METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANTICIPATING APPLICATION SWITCH

• US 20110154262A1
• Filed: 07/07/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: HOU, JIUN-RU, WU, LIU-WEI, LAI, HSIN-CHANG
• Application Number:
  US12/831,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154262A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/825
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A device in conjunction with a correlation matrix anticipates combinations of applications of the device switching from one to another on a display of the device. The device utilizes an anticipation system to determine which application is active, generate a switch anticipation list from the correlation matrix according to the active application, create a selection menu from the switch anticipation list, and send the selection menu to the display. The device updates the correlation matrix with a predetermined correlation function.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit;

a memory system;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in the memory system configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising;

an initiation module to trigger an identification module to determine which application of the electronic device is active;

an anticipation module to generate a switch anticipation list from a correlation matrix stored in the memory system, according to the active application;

a user interface module to create a selection menu from the switch anticipation list and display the selection menu on the display unit; and

an update module to update the correlation matrix with a predetermined correlation function according to feedback from the user interface module.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes a coefficient to control either positive or negative feedback.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes a coefficient to control degree of reinforcement.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes a original correlation as an argument.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the anticipation module consults the correlation matrix for a column having the active application, sorts the column and adapts the top three entries of the sorted column into the switch anticipation list.

6. A computerized method of an electronic device, comprising:

triggering an identification module of the electronic device to determine which application of the electronic device is active;

consulting a correlation matrix for a column of the correlation matrix having the active application, the correlation matrix being stored in a memory system of the electronic device;

sorting the column from highest to lowest;

adapting the top three entries of the sorted column into a switch anticipation list;

creating a selection menu from the switch anticipation list;

displaying the selection menu on a display unit; and

updating the correlation matrix with a predetermined correlation function according to feedback.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes a coefficient to control either positive or negative feedback.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes a coefficient to control degrees of the feedback.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes the current correlation as an argument.

10. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, that when executed by an electronic device with a display and memory unit, cause the device to:

trigger an identification module of the electronic device to determine which application of the electronic device is active;

consult a correlation matrix for a column having the active application, the correlation matrix being stored in a memory system of the electronic device;

sort the column from highest to lowest;

adapt the top three entries of the sorted column into a switch anticipation list;

create a selection menu from the switch anticipation list;

display the selection menu on the display unit; and

update the correlation matrix with a predetermined correlation function according to feedback.

11. The computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes a coefficient to control either positive or negative feedback.

12. The computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes a coefficient to control degrees of the feedback.

13. The computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein the predetermined correlation function includes the current correlation as an argument.