Adaptive User Interface

• US 20140289641A1
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jerome Eymard Whitcroft
• Original Assignee: Jerome Eymard Whitcroft
• Inventors: WHITCROFT, Jerome Eymard
• Application Number:
  US14/219,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289641A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/745
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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

Abstract

A system and method for issuing an instruction includes a parsed hierarchical list including a parent level with parent nodes, and a child level with child nodes. The child level is associated with at least one parent node, each parent node associated with a parent label, the child nodes being associated with a child label. Selectable labels are displayed, each respective label corresponding to a respective parent label with a spatial arrangement corresponding to predetermined criteria. A first label selection is received from an input device and replaced with a second selectable label plurality in a spatial arrangement. Each second selectable label corresponds to a respective child label, the spatial arrangement corresponding to predetermined criteria. A second selection from the second plurality of labels is received from the input device, and an instruction for execution by a computer processor is executed based on the second selection.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for issuing an instruction, the method including the steps of:

parsing a hierarchical list, the hierarchical list including a parent level having one or more parent nodes, and a child level having one or more child nodes, the child level being associated with a selected one of the one or more parent nodes, wherein the one or more parent nodes are each associated with a parent label and the one or more child nodes are each associated with a child label;

displaying a first plurality of selectable labels in a spatial arrangement, each of the respective first plurality of labels corresponding to respective parent labels and the spatial arrangement corresponding to one or more predetermined criteria;

receiving, from an input device driver, a first selection of one of the first plurality of selectable labels;

replacing the first plurality of selectable labels in the spatial arrangement with a second plurality of selectable labels in a spatial arrangement, each of the second plurality of selectable labels corresponding to respective child labels, the spatial arrangement corresponding to a combination one or more predetermined criteria;

receiving, from the input device driver, a second selection of one of the second plurality of labels; and

issuing an instruction for execution by a computer processor based on the second selection.

2. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria includes one or more of current user label selection information, historical user label selection information, user defined label selection or a combination thereof.

3. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of parsing a hierarchical list includes the step of parsing a hierarchical list having references to at least one of a text to be displayed, an image or an object.

4. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spatial arrangement of the selectable labels includes the size and position of the selectable label, the size and position of the selectable label based on a combination of current user label selection information and historical user label selection information.

5. The computer-implemented method as claimed claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the first plurality of selectable labels in a spatial arrangement includes the step of displaying the first plurality of selectable labels in predetermined arrangement and in an order determined, at least in part, by the order of the parent nodes within the parent level of the hierarchical list.

6. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of replacing the first plurality of selectable labels with the second plurality of selectable labels includes the step of displaying the second plurality of labels in an arrangement determined, at least in part, by the order of the child nodes within the child level of the hierarchical list.

7. The computer implemented method as claimed in claim 1, further including the steps of:

modifying the order of the nodes within the hierarchical list based on one or both of the first selection and second selection;

storing the modified list in a computer readable storage medium for subsequent reuse.

8. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the step of modifying the order of the nodes within the hierarchical list includes modifying the order of the nodes based on inputs previously received when one or more of the first plurality of selectable labels and the second plurality of selectable labels have been displayed.

9. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of issuing an instruction includes the step of issuing an instruction to launch a software program.

10. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of issuing an instruction includes the step of issuing an instruction to execute a function of a software program.

11. The computer-implemented method as claimed claims 1, wherein the step of issuing an instruction includes the step of issuing an instruction to execute a search query, the contents of the query being determined, at least in part, by the second selection.

12. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the selectable labels represent refinements of a search query.

13. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spatial arrangement corresponds to the physical layout of an input device.

14. The computer-implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the selectable labels relate to a task to be completed by a user.

15. A system for issuing an instruction for execution by a computer processor, the system including:

a hierarchical list traversal component for traversing a hierarchical list, the list including a hierarchy of nodes representing user choices, and a plurality of nodes at the bottom of the hierarchy representing instructions executable by computer processor;

a display component for displaying a predetermined spatial arrangement populated with labels based on received label information;

an input processing component for processing input data received from an input device driver and generating user label selection information;

a list modification component for modifying a hierarchical list based on user label selection information, wherein the list modification component is configured to modify a hierarchical list based on one or more predetermined criteria; and

a control component for;

receiving user label selection information from the input processing component, the user label selection information identifying a selected label;

if the selected label is associated with a node representing instructions executable by a computer processor,

issuing one or more instructions for execution by a computer processor based on information derived from the node,

otherwise,

sending traversal instructions to the hierarchical list traversal component based on the user label selection information;

receiving next node information from the hierarchical list traversal component, the next node information relating to one or more nodes dependent from the node in the hierarchical list corresponding to the selected label; and

generating label information from the next node information, and sending the label information to the display component.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the predetermined criteria includes one or more of current user label selection information, historical user label selection information, user defined label selection or a combination thereof.

17. The system as claimed in claim 15 wherein the hierarchical list component is configured to traverse a hierarchical list having references to at least one of:

a text to be displayed, an image or an object.

18. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the hierarchical list component is configured to traverse a hierarchical list in an eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

19. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the control component is configured to generate label display information based, at least in part, on next node information containing node order information.

20. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the spatial arrangement corresponds to a combination of current user label selection information and historical user label selection information.

21. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the spatial arrangement of the selectable labels includes the size and position of the selectable label, the size and position of the selectable label based on a combination of current user label selection information and historical user label selection information.

22. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the spatial arrangement corresponds to the physical layout of an input device.

23. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the selectable labels relate to a task to be completed by a user.