Method, an Apparatus, and a Computer Program Product for Reducing the Need of User Prompts

• US 20120096402A1
• Filed: 06/25/2009
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Heiner, Andreas, Asokan, Nadarajah
• Application Number:
  US13/378,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096402A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

The application concerns an apparatus, a computer program product and a method comprising electronically controlling an application to be executed with default policies throughout application tasks; noticing when a default policy is an inappropriate action for an application task being encountered in said application; activating another policy from a list of default and alternative policies to said application. The solution reduces the need of user prompts when a situation expecting a policy decision is encountered.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method comprising

electronically controlling an application to be executed with default policies throughout application tasks;

noticing when a default policy is an inappropriate action for an application task being encountered in said application; and

activating another policy from a list of default and alternative policies to said application.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein in order to notice that a default policy results in inappropriate action the method comprises receiving a user-initiated request to display other policies, wherein as a response to the request, a list comprising default and alternative policies for the encountered situation is displayed on the user interface, the method further comprising receiving a user selection for one of the policies in the list, activating said one of the policies and initiating the application to operate with the activated policy.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the step of noticing that a default policy is an inappropriate action comprises automatically selecting one of the policies among default and alternative policies that is suitable for the encountered situation, activating the selected policy and controlling the application to operate with the activated policy.

24. The method according to claim 21, wherein the encountered situation relates to an erroneous application setting or to a need to change application setting policies.

25. The method according to claim 21, wherein the default policy has been selected by the user or is inferred from user'"'"'s behaviour.

26. The method according to claim 21, comprising receiving the list of default and alternative policies via registration request from said application, the registration request further comprising indicating at least one of the following:

an identity of the application, a menu of choices to be displayed on the user interface and relating to the policies, a time period during which the menu of choices is active, help information to the user to make the right choice, a callback function, a notification shown to the user on the default policy.

27. The method according to claim 22, wherein the user-initiated request is received via a notification or by an explicit invocation on the user interface.

28. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

control an application to be executed with default policies throughout the application tasks;

notice when a default policy is an inappropriate action for an application task being encountered in said application; and

to

activate another policy from a list of default and alternative policies to said application.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28, further comprising computer program code configured to cause the apparatus, in order to notice that the default policy results in inappropriate action, to receive a user-initiated request to display other policies, wherein as a response to the request, the apparatus is configured to display a list comprising default and alternative policies for the encountered situation on the user interface, wherein the apparatus is further configured to receive a user selection for one of the policies in the list, to activate said one of the policies and to control the application to operate with the activated policy.

30. The apparatus according to claim 28, further comprising computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to notice automatically that the default policy is inappropriate action, to select automatically one of the policies among default and alternative policies that is suitable for the encountered situation, to activate the selected policy and to control the application to operate with the activated policy.

31. The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the encountered situation relates to an erroneous application setting or to a need to change application setting policies.

32. The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the default policy has been selected by the user or the apparatus is configured to infer the default policy from user'"'"'s behaviour.

33. The apparatus according to claim 28, further comprising computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to receive the list of default and alternative policies via registration request from said application further indicating at least one of the following:

an identity of the application, a menu of choices to be displayed on the user interface and relating to the policies, a time period during which the menu of choices is active, help information to the user to make the right choice, a callback function, a notification shown to the user on the default policy.

34. The apparatus according to claim 29, further comprising computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to receive the user-initiated request via a notification or by an explicit invocation on the user interface.

35. An apparatus according to claim 28, being a mobile phone further comprising:

user interface circuitry and user interface software configured to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the mobile phone through use of a display and configured to respond to user input; and

a display and display circuitry configured to display at least a portion of a user interface of the mobile phone, the display and display circuitry configured to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the mobile phone.

36. A computer program product stored on a non-transitional computer readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution by a processor, are adapted to perform

controlling an application to be executed with default policies throughout the application tasks;

noticing when a default policy is an inappropriate action for an application task being encountered in said application;

activating another policy from a list of default and alternative policies to said application.

37. The computer program product according to claim 36, wherein, in order to notice that a default policy results in inappropriate action, the computer program product further comprises instructions to perform receiving a user-initiated request to display other policies for the application task, wherein as a response to the request, a list comprising default and alternative policies for the encountered situation is displayed on the user interface, and receiving a user selection for one of the policies in the list, activating said one of the policies, and controlling the application to operate with the activated policy.

38. The computer program product according to claim 36, further comprising instructions to automatically notice that a default policy is an inappropriate action, to automatically select one of the policies among default and alternative policies that is suitable for the encountered situation, to activate the selected policy and to control the application to operate with the activated policy.

39. The computer program product according to claim 36, wherein the encountered situation relates to an erroneous application setting or to a need to change application setting policies.

40. The computer program product according to claim 36, wherein the default policy has been selected by the user or is inferred from user'"'"'s behaviour.