| US 7,603,621 B2 | ||
| Computer interface for illiterate and near-illiterate users | ||
| Kentaro Toyama, Bangalore (India); Aman Sagar, New Delhi (India); and Indrani Medhi, Guwahati (India) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 25, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/340,288. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0040693 A1, Feb. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—707 [715/865; 715/963; 705/9; 705/10; 705/14] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a computer-implemented
method of displaying a computer-generated graphical user interface for locating jobs by users with limited reading skills,
the method comprising:
presenting, by a computer, a basic job information screen displaying job information for a particular geographical area selected
by a prospective employee user, wherein the basic job information screen displaying job information comprises basic information
for a plurality of jobs, wherein the basic information comprises clock icons indicating starting times for respective of the
plurality of jobs and icons representing action activities of the respective jobs, and wherein a given job out of the plurality
of jobs is selectable by the prospective employee user; and
presenting, by the computer, a detailed job information screen displayed responsive to selection of the given job, wherein
the detailed job information screen comprises:
a clock icon indicating a starting time for the given job;
a clock icon indicating an ending time for the given job;
pictures of currency indicating payment for performing the given job; and
icons indicating action activities for respective individual portions of the given job.
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