IP Library Granted Patent US 9,323,732
Granted Patent B2
US 9,323,732 · App. 14/236,117 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Automatic website accessibility and compatibility

Inventor: Amichai Meron (Kiryat Ono, IL)
Assignee: User First Ltd.
G06F17/2247G06F17/3089G06Q30/0277
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Patent No.
US 9,323,732
App. No.
14/236,117
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for an accessibility solution provided as a software. The method includes approving or implementing by a website owner of a code into his website and receiving web format by a user device by “scraping” the data from the website pages or by other means of using client side plugin, server side plugin, browser or 3 rd party server side or mobile app. The method also includes analyzing the data over the user device or on the server side and clicking a button by the end-user and the original code and the content and code that were collected from the website are rewritten which can also be done automatically as a suggestion to the end user, and the end-user sees or can use a new format according to the updated standard.

Claims (19)

1. A method for an automatic accessibility solution to website pages provided for a plurality of users in accordance with predefined standards, on the client side and/or browser, said method comprising:

approving by a website owner, an implementation code associated with the accessability solution, for installation into his website;

receiving formatted website pages associated with said website from a user device by scraping data from said formatted website pages;

analyzing the data presented to the user device wherein the data originates on the website server side or the client side,

wherein analyzing includes using a cookie or other tracking device, associated with the user device, to identify the user device as requiring the accessability solution,

and further analyzing said formatted website pages for their associated DOM (Document Object Model) format representing their page structure, said page structure providing their content essence; and

clicking a button by an end-user, causing rewriting of original code associated with said content essence and content that were collected from said formatted website pages, or converting said original code and content by a screen reader,

such that the end-user sees a new presentation format on said website pages according to said predefined standards,

or hears a new format generated by a text to speech conversion performed by said screen reader.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the software is provided via at least one of plug-in, JavaScript and tool bar server side solution as through a 3rd party service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process is performed automatically, semi-automatically or through an API.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device is one of a browser, a screen reader or any other end user device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web format is at least one of html, flash, xml and any other known format.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising building profiles for each of said plurality of users, said profiles sub divided into categories of profiles for each of a plurality of user disabilities, such that each user will be related to a specific category of profile, or will have a single-feature profile.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data is in the form of an advertisement banner or text-ad content.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the advertisement banner or text-ad content is in the form of code, format or design.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein transformation of the banner/ad-text will be generated over the server side or over the client's software.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is provided as a service.

11. A method for changing website pages from inaccessible to accessible is based on naming, adding an HTML tag, using an existing HTML tag or through using a content management system replacing the banner on the server side or on the client side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2016
From: MIRON, AMIHAI
To: USER FIRST LTD.
Reel/Frame 037638/0325 →
Priority Claims (1)
IL 214468 · Aug 4, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140180846A1 · Jun 26, 2014