Patent ID: 6624803
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G06F,G09B

Abstract:
An interface system to an electronic device providing access for people with disabilities, the interface system comprising:a first set of electronic controls; a second set of electronic controls including an access switch, an up switch and a down switch; an electronic computer communicating with the first and second set of electronic controls and executing a stored program to: (i) respond to activation of ones of the first set of electronic controls without activation of the access switch to invoke functions of the electronic device; (ii) respond to activation of ones of the first set of electronic controls with activation of the access switch to provide information about the function invoked by the activated one of the first set of electronic controls; (iii) mapping the functions of the electronic device invocable by the first set of electronic controls to list elements of a virtual list such that the functions invocable by the first set of electronic controls can be invoked using the second set of electronic controls by selecting the desired function directly from said virtual list; (iv) respond to activation of the up switch to change a selected function of the virtual list upward by one list element; (v) respond to activation of the down switch to change the selected function of the virtual list downward by one list element; (vi) respond to a deactivation of the access switch to invoke the selected function of the virtual list.