APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AFFECTING AN ARRANGEMENT OF SELECTABLE ITEMS

• US 20090106694A1
• Filed: 10/18/2007
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Quainton, Simon, Kraft, Christian, Nielsen, Peter Dam, Steeves, Gregory, Bick, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 8,312,373 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/815
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus that includes a processing unit configured to monitor a quality of user performance in selecting one or more selectable items that are presented on a display. The processing unit is further configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented on the display in a modified arrangement based at least in part on the quality of user performance in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items. For example, the processing unit can be configured to cause the selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted frequency of user error in respectively selecting the selectable items and/or on noted rate of user selection in respectively selecting the selectable items. Also provided are corresponding methods and computer program products.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processing unit configured to monitor a quality of user performance in selecting one or more selectable items that are presented on a display, and to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented on the display in a modified arrangement based at least in part on the quality of user performance in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a touch screen, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented on said touch screen, to monitor a quality of user performance in manually selecting the one or more selectable items from said touch screen, and to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented on the touch screen in a modified arrangement based at least in part on the quality of user performance in respectively manually selecting the one or more selectable items.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause a size of at least one of the one or more selectable items to be modified based at least in part on the quality of user performance in selecting the at least one of the one or more selectable items.

4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause a graphical display region to be displayed simultaneously with the one or more selectable items, and said processing unit is further configured to cause a size of the graphical display region to be modified inversely with the size of the at least one of the one or more selectable items.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause the sizes of the graphical display region and the at least one of the one or more selectable items to be adjusted within limits selected by a user.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted frequency of user error in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted rate of user selection in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based on the quality of user performance in respectively manually selecting the one or more selectable items and in a manner that is adjustable by the user.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on an identification of applications concurrently executing on said apparatus.

10. A method comprising:

providing one or more selectable items for display;

monitoring a quality of user performance in selecting the one or more selectable items; and

automatically displaying the one or more selectable items in a modified arrangement based at least in part on the quality of user performance in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein said automatically displaying the one or more selectable items in a modified arrangement includes automatically displaying the one or more selectable items in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted frequency of user error in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

12. A method according to claim 10, wherein said automatically displaying the one or more selectable items in a modified arrangement includes automatically displaying the one or more selectable items in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted rate of user selection in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

13. A method according to claim 10, wherein said automatically displaying the one or more selectable items in a modified arrangement includes automatically displaying the one or more selectable items in a modified arrangement based at least in part on an identification of applications being executed concurrently with said method.

14. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored therein, the computer-readable instructions comprising:

first instructions for providing one or more selectable items for display;

second instructions for monitoring a quality of user performance in selecting the one or more selectable items; and

third instructions for automatically modifying an arrangement of the one or more selectable items based at least in part on the quality of user performance in respectively manually selecting the one or more selectable items.

15. A computer program product according to claim 14, wherein said third instructions include instructions for automatically modifying an arrangement of the one or more selectable items based at least in part on noted frequency of user error in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

16. A computer program product according to claim 14, wherein said third instructions include instructions for automatically modifying an arrangement of the one or more selectable items based at least in part on noted rate of user selection in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

17. A computer program product according to claim 14, wherein said third instructions include instructions for automatically modifying an arrangement of the one or more selectable items based at least in part on an identification of applications being executed concurrently with said method.

18. An apparatus comprising:

means for monitoring a quality of user performance in selecting one or more selectable items that are presented on a display, and for causing the one or more selectable items to be presented on the display in a modified arrangement based at least in part on the quality of user performance in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

19. An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said means is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted frequency of user error in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

20. An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said means is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted rate of user selection in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items.

21. An apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said means is configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on an identification of applications executing concurrently.