Organizing application icon based on user history information

• US 10,324,588 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2015
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kanemoto, Katsuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Casillas, Roland J
• Application Number:
  US15/311,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20170160881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,483 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program with which convenience of a user in utilization of an application program can be improved.

An information acquisition unit acquires first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user. A selection unit selects a presented application, which is an application program presented to a user, on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of an application program of a user and including second information indicating a situation in activation which situation includes a date and time and a position of the user in activation of each application program. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a device or a program that controls a display on a lock screen or a launcher screen.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to acquire first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user;

set an order of priority of a plurality of application programs on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of the plurality of application programs and including second information indicating each situation in activation of each application program of the plurality of application programs, the second information including a date and time and a position of the user in the activation of the each application program;

control a display of a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of application programs on a screen of a mobile information terminal based on the order of the priority;

switch from a display of a first icon corresponding to a first application program to a display of a second icon corresponding to a second application program in response to a first user touch operation on the screen, the first user touch operation being a first moving operation from a first location on the screen to a second location on the screen, a moving distance of the first moving operation being a first distance; and

switch from the display of the second icon corresponding to the second application program to a display of a third icon corresponding to a third application program in response to a second user touch operation on the screen, the second user touch operation being a second moving operation from the second location on the screen to a third location on the screen, a moving distance of the second moving operation being a second distance,

wherein the priority of the first application program is higher than the second application program, and the priority of the second application program is higher than the third application program, and

the first distance is longer than the second distance.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to set the order of the priority on the basis of a use history of a different user.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the different user is a user similar to the user.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the similar user is a user retaining a similar application program with the user.

5. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is configured to set the order of the priority by using models that predict an activation probability of each application program and that are a first model generated on the basis of the use history of the user and a second model generated on the basis of the use history of the different user.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to set the order of the priority of the application programs by utilization of a model of predicting an activation probability of each application program, and similarity to the application program selected based on the model.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the similarity is determined based on a distribution of a retaining user of the application program.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein in response to detecting that a predetermined operation is performed on the screen, the processing circuitry controls a display of the icons such that the icon with higher priority is displayed closer to a position where the operation is performed, and that the icon with lower priority is displayed farther to the position where the operation is performed.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control a display of the icons such that a distance between the icon with higher priority and an adjoining icon of the icon with higher priority is longer than a distance between the icon with lower priority and an adjoining icon of the icon with lower priority.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to switch the icons displayed on the screen according to the order of the priority in a case where a position specified by the user on the screen moves in a predetermined first direction, and switch the icons displayed on the screen according to an order opposite to the order of the priority in a case where the specified position moves in a second direction different from the first direction.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the display of the plurality of icons such that an icon indicating an application program retained by the user is displayed in a different way from an icon indicating an application program that is not retained by the user.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

control the display of the plurality of icons on a lock screen on which user operation is limited;

release the limitation in the user operation in response to the icon being selected; and

set the selected icon into a usable state.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the situation in the activation includes a state of the user in activation of an application program, and the current situation includes a current state of the user.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

generate a model of predicting an activation probability of each application program; and

set the order of the priority of the plurality of application programs by using the model.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate, by using a predetermined periodic function, at least one of a first model of predicting an activation probability of each application program at a specified date and time and a second model of setting a plurality of representative points and predicting an activation probability of each application program at a specified position on the basis of the activation probability of each application at each of the representative points.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to transmit information indicating the order of the priority to a different information processing device.

17. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to bring the application program into a usable state regardless of user operation.

18. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user;

setting, using processing circuitry, an order of priority of a plurality of application programs on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of the plurality of application programs and including second information indicating each situation in activation of each application program of the plurality of application programs, the second information including a date and time and a position of the user in the activation of the each application program;

controlling a display of a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of application programs on a screen of a mobile information terminal based on the order of the priority;

switching from a display of a first icon corresponding to a first application program to a display of a second icon corresponding to a second application program in response to a first user touch operation on the screen, the first user touch operation being a first moving operation from a first location on the screen to a second location on the screen, a moving distance of the first moving operation being a first distance; and

switching from the display of the second icon corresponding to the second application program to a display of a third icon corresponding to a third application program in response to a second user touch operation on the screen, the second user touch operation being a second moving operation from the second location on the screen to a third location on the screen, a moving distance of the second moving operation being a second distance,

wherein the priority of the first application program is higher than the second application program, and the priority of the second application program is higher than the third application program, and

the first distance is longer than the second distance.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute an information processing method, the method comprising:

acquiring first information indicating a current situation including a current date and time and a current position of a user;

setting an order of priority of a plurality of application programs on the basis of a use history, a profile of the user, and the first information, the use history being a use history of the plurality of application programs and including second information indicating each situation in activation of each application program of the plurality of application programs, the second information including a date and time and a position of the user in the activation of the each application program;

controlling a display of a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of application programs on a screen of a mobile information terminal based on the order of the priority;

switching from a display of a first icon corresponding to a first application program to a display of a second icon corresponding to a second application program in response to a first user touch operation on the screen, the first user touch operation being a first moving operation from a first location on the screen to a second location on the screen, a moving distance of the first moving operation being a first distance; and

switching from the display of the second icon corresponding to the second application program to a display of a third icon corresponding to a third application program in response to a second user touch operation on the screen, the second user touch operation being a second moving operation from the second location on the screen to a third location on the screen, a moving distance of the second moving operation being a second distance,

wherein the priority of the first application program is higher than the second application program, and the priority of the second application program is higher than the third application program, and

the first distance is longer than the second distance.