PROVIDING LAST KNOWN BROWSING LOCATION CUE USING MOVEMENT-ORIENTED BIOMETRIC DATA

• US 20150177830A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Feng, Xin, Hilburger, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 10,180,716 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04801 Cursor retrieval aid, i.e. visual aspect modification, blinking, colour changes, enlargement or other visual cues, for helping user do find the cursor in graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for providing a last known browsing location cue using movement-oriented biometric data are presented. Movement-oriented biometric data is received and used to detect that a user is distracted from a computer interface. A visual cue is provided indicating a last known browsing location. The visual cue may be provided after a certain amount of time or in response to detecting that the user'"'"'s attention is returned to the computer interface. The visual cue may be removed after a certain amount of time or in response to detecting that the user'"'"'s attention is returned to the computer interface. An inattention time corresponding to the user distraction may be determined and used to identify the last known browsing location. The biometric data may be compared to thresholds and profiles to determine whether the user is attentive or distracted.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by use of a processor, movement-oriented biometric data;

detecting user distraction from a computer interface based on the movement-oriented biometric data; and

providing a visual cue in the computer interface indicating a last known browsing location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a plurality of browsing locations on the computer interface based on the movement-oriented biometric data; and

identifying an inattention time corresponding to the detected user distraction, wherein providing the visual cue in the computer interface comprises displaying the visual cue at a browsing location corresponding to the inattention time.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a removal timer in response to providing the visual cue; and

removing the visual cue from the computer interface in response to expiration of the removal timer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a marking timer in response to detecting user distraction, wherein providing the visual cue is conducted in response to expiration of the marking timer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether user attention is returned to the computer interface subsequent to the user distraction; and

providing the visual cue in response to detecting the user attention.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

initiating a removal timer in response to detecting user attention; and

removing the visual cue from the computer interface in response to expiration of the removal timer.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the movement-oriented biometric data to at least one threshold to determine whether the user is attentive to the computer interface, the at least one threshold selected from the group consisting of a position threshold, a velocity threshold, an acceleration threshold, and a jerk threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the movement-oriented biometric data to at least one profile to determine whether the user is attentive to the computer interface, the at least one profile selected from the group consisting of an eye speed profile, an eye acceleration profile, and an eye jolt profile.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement-oriented biometric is received in real-time and comprises a plurality of viewing position values and a plurality of viewing timestamps, each viewing timestamp corresponding to one of the plurality of viewing position values.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement-oriented biometric data is selected from the group consisting of eye gazing data and eye tracking data.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual cue is selected from the group consisting of a highlight, an underline, a trace, a marker, a watermark, color-differentiated text, faded text, animated text, and an icon.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising;

code that receives movement-oriented biometric data;

code that detects user distraction based on the movement-oriented biometric data; and

code that provides a visual cue in the computer interface indicating a last known browsing location.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

code that identifies a browsing location on a computer interface based on the movement-oriented biometric data; and

code that identifies an inattention time corresponding to the detected user distraction, wherein the code displays the visual cue at a browsing location corresponding to the inattention time.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising;

code that initiates a marking timer in response to detecting user distraction, wherein the code provides the visual cue in response to expiration of the marking timer; and

code that removes the visual cue from the computer interface in response to expiration of a removal timer.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising code that detects whether user attention is returned to the computer interface subsequent to the user distraction, wherein the code provides the visual cue in response to user attention returning to the computer interface.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising code that compares the movement-oriented biometric data to at least one threshold to determine whether the user is attentive to the computer interface, the at least one threshold selected from the group consisting of a position threshold, a velocity threshold, an acceleration threshold, and a jerk threshold

17. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising code that compares the movement-oriented biometric data to at least one profile to determine whether the user is attentive to the computer interface, the at least one profile selected from the group consisting of an eye speed profile, an eye acceleration profile, and an eye jolt profile.

18. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing code executable by a processor to perform:

receiving movement-oriented biometric data;

detecting user distraction from a computer interface based on the movement-oriented biometric data; and

providing a visual cue in the computer interface indicating a last known browsing location.

19. The program product of claim 18, wherein the code further performs:

detecting whether user attention is returned to the computer interface subsequent to the user distraction; and

providing the visual cue in response to detecting the user attention.

20. The program product of claim 18, wherein the machine readable code, when executed, further performs:

initiating a marking timer in response to detecting user distraction; and

providing the visual cue in response to expiration of the marking timer.