DYNAMICALLY CHANGING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON DEVICE LOCATION AND/OR DATE/TIME

• US 20090288022A1
• Filed: 05/15/2008
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Venkatesan, Prem, Almstrand, Cristian Lars
• Application Number:
  US12/121,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20090288022A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

The user interface of a location-aware device (e.g., a wireless telephone) is intelligently altered/configured based on the current location of the device, movement of the device, and/or current date/time. The user interface is automatically changed by activating a specific function and/or displaying a specific set of menu items as a result of a combination of the device'"'"'s location and/or velocity and/or acceleration and/or direction of movement and/or current date/time.

Claims

1. A location-aware device comprising:

a housing;

a processor in the housing;

a clock in the housing and inputting temporal parameter information to the processor;

a position receiver in the housing and inputting geographic position information to the processor; and

a display associated with the housing and on which a user interface can be presented under control of the processor, wherein

the processor presents the user interface on the display based at least in part on one or more of;

information from the position receiver, information from the clock.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the user interface is automatically changed by activating a specific function and/or by displaying a specific set of menu items as a result of the device'"'"'s location plus device velocity, device acceleration, device direction of movement, and current date/time.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein user interface changes are pre-programmed by a device manufacturer.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein user interface changes are uploaded to the device.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein user interface changes are established by the processor based on usage patterns.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein if information from the position receiver indicates velocity of the device is at least as fast as a threshold, a navigation mode user interface is presented on the display.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein if information from the position receiver indicates velocity of the device is below a threshold, the user interface is displayed based on statistical information regarding what operations the user has previously performed at a given location.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the user interface is related to a most frequently executed operation at the location, with a link to a user interface related to at least one next-frequently operation being presented on the user interface related to the most frequently executed operation.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the user interface is further based on time parameter information received from the clock.

10. The device of claim 6, wherein if the processor, based on position information from the position receiver, detects a transition from relatively high speed movement to relatively slow speed movement at a particular location, a navigation user interface is automatically activated when the device returns to the particular location.

11. A method comprising:

providing a location-aware device; and

establishing a user interface of the location-aware device based on a geographic location of the device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user interface is also based on movement of the device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user interface is also based on temporal parameter information.

14. Apparatus comprising:

a processor receiving position information and temporal parameter information;

a display associated with the processor on which a user interface can be presented under control of the processor, wherein

the processor presents a user interface on the display based on the position information.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user interface is based on the temporal parameter information.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein user interface changes are pre-programmed by a device manufacturer.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein user interface changes are uploaded to the apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein user interface changes are established by the processor based on usage patterns.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein if information from the position receiver indicates velocity of the device is at least as fast as a threshold, a navigation mode user interface is presented on the display.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the user interface is displayed based on statistical information regarding what operations the user has previously performed at a given location.