US 12,079,447 B2
Assistive screenshots
Haroon Baig, Mountain View, CA (US); and Holger-Frederik Flier, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,922.
Application 17/547,922 is a continuation of application No. 16/331,229, granted, now 11,249,616, previously published as PCT/US2017/013731, filed on Jan. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0100335 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 9/543 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A method implemented in a computing device having a display device and an operating system, wherein the operating system is configured to capture screenshot images of screens shown on the display device in response to entries of a pre-defined user input, and wherein the method comprises:
executing a user review application in a current state or mode in which an application screen provided by the user review application is shown on the display device, wherein the user review application is configured to provide one or more application screens that enable a user of the computing device to access services provided by a server remote from the computing device;
detecting, by the user review application and while the application screen is shown on the display device, an entry of the pre-defined user input by the user;
identifying, by the user review application, one or more features that (i) are supported by the user review application, (ii) are at least partially determined by the current state or mode of the user review application, and (iii) can use at least one type of information displayed by the application screen to perform a respective set of one or more functions, wherein the user review application is configured to make each of the one or more features available in response to a respective sequence of one or more user inputs being entered;
generating, by the user review application, a selectable link for each of the identified features; and
presenting, by the user review application and on the display device, the generated selectable links, such that a selection by the user of any one of the generated selectable links causes the user review application to perform the respective set of functions.