METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERACTION

• US 20120072861A1
• Filed: 06/12/2009
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Tuli, Apaar, Guadagno, Antonio
• Application Number:
  US13/375,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20120072861A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/767
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for detecting via a user interface that a user interface element requiring user input is active (510), receiving via a short-range communications interface at least identification information relating to one or more data items (520), accessing the one or more data items (530) and checking whether any of the one or more data items is suitable for inputting into the user interface element (540).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting via a user interface that a user interface element requiring user input is active;

receiving via a short-range communications interface at least identification information relating to one or more data items;

accessing the one or more data items; and

determining whether any of the one or more data items is suitable for inputting into the active user interface element.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the active user interface element requiring user input is displayed on a touch screen display.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether any of the one or more data items is suitable for inputting into the active user interface element comprises:

determining a context of the active user interface element requiring user input; and

checking whether any of the one or more accessed data items corresponds to the determined context.

8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising extracting one or more information elements from a data item suitable for inputting into the active user interface element.

9. A method according to claim 8, further comprising inputting the one or more extracted information elements into the active user interface element requiring user input.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein the one or more extracted information elements are inputted into the active user interface element requiring user input in response to receiving a further indication.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the further indication is received via at least one of the user interface and the short-range communications interface.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein when none of the accessed data items is suitable for inputting into the active user interface element, a query comprising the received identification information is transmitted over a wide area communications link.

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14. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:

code configured to detect via a user interface that a user interface element requiring user input is active;

code configured to receive via a short-range communications interface at least identification information relating to one or more data items;

code configured to access the one or more data items; and

code configured to determine whether any of the one or more data items is suitable for inputting into the active user interface element.

15. The computer program product according to claim 14, wherein the configured to determine whether any of the one or more data items is suitable for inputting into the active user interface element comprises:

code configured to determine a context of the active user interface element requiring user input; and

code configured to check whether any of the one or more accessed data items corresponds to the determined context.

16. The computer program product according to claim 14, further comprising code configured to extract one or more information elements from a data item suitable for inputting into the active user interface element.

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31. An apparatus, comprising:

a user interface configured to indicate activation of a user interface element requiring user input;

a short-range communications interface configured to receive at least identification information relating to one or more data items; and

a processor, configured to;

access the one or more data items; and

determine whether any of the one or more data items is suitable for inputting into the active user interface element.

36. An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the active user interface element requiring user input is displayed on a touch screen display.

37. An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a context of the active user interface element requiring user input; and

check whether any of the one or more accessed data items corresponds to the determined context.

38. An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to extract one or more information elements from a data item determined as suitable for inputting into the active user interface element.

39. An apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the processor is further configured to input the one or more extracted information elements into the active user interface element requiring user input.

40. An apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the processor is further configured to input the one or more extracted information elements into the active user interface element requiring user input in response to receiving a further indication.

41. An apparatus according to claim 40, wherein the further indication is received via at least one of the user interface and the short-range communications interface.

43. An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to initiate transmission of a query comprising the received identification information over a wide area communications link when none of the accessed data items is suitable for inputting into the active user interface element.

44. An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the processor is further configured to run a software application providing the active user interface element requiring user input on the user interface.

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