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Patent Inventor Names
Roel Vertegaal0
Jeffrey S. Shell0
Date of Patent
July 27, 2010
Patent Application Number
10392960
Date Filed
March 21, 2003
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Patent abstract
This invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving communications between humans and devices. The invention provides a method of modulating operation of a device, comprising: providing an attentive user interface for obtaining information about an attentive state of a user; and modulating operation of a device on the basis of the obtained information, wherein the operation that is modulated is initiated by the device. Preferably, the information about the user's attentive state is eye contact of the user with the device that is sensed by the attentive user interface.
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