Systems and Methods for a Symbol-Adaptable Keyboard

• US 20140152577A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yuen, Jenny, St.Clair, Luke
• Granted Patent: US 9,819,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a communication session between a first user and one or more second users. The method also includes determining a social context of the communication session, and determining based at least in part on the social context a set of symbols for communication by the first user in the communication session with the second users. The method further includes providing for display to the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols. The keys indicate symbols for input by the first user in the communication session.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, detecting a communication session between a first user and one or more second users;

by the computing device, determining a social context of the communication session;

by the computing device, determining based at least in part on the social context a set of symbols for communication by the first user in the communication session with the second users; and

by the computing device, providing for display to the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicating symbols for input by the first user in the communication session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of symbols is characters of a language.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of keys constitute all or part of a keyboard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication session comprises:

an e-mail from the first user to one or more of the second users;

a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the first user to one or more of the second users;

an instant messaging (IM) session involving the first user and one or more of the second users;

a post by the first user to a profile page of one of the second users;

or

a comment by the first user on content associated with one or more of the second users.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication session is detected based at least in part on:

the first user selecting to communicate with one or more of the second users;

or

the first user selecting to view a communication from one or more of the second users.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the social context of the communication session comprises:

a language that the first and one of more of the second users communicate in;

previous communication between the first and one or more of the second users;

a relationship of the first user to each of one or more of the second users;

computing devices being used by the first and one or more of the second users in the communication session;

software applications being used by the first and one or more of the second users in the communication session;

or

subject matter of the communication session.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the social context is determined based at least in part on implicit information associated with the first or second users in a social graph of a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user, at least one node in the graph corresponding to each of one or more of the second users, at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to a second user being connected to each other by one or more edges.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the social context is determined based at least in part on explicit information associated with the first or second users in a social graph of a social-networking system, the social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user, at least one node in the graph corresponding to each of one or more of the second users, at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to a second user being connected to each other by one or more edges.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a mobile computing device of the first user.

10. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

detect a communication session between a first user and one or more second users;

determine a social context of the communication session;

determine based at least in part on the social context a set of symbols for communication by the first user in the communication session with the second users; and

provide for display to the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicating symbols for input by the first user in the communication session.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the set of symbols is characters of a language.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein the set of keys constitute all or part of a keyboard.

13. The media of claim 10, wherein the communication session comprises:

an e-mail from the first user to one or more of the second users;

a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the first user to one or more of the second users;

an instant messaging (IM) session involving the first user and one or more of the second users;

a post by the first user to a profile page of one of the second users;

or

a comment by the first user on content associated with one or more of the second users.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein the communication session is detected based at least in part on:

the first user selecting to communicate with one or more of the second users;

or

the first user selecting to view a communication from one or more of the second users.

15. The media of claim 10, wherein the social context of the communication session comprises:

a language that the first and one of more of the second users communicate in;

previous communication between the first and one or more of the second users;

a relationship of the first user to each of one or more of the second users;

computing devices being used by the first and one or more of the second users in the communication session;

software applications being used by the first and one or more of the second users in the communication session;

or

subject matter of the communication session.

16. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;

detect a communication session between a first user and one or more second users;

determine a social context of the communication session;

determine based at least in part on the social context a set of symbols for communication by the first user in the communication session with the second users; and

provide for display to the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols, the keys indicating symbols for input by the first user in the communication session.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the set of symbols is characters of a language.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the set of keys constitute all or part of a keyboard.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the communication session comprises:

an e-mail from the first user to one or more of the second users;

a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the first user to one or more of the second users;

an instant messaging (IM) session involving the first user and one or more of the second users;

a post by the first user to a profile page of one of the second users;

or

a comment by the first user on content associated with one or more of the second users.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the social context of the communication session comprises:

a language that the first and one of more of the second users communicate in;

previous communication between the first and one or more of the second users;

a relationship of the first user to each of one or more of the second users;

computing devices being used by the first and one or more of the second users in the communication session;

software applications being used by the first and one or more of the second users in the communication session;

or

subject matter of the communication session.