Method and Apparatus for Communication Between Humans and Devices

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14210778

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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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QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON99 UNIVERSITY AVENUE KINGSTON K7L 3N6

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Shell, Jeffrey S Toronto, CA 11 360
Vertegaal, Roel Battersea, CA 28 2405

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