PERSONALIZED CONTENT LAYOUT

• US 20120079400A1
• Filed: 09/20/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Nauerz, Andreas, Kussmaul, Timo, Laertz, Stephan, Jacob, Richard
• Granted Patent: US 9,514,553 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• 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 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

A method for creating a personalized content layout for a user interface is provided. The method may comprise providing a content layout framework, monitoring and storing usage data over time of a content fragment, displayed in the content layout framework, promoting or demoting the content fragment in respect to its presentation within the content layout framework based on a first value of a first parameter of the parameter model, wherein the promotion or demotion uses an abrasion factor, such that a content fragment appearance degrades or increases from session to session of usage of the content layout framework depending on a predefined function deployed to the first value of the first parameter of the parameter model.

Claims

1. A method for creating a personalized content layout for a user interface, the method comprising:

providing a content layout framework;

monitoring and storing usage data over time of a content fragment displayed in the content layout framework using a parameter model;

changing a visual appearance of the content fragment in respect to its presentation within the content layout framework based on a first value of a first parameter of the parameter model,

wherein the changing of the visual appearance of the content fragment uses an abrasion factor, such that a content fragment appearance changes from session to session of usage of the content layout framework, depending on a predefined function, deployed to the first value of the first parameter of the parameter model.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined function is a linear function, depending on a devolution of the first values of the first parameter of the parameter model.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in response to the content fragment visually disappearing from the content layout framework, the content fragment appears in a framework box for invisible fragments.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the content fragment that appears in the framework box is restorable for appearing in the content layout framework.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a reset function resets all values of all parameters for an equal presentation weighting of all content fragments in the content layout framework.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein backup copies of the parameter model values are stored in different versions depending on predefined time intervals.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the parameter model with respect to the content fragment comprises a second parameter representing one out of the group comprising, time of usage, day in a week of usage, device used and location of usage.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a programming interface to the parameter model.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the change to the visual appearance of the content fragment is calculated by an abrasion calculation component, wherein the calculation is a function of values of the parameter model and a device type that displays the content layout framework.

10. A computer program product for creating a personalized content layout for a user interface, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable persistent storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to provide a content layout framework;

computer readable program code configured to monitor and store usage data over time of a content fragment displayed in the content layout framework using a parameter model;

computer readable program code configured to change a visual appearance of the content fragment in respect to its presentation within the content layout framework based on a first value of a first parameter of the parameter model, wherein the computer readable program code configured to change the visual appearance of the content fragment uses an abrasion factor, such that a content fragment appearance changes from session to session of usage of the content layout framework, depending on a predefined function, deployed to the first value of the first parameter of the parameter model.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the predetermined function is a linear function, depending on a devolution of the first value of the first parameter of the parameter model.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein, in response to the content fragment visually disappearing from the content layout framework, the content fragment appears in a framework box for invisible fragments.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the content fragment that appears in the framework box is restorable for appearing in the content layout framework.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer readable program code configured to provide a reset function that resets all values of all parameters for an equal presentation weighting of all content fragments in the content layout framework.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer readable program code configured to store backup copies of the parameter model values in different versions depending on predefined time intervals.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the parameter model with respect to the content fragment comprises a second parameter representing one out of the group comprising, time of usage, day in a week of usage, device used and location of usage.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer readable program code configured to provide a programming interface to the parameter model.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising computer readable program code configured to calculate the change in the visual appearance of the content fragment by an abrasion calculation component, wherein the calculation is a function of values of the parameter model and a device type that displays the content layout framework.

19. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing computer-readable program code; and

a processor in communication with the memory to access the computer-readable program code, the processor executing the computer-readable program code to;

provide a content layout framework,

monitor and store in the memory usage data over time of a content fragment displayed in the content layout framework using a parameter model, and

change a visual appearance of the content fragment in respect to its presentation within the content layout framework based on a first value of a first parameter of the parameter model, wherein the processor uses an abrasion factor to determine the change of the visual appearance, such that a content fragment appearance changes from session to session of usage of the content layout framework depending on a predefined function deployed to the first value of the first parameter of the parameter model.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the predetermined function is a linear function, depending on a devolution of the first value of the first parameter of the parameter model.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein, in response to the content fragment visually disappearing from the content layout framework, the content fragment appears in a framework box for invisible fragments and is restorable to the content layout framework.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a reset function resets all values of all parameters for an equal presentation weighting of all content fragments in the content layout framework.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein backup copies of the parameter model values are stored in different versions depending on predefined time intervals.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the parameter model with respect to the content fragment comprises a second parameter representing one out of the group comprising, time of usage, day in a week of usage, device used and location of usage.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the change to the visual appearance of the content fragment is calculated by an abrasion calculation component, wherein the calculation is a function of values of the parameter model and a device type that displays the content layout framework.