SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ADAPTIVE WIZARD UTILITY FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

• US 20090300495A1
• Filed: 06/02/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Novell Intellectual Property Holdings, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Novell Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Brown, Jeremy Ray, Sabin, Jason Allen, Timpson, Daniel Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/131,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20090300495A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/708
• 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

Abstract

System and method for implementing an adaptive wizard utility for a graphical user interface (“GUI”) are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises, responsive to presentation of a page of the wizard utility to a user, monitoring user activity in connection with the page; analyzing the user activity to determine a current performance designation of the user; and modifying at least one page of the wizard utility based on the current performance designation of the user.

Claims

1. A method for implementing an adaptive wizard utility for a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

), the method comprising;

responsive to presentation of a page of the wizard utility to a user, monitoring user activity in connection with the page;

analyzing the user activity to determine a current performance designation of the user;

modifying at least one page of the wizard utility based on the current performance designation of the user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the monitoring further comprises tracking a number of user events that occur within a designated time period and wherein the analyzing further comprises comparing the tracked number of user events to at least one threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving an indication of a default performance designation from the user, wherein the default performance designation is used in place of the current performance designation in the modifying at least one page.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the modifying further comprises deleting information from the at least one page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a first range.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the modifying further comprises adding information to the at least one page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a second range.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the modifying further comprises combining the at least one page with at least one other page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a third range.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the modifying further comprises opening a real time connection via a communications channel for enabling the user to interact with a knowledge entity responsive to the current performance designation falling within a fourth range.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the modifying further comprises providing a mechanism for enabling the user to electronically access additional information responsive to the current performance designation falling within a fifth range.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the user'"'"'s performance designation in connection with the user, the adding information to the at least one page, wherein the stored performance designation is used in presenting the wizard utility during subsequent use thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the monitoring, analyzing, and modifying are performed in connection with multiple users, the method further comprising compiling information collected during the monitoring and analyzing and making the compiled information available to at least one third party.

11. A system for implementing an adaptive wizard utility for a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

), the system comprising;

a workstation having a display;

means to presentation of a page of the wizard utility to a user via the display for monitoring user activity in connection with the page;

means for analyzing the user activity to determine a current performance designation of the user; and

means for modifying at least one page of the wizard utility based on the current performance designation of the user.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the means for monitoring further comprises means for tracking a number of user events that occur within a designated time period and the means for analyzing further comprises means for comparing the tracked number of user events to at least one threshold.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the means for modifying further comprises:

means for deleting information from the at least one page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a first range;

means for adding information to the at least one page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a second range; and

means for combining the at least one page with at least one other page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a third range.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the means for modifying further comprises means for opening a real time connection via a communications channel for enabling the user to interact with a knowledge entity responsive to the current performance designation falling within a fourth range and means for providing a mechanism for enabling the user to electronically access additional information responsive to the current performance designation falling within a fifth range.

15. The system of claim 11 further comprising means for storing the user'"'"'s performance designation in connection with the user, the adding information to the at least one page, wherein the stored performance designation is used in presenting the wizard utility during subsequent use thereof.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for d implementing an adaptive wizard utility for a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

), the instructions comprising;

instructions for presenting a page of the wizard utility to a user;

instructions for monitoring user activity in connection with the presented page;

instructions for analyzing the user activity to determine a current performance designation of the user; and

instructions for modifying at least one page of the wizard utility based on the current performance designation of the user.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the instructions for monitoring further comprise instructions for tracking a number of user events that occur within a designated time period and the instructions for analyzing further comprise instructions for comparing the tracked number of user events to at least one threshold.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the instructions for modifying further comprises:

instructions for deleting information from the at least one page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a first range;

instructions for adding information to the at least one page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a second range; and

instructions for combining the at least one page with at least one other page responsive to the current performance designation falling within a third range.

19. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the instructions for modifying further comprise:

instructions for opening a real time connection via a communications channel for enabling the user to interact with a knowledge entity responsive to the current performance designation falling within a fourth range; and

instructions for modifying further comprises means for providing a mechanism for enabling the user to electronically access additional information responsive to the current performance designation falling within a fifth range.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for storing the user'"'"'s performance designation in connection with the user, the adding information to the at least one page, wherein the stored performance designation is used in presenting the wizard utility during subsequent use thereof.