RETRIEVING FOCUS-BASED INFORMATION

• US 20160299566A1
• Filed: 04/07/2015
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Breedvelt-Schouten, Ilse M., Jenkins, Jana H., Kusnitz, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US14/680,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20160299566A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/258 Heading extraction; Automatic titling; Numbering
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/62 relating to a temporal dimension, e.g. time-based feature extraction; Pattern tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor

Abstract

In an approach to retrieving focus-based information, one or more computer processors receive a period of focused attention by a user on a user interface of a first device. The one or more computer processors determine one or more topics and one or more locations of the one or more topics based, at least in part, on the period of focused attention. The one or more computer processors store the one or more topics and the one or more locations of the one or more topics. The one or more computer processors determine whether the period of focused attention ends. Responsive to determining the period of focused attention ends, the one or more computer processors retrieve the one or more locations. The one or more computer processors display an indicator of the one or more locations.

Claims

1. A method for retrieving focus-based information, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer processors, a period of focused attention by a user on a user interface of a first device;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, one or more topics and one or more locations of the one or more topics based, at least in part, on the period of focused attention;

storing, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more topics and the one or more locations of the one or more topics;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the period of focused attention ends;

responsive to determining the period of focused attention ends, retrieving, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more locations; and

displaying, by the one or more computer processors, an indicator of the one or more locations.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating, by the one or more computer processors, a summary, wherein the summary includes data indicative of the one or more topics and one or more locations; and

displaying, by the one or more computer processors, the summary.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the summary includes one or more interactive links to one or more stored locations.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a period of focused attention further comprises receiving, by the one or more computer processors, eye tracking information from an optical sensor on the first device, wherein the eye tracking information indicates a pre-defined threshold is reached.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the pre-defined threshold includes at least one of:

a quantity of material a user views, and a period of time a user spends viewing.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the optical sensor includes one or more cameras.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator includes one or more of:

a change of text color, a change of text font type, flashing text, an arrow, a location of a cursor, and a box surrounding a location on a screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the period of focused attention ends further comprises determining, by the one or more computer processors, a pre-defined threshold of time is reached during which no focused attention is received.

9. A computer program product for retrieving focus-based information, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage device and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage device, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive a period of focused attention by a user on a user interface of a first device;

program instructions to determine one or more topics and one or more locations of the one or more topics based, at least in part, on the period of focused attention;

program instructions to store the one or more topics and the one or more locations of the one or more topics;

program instructions to determine whether the period of focused attention ends;

responsive to determining the period of focused attention ends, program instructions to retrieve the one or more locations; and

program instructions to display an indicator of the one or more locations.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

program instructions to create a summary, wherein the summary includes data indicative of the one or more topics and one or more locations; and

program instructions to display the summary.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein receiving a period of focused attention further comprises program instructions to receive eye tracking information from an optical sensor on the first device, wherein the eye tracking information indicates a pre-defined threshold is reached.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the pre-defined threshold includes at least one of:

a quantity of material a user views, and a period of time a user spends viewing.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the indicator includes one or more of:

a change of text color, a change of text font type, flashing text, an arrow, a location of a cursor, and a box surrounding a location on a screen.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein program instructions to determine the period of focused attention ends further comprises program instructions to determine a pre-defined threshold of time is reached during which no focused attention is received.

15. A computer system for retrieving focus-based information, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage device;

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage device for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive a period of focused attention by a user on a user interface of a first device;

program instructions to determine one or more topics and one or more locations of the one or more topics based, at least in part, on the period of focused attention;

program instructions to store the one or more topics and the one or more locations of the one or more topics;

program instructions to determine whether the period of focused attention ends;

responsive to determining the period of focused attention ends, program instructions to retrieve the one or more locations; and

program instructions to display an indicator of the one or more locations.

16. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to create a summary, wherein the summary includes data indicative of the one or more topics and one or more locations; and

program instructions to display the summary.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein receiving a period of focused attention further comprises program instructions to receive eye tracking information from an optical sensor on the first device, wherein the eye tracking information indicates a pre-defined threshold is reached.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the pre-defined threshold includes at least one of:

a quantity of material a user views, and a period of time a user spends viewing.

19. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the indicator includes one or more of:

a change of text color, a change of text font type, flashing text, an arrow, a location of a cursor, and a box surrounding a location on a screen.

20. The computer system of claim 15, wherein program instructions to determine the period of focused attention ends further comprises program instructions to determine a pre-defined threshold of time is reached during which no focused attention is received.