System and methods for interacting with a control environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8997020
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11888238

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A system and methods for facilitation of user interactions with an electronic device. A number of user interface methods are described and may be used alone or in combination with one another to present an enhanced interface to a user. A method of providing user interaction using a compact status indicator is described. A method for providing a virtual scroll wheel to a user for interaction with content sets is described. A method for allowing a user to dynamically modify a scalable user interface is described. A method for providing gesture based input to a user via a virtual gesture pad is described. A method of providing an interactive graphic search query interface is described. A method for indicating and selecting available content type is described.

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  • UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arling, Paul D Irvine, US 167 4610
Chambers, Christopher Stanton, US 48 2669
Scott, Cheryl Newport Beach, US 24 3385
Scott, Wayne Newport Beach, US 58 5229
Yuh, Allen Diamond Bar, US 19 2040

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