HEURISTIC CACHING TO PERSONALIZE APPLICATIONS

• US 20160094676A1
• Filed: 12/03/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: B'Far, Reza, Waxman, Alan, Spaulding, Kent
• Granted Patent: US 10,372,781 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Heuristic caching techniques are used to improve application usability within the constraints of computing resources. A user'"'"'s behavior in connection with an application is recorded and used to intelligently determine which transitions of a user interface of the application to cache. In addition, the user may have one or more characteristics. Such characteristics may also be used to identify other users so that the other users'"'"' behavior in connection with the application can be used for intelligently determining which transitions of the user interface to cache.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having collectively stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors of a computer system, the instructing comprising:

instructions for determining a preliminary user transition score based on a user interface state for a user and a next user interface state of the user;

instructions for determining a first user transition score for a plurality of other users associated with a characteristic of the user;

instructions for determining a second user transition score for the user associated with one or more user interface transitions of a plurality of potential user interface transitions based at least in part on the preliminary transition score and the first user transition score;

instructions for selecting a subset of the one or more user interface transitions to be cached that correspond to the second user transition score; and

instructions for causing one or more actions to be taken that result in caching each user interface transition within the subset based at least in part on the second user transition score.

2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the preliminary user transition score indicates a historically measured frequency associated with transitions from the user interface state to the next user interface state.

3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein caching each user interface transition within the subset based at least in part on the second user transition score comprises caching user interface transitions that are potential future transitions of the user.

4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, further comprising instructions for identifying the plurality of potential user interface transitions available to the user by identifying, from the user interface state, a plurality of selectable user interface elements.

5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 4, wherein each selectable user interface element of the plurality of potential user interface elements is configured to cause navigation to a corresponding user interface state.

6. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the second user transition score comprises a transition frequency of the user for transitioning from the user interface state to the one or more user interface transitions.

7. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein first data specific to the characteristic of the user comprises data that corresponds to past navigational behavior of the user.

8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, further comprising instructions for determining a quantity of the one or more user interface transitions to be included in the subset, wherein the quantity of the one or more user interface transitions included in the subset to be cached is determined by processing a transition time for the user associated with the one or more user interface transitions.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions comprises ordering the plurality of potential user interface transitions based at least in part on first data specific to the characteristic of the user and second data regarding the plurality of other users.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions further comprises selecting the subset based at least in part on positions in the plurality of potential user interface transitions of members of the subset.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the plurality of potential user interface transitions comprise transitions of the application utilized by an organization.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the user and the other users use the application in connection with operations of the organization.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the caching of the subset of the one or more user interface transitions is caused by causing data for the one or more user interface transitions to be cached.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions comprises identifying a plurality of users as users sharing the characteristic.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14, wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions comprises scoring, based at least in part on past navigational behavior of the plurality of users in connection with the user interface, the plurality of potential user interface transitions to produce scores corresponding to each of the plurality of potential user interface transitions, wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions is based at least in part on the scores.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions based at least in part on the scores comprises selecting a threshold number of the scores that are the highest.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions comprises identifying a set of users that have navigated the user interface to the user interface state, and wherein selecting the subset of the one or more user interface transitions is based at least in part on behavior of the set of users that have navigated the user interface to the user interface state.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, further comprising instructions for determining, based at least in part on an activity measurement of the user in connection with the user interface, a value determinative of a size of the one or more user interface transitions, wherein the one or more user interface transitions are in accordance with the value, and wherein the value is a number of transitions to cache.

19. A computer-implemented method of facilitating navigation in an electronic environment, comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors of a computing device, a user interface state of an application utilized by a user;

determining, by the one or more processors of the computing device, a preliminary user transition score based on the user interface state and a next user interface state;

determining, by the one or more processors of the computing device, a first user transition score for a plurality of other users associated with a characteristic of the user;

determining, by the one or more processors of the computing device, a second user transition score for the user associated with one or more user interface transitions of a plurality of potential user interface transitions based at least in part on the preliminary transition score and the first user transition score;

selecting, by the one or more processors of the computing device, a subset of the one or more user interface transitions to be cached that correspond to the second user transition score; and

causing, by the one or more processors of the computing device, one or more actions to be taken that result in caching each interface transition within the subset based at least in part on the second user transition score.

20. A computer system for facilitating navigation, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least;

identify a user interface state of an application utilized by a user;

determine a preliminary user transition score based on the user interface state and a next user interface state;

determine a first user transition score for a plurality of other users associated with a characteristic of the user;

determine a second user transition score for the user associated with one or more user interface transitions of a plurality of potential user interface transitions based at least in part on the preliminary transition score and the first user transition score;

select a subset of the one or more user interface transitions to be cached that correspond to the second user transition score; and

cause one or more actions to be taken that result in caching each user interface transition within the subset based at least in part on the second user transition score.