Systems and methods for personalizing accessibility changes across multiple browsing sessions

Abstract

Disability-related changes in website presentations may be made across multiple browsing sessions through the use of an accessibility profile selection request that differs from default display parameters. The method may include during a first website browsing session, receiving a web accessibility profile selection associated with a particular disability; based on the web accessibility profile selection, changing the default values for the display parameters to the disability profile values, causing the website to be accessible to a user with the particular disability; storing in memory in association with the user, the web accessibility profile selection; during a second website browsing session of the user, performing a lookup in the memory of the web accessibility profile selection of the user; and applying the web accessibility profile selection during the second website browsing session, causing the second website browsing session to be accessible to the user with the particular disability.

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         41 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform operations for causing disability-related changes in website presentations across multiple browsing sessions, the operations comprising:
 during a first website browsing session having an associated set of default values for display parameters, receiving a web accessibility profile selection associated with a particular disability, the web accessibility profile selection having an associated set of disability profile values for the display parameters, the disability profile values differing from the default values;   based on the web accessibility profile selection, changing the default values for the display parameters to the disability profile values to thereby cause, during the first website browsing session, the website to be accessible to a user with the particular disability;   causing to be stored in memory in association with the user, the web accessibility profile selection;   during a second website browsing session of the user, performing a lookup in memory of the web accessibility profile selection of the user; and   applying the web accessibility profile selection during the second website browsing session to thereby cause the second website browsing session to be accessible to the user with the particular disability.   
     
     
         42 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein during the second website browsing session, a display of the website is automatically modified to conform with the particular disability of the user without manually receiving a selection of the web accessibility profile during the second website browsing session. 
     
     
         43 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein the first website browsing session and the second website browsing session involve the same website. 
     
     
         44 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 43 , wherein applying the web accessibility profile selection during the first website browsing session changes a first visual presentation displayed on the website, and applying the web accessibility profile selection during the second website browsing session changes a second visual presentation of displayed on the website. 
     
     
         45 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein the first website browsing session and the second website browsing session involve differing websites. 
     
     
         46 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 45 , wherein applying the web accessibility profile selection during the first website browsing session changes a first visual presentation of the first website, and applying the web accessibility profile selection during the second website browsing session changes a second visual presentation of the second website. 
     
     
         47 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein the memory is associated with a computing device used by the user to access the website. 
     
     
         48 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein the memory is associated with a remote server configured to store web accessibility profiles of multiple users. 
     
     
         49 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein the operations further include, during the first website browsing session, receiving a profile customization selection to personalize a presentation of the website and thereby address specific accessibility needs of the user, and applying the web accessibility profile selection and the profile customization selection during the second website browsing session. 
     
     
         50 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 49 , wherein the profile customization selection is configured to cause a supplemental change in a display parameter included in a group of display parameters associated with the selected web accessibility profile. 
     
     
         51 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 49 , wherein the profile customization selection is configured to cause a supplemental change in a display parameter excluded from a group of display parameters associated with the selected web accessibility profile. 
     
     
         52 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein the web accessibility profile selection is associated with at least a first predefined value of a first display parameter addressing a first aspect of the particular disability of the user and a second predefined value of a second display parameter addressing a second aspect of the particular disability of the user. 
     
     
         53 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 41 , wherein during the second website browsing session and prior to applying the web accessibility profile selection, the operations further include determining whether a user associated with the second website browsing session is a same user that made the web accessibility profile selection during the first website browsing session. 
     
     
         54 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 53 , wherein, upon determining that the first and second website browsing sessions are associated with the same user, applying the web accessibility profile selection without user intervention, and upon determining that the first and second website browsing session are associated with different users, apply the associated set of default values for display parameters. 
     
     
         55 . A method for causing disability-related changes in website presentations across multiple browsing sessions, the method comprising:
 during a first website browsing session having an associated set of default values for display parameters, receiving a web accessibility profile selection associated with a particular disability, the web accessibility profile selection having an associated set of disability profile values for the display parameters, the disability profile values differing from the default values;   based on the web accessibility profile selection, changing the default values for the display parameters to the disability profile values to thereby cause, during the first website browsing session, the website to be accessible to a user with the particular disability;   causing to be stored in memory in association with the user, the web accessibility profile selection;   during a second website browsing session of the user, performing a lookup in memory of the web accessibility profile selection of the user; and   applying the web accessibility profile selection during the second website browsing session to thereby cause the second website browsing session to be accessible to the user with the particular disability.   
     
     
         56 . The method of  claim 55 , wherein the web accessibility profile selected during the first website browsing session is a vision impairment profile, and during the second website browsing session the method includes automatically increasing content scaling and increasing display intensity to address accessibility needs of the user. 
     
     
         57 . The method of  claim 55 , wherein the web accessibility profile selected during the first website browsing session is a cognitive disability profile and during the second website browsing session the method includes automatically highlighting titles and actionable objects to address accessibility needs of the user. 
     
     
         58 . The method of  claim 55 , wherein the web accessibility profile selected during the first website browsing session is an epilepsy-safe profile and during the second website browsing session the method includes automatically decreasing display intensity and limiting animation movement on a display to address accessibility needs of the user. 
     
     
         59 . The method of  claim 55 , wherein the web accessibility profile selected during the first website browsing session is a neurodevelopmental disorder profile and during the second website browsing session the method includes automatically increasing content scaling and limiting animation movement on a display to address accessibility needs of the user. 
     
     
         60 . A system for enabling a user to customize a web accessibility profile, the system comprising:
 a memory configured to store values of various website display parameters associated with a plurality of web accessibility profiles; and   at least one processor configured to:
 during a first website browsing session having an associated set of default values for display parameters, receive a web accessibility profile selection associated with a particular disability, the web accessibility profile selection having an associated set of disability profile values for the display parameters, the disability profile values differing from the default values; 
 based on the web accessibility profile selection, change the default values for the display parameters to the disability profile values to thereby cause, during the first website browsing session, the website to be accessible to a user with the particular disability; 
 cause to be stored in memory in association with the user, the web accessibility profile selection; 
 during a second website browsing session of the user, perform a lookup in memory of the web accessibility profile selection of the user; and 
   
       apply the web accessibility profile selection during the second website browsing session to thereby cause the second website browsing session to be accessible to the user with the particular disability. 
     
     
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