Flow autocomplete

• US 10,353,545 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2014
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: entIT Software LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Abramovsky, Ori, Kashchenevsky, Albert, Azulai, Asaf
• Primary Examiner(s): Phantana-angkool, David
• Application Number:
  US15/127,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20170131854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,911 Days
• Field of Search: 715811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

In one implementation, a system for protocol determination includes a monitor engine to monitor a number of interactions with a user interface. In addition, the system includes a sequence engine to determine a plurality of steps for each of the number of interactions. In addition, the system includes a reference engine to determine a step from the plurality of steps that corresponds to at least one of the number of interactions. In addition, the system includes a selection engine to suggest a particular interaction with the user interface based on the determined first step.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a monitor engine to monitor a number of interactions with a user interface, each interaction comprising at least one user selection;

a sequence engine to;

determine a plurality of locations in the user interface associated with the number of interactions;

determine a plurality of user selection sequences, each user selection sequence comprising a set of user selections to reach a location of the plurality of locations;

store mapping data indicating the plurality of user selection sequences and associated locations;

a reference engine to;

detect an initiation interaction comprising at least one user selection performed in the user interface;

determine, based on the stored mapping data, a set of locations corresponding to user selection sequences that match the initiation interaction, wherein the set of locations are not directly reached by the initiation interaction;

a selection engine to;

display, to a user, a set of links to the determined set of locations; and

in response to a selection of a first link to a first location, automatically execute a first plurality of user selections using the stored mapping data to reach the first location in the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface and the set of links are displayed in separate windows.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface and the set of links are displayed in separate tabs.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of user selections are executed in a plurality of user interfaces.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each location of the plurality of locations is associated with a particular state of the user interface.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the stored mapping data comprises frequency information of the plurality of user selection sequences being performed to reach the associated locations.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of links are displayed in a tiered relationship.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to cause a controller to:

monitor a number of interactions with a user interface, wherein the number of interactions are associated with a number of particular locations within the user interface, each interaction comprising at least one user selection;

determine a plurality of user selection sequences, each user selection sequence comprising a set of user selections to reach each of the number of particular locations within the user interface;

store mapping data indicating the plurality of user selection sequences and associated locations;

receive an initiation interaction, from a user, that includes at least one user selection performed in the user interface;

determine, based on the stored mapping data, a set of locations corresponding to user selection sequences that match the initiation interaction, wherein the set of locations are not directly reached by the initiation interaction;

display, to a user, a set of links to the determined set of locations; and

in response to a selection of a first link to a first location, automatically execute a first plurality of user selections using the stored mapping data to reach the first location in the user interface.

9. The medium of claim 8, wherein the user interface and the set of links are displayed in separate windows.

10. The medium of claim 8, wherein the user interface and the set of links are displayed in separate tabs.

11. The medium of claim 8, wherein the first plurality of user selections are executed in a plurality of user interfaces.

19. The medium of claim 8, wherein each location of the plurality of locations is associated with a particular state of the user interface.

20. The medium of claim 8, wherein the stored mapping data comprises frequency information of the plurality of user selection sequences being performed to reach the associated locations.

12. A method comprising:

monitoring a number of interactions with a user interface, wherein the number of interactions are associated with a number of particular locations within the user interface, each interaction comprising at least one user selection;

determining a plurality of user selection sequences, each user selection sequence comprising a set of user selections to reach each of the number of particular locations within the user interface;

storing mapping data indicating the plurality of user selection sequences and associated locations;

receiving an initiation interaction from a user that includes at least one user selection performed in the user interface;

determining, based on the stored mapping data, a set of locations corresponding to user selection sequences that match the initiation interaction, wherein the set of locations are not directly reached by the initiation interaction;

displaying, to a user, a set of links to the determined set of locations;

receiving a selection of a first link to a first location; and

in response to the selection of the first link, automatically executing a first plurality of user selections using the stored mapping data to reach the first location in the user interface.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the user interface and the set of links are displayed in separate windows.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the user interface and the set of links are displayed in separate tabs.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the first plurality of user selections are executed in a plurality of user interfaces.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein each location of the plurality of locations is associated with a particular state of the user interface.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the stored mapping data comprises frequency information of the plurality of user selection sequences being performed to reach the associated locations.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the set of links are displayed in a tiered relationship.