Apparatus and Method for Generating and Outputting an Interactive Image Object

• US 20150253969A1
• Filed: 05/19/2015
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Inventors: Tam, Terry, Davies, Jim
• Application Number:
  US14/716,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20150253969A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

An apparatus and method are presented for generating and outputting an interactive image object for display using a graphical user interface. The interactive image object is associated with a computational workflow having a sequence of computational operations. A processor device is configured to determine a required computational operation for the workflow based upon a task request wherein the operation requires a user input. The processor generates the interactive image object.

Claims

1. An apparatus for generating and outputting an interactive image object for display using a graphical user interface, the interactive image object associated with a computational workflow comprising a sequence of computational operations, the apparatus comprising a processor device configured to:

determine a required computational operation for the workflow based upon a task request, the operation requiring a user input;

generate the interactive image object based upon one or both of the determined computational operation or required user input;

by applying, based on context data associated with the workflow, one or more object generation rules determining the configuration of the interactive image object; and

output the interactive image object for display.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the interactive image object, when displayed by the graphical user interface, appears as a graphical image object comprising an interactive graphical image element for receiving the user input.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the object generation rules at least determine the graphical configuration of the interactive graphical image element within the graphical image object.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the processor device is configured to determine the relative positions of a plurality of interactive graphical elements within the graphical image object.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the task request is based on a previously received user data input.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the processor device is configured to determine the context data using the task request.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a plurality of required computational operations;

assign a priority value to each of the plurality of operations; and

generate the interactive image object based on the priority.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a communication device for transmitting the interactive image object to a remote device for display.

9. A method for generating and outputting an interactive image object for display using a graphical user interface, the interactive image object associated with a computational workflow comprising a sequence of computational operations, the method comprising:

determining a required computational operation for the workflow based upon a task request, the operation requiring a user input;

generating, using a processor, the interactive image object based upon any one or more of, the determined computational operation or required user input;

by applying, based on context data associated with the workflow, one or more object generation rules determining the configuration of the interactive image object; and

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outputting the interactive image object for display.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the interactive image object, when displayed by the graphical user interface, appears as a graphical image object comprising an interactive graphical image element for receiving the user input.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the object generation rules at least determine the graphical configuration of the interactive graphical image element within the graphical image object.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the processor device is configured to determine the relative positions of a plurality of interactive graphical elements within the graphical image object.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the processor device is configured to determine the context data using the task request.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the processor is configured to determine the required computational operation using the context data.

15. The method as claimed in claim 9 wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a plurality of required computational operations;

assign a priority value to each of the plurality of operations; and

generate the interactive image object based on the priority.

16. The method as claimed in claim 9 further comprising the step of transmitting the interactive image object to a remote device for display using a communication device.

17. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions configured to give effect to the method as claimed in claim 9.