Method and device for context dependent user input prediction

• US 20040243257A1
• Filed: 06/07/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Theimer, Wolfgang
• Application Number:
  US10/477,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20040243257A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/44
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for context-dependent user input prediction for at least one device in the environment of at least one user comprising the steps of: detecting the parameters of the actual states of said at least one device, comparing said detected parameters with previously saved parameters of said at least one device, obtaining a most probable next input proposal according to the result of the comparison, and offering said input proposal to at least one user.

Claims

1. A method for context-dependent user input prediction for at least one device in the environment of at least one user comprising the steps of:

detecting the parameters of the actual state of said at least one device, said parameters comprising environmental data reflecting actual circumstances in the environment of said at least one device and the actual position thereof,

comparing said detected parameters with previously saved parameters of said at least one device,

obtaining a most probable next input proposal according to the result of the comparison, and

offering said input proposal to said at least one user.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of identifying said at least one user.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said parameters of the state of said at least one device are handled as vectors.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of changing parameters according to the answer of the user to said input proposal or other input.

5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of saving said detected parameters of said at least one device.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of weighing said saved parameters.

7. A method according to any claim 1, wherein said offered input to the user is executed automatically.

8. A computer program comprising program code means for performing all the steps of claim 1, when said program is run on a computer or a mobile terminal device.

9. A computer program product comprising program code means stored on a computer readable medium for performing the method of claim 1, when said program product is run on a computer or a mobile terminal device.

10. An electronic device capable of context-dependent user input prediction comprising:

means for storing parameters,

means for detecting the parameters of the state of at least one device, said parameters comprising environmental data reflecting actual circumstances in the environment of said at least one device and the actual position thereof,

means for comparing said detected parameters of said at least one device with previously saved parameters,

means for offering an input proposal regarding said at least one device on the basis of the comparison, and

means for user input.

11. A device according to claim 10, further comprising means for identifying said at least one user.

12. A device according to claim 11, further comprising means for transforming said parameters of the state of said at least one device into state vectors.

13. A device according to claim 10, further comprising means for changing parameters according to an answer of the user to said input proposal or other input.

14. A device according to claim 10, further comprising means for transmitting data.

15. A device according to claim 10, further comprising input means and displaying means.

16. A device according to claim 10, wherein said device is connected to a network.

17. A device according to claim 10, further comprising means for changing the state of the device automatically.