COMMUNICATING INFORMATION FROM AUXILIARY DEVICE

1 . A computer-implemented auxiliary device system, comprising:

an auxiliary device comprising:

an input component that receives semantic content from a computer system; and,

an output component that provides information to a user in a non-textual manner based on the semantic content.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the output component provides information to the user aurally.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the output component provides information to the user as a speech pattern.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the output component provides information to the user visually.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the output component provides information to the user by at least one of a glowing color, a blinking frequency of a light, a blinking pattern of a light, a blinking light with a varying frequency or duty cycle, a light blinking with an encoded pattern or a light.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the output component provides information to the user tactilely.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the output component provides information to the user by at least one of a frequency vibration, an inaudible mechanical vibration, a pin-like array pattern, a Braille raised dots pattern, an exerted variable force, an electrical stimulus, a static electrical charge, an inflating of a balloon, an inflating of a bladder, a liquid filling a vessel, a liquid being expelled from a vessel by gas pressure or a temperature.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the output component provides information to the user olfactorily.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary device further includes a format component that formats the semantic content for the output component.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the format component that receives user control, navigation or content information, formats that information into semantic content and provides the translated semantic content to the computer system.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary device provides information to the computer system based on at least one of a user navigation event or external data collected by the auxiliary device.

12 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a computer system comprising a specialized application that provides data from the computer system to the auxiliary device, and, a platform component that communicates the data from the specialized application to the auxiliary device.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the platform component communicates with the auxiliary device in a device-specific manner.

14 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the platform component communicates with the auxiliary device in a device-independent manner.

15 . A computer-implemented method of communicating with an auxiliary device, comprising:

receiving information to be provided to the auxiliary device;

formatting the information based on non-textual communication capabilities of the auxiliary device; and,

providing the formatted information to the auxiliary device.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the non-textual communication capabilities of the auxiliary device are at least one of aural, vocal, visual, tactile or olfactory.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the formatted information is different than information displayed on a primary display.

18 . A computer-implemented method of providing non-textual information to a user, comprising:

receiving information from a platform component;

formatting the information based on non-textual communication capabilities of an auxiliary device;

providing the formatting information.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the non-textual communication capabilities of the auxiliary device are at least one of aural, vocal, visual, tactile or olfactory.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising providing the formatted information to an additional device.