Patent ID: 6876369
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: G06F,G06T,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for adjusting graphical displays to accommodate for a visual disability, said method comprising the steps of: receiving an image at a receiver communicatively connected via a network to an image server and connected to a display device for output of said image; receiving a translucent style specified for a particular user at said receiver according to a type of visual disability; applying a translucent filter overlay over said image according to said translucent style for output to said display device, such that said output to said display device is adjusted to specifically accommodate for a visual disability of said particular user; and wherein the step of receiving a translucent style specified for a particular user further comprises receiving said translucent style as input from one of a remote server system communicatively connected to said receiver via said network or a personal storage device detectable by said receiver.