portable device for a particular one of the applications, wherein the customized gesture profile modifies at least one of the different gestures, the customized gesture profile comprising personal preferences of the user regarding the modified gesture, including physical attributes of the user, wherein the physical attributes include a specification of a dominant hand and physical dimensions of the user.