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User Interface and Method for Collecting Preference Data Graphically

  • US 20110307815A1
  • Filed: 06/11/2010
  • Published: 12/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of generating user preference data, in a computer system, based on user interaction with a graphical user interface, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of;

  • providing a graphical user interface to the user,making available a plurality of graphical objects in the graphical user interface, the graphical objects representative of some data, information or entity,selecting a single graphical object as a focus object and locating that object in a fixed position of a display of the graphical user interface,enabling a user to place and manipulate the plurality of non-focus object graphical objects in relation to the focus object in the display,gathering data representative of at least the relative position of each graphical object with respect to the focus object,determining at least one preference of the user based on the gathered data, andutilizing the at least one preference data to modify the performance of the system for the user.

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