Automatic menu item sequencing method
First Claim
1. In an information display device having a plurality of operating modes and a corresponding plurality of menu items, each menu item associated with a respective operating mode, a method of providing for selection by a user of the device of one of the plurality of menu items comprises the steps of:
- monitoring selection by the user of the plurality of operating modes;
assigning an adaptive priority to each of the plurality of menu items in response to said step of monitoring, said adaptive priority ranging from a highest priority menu item to a lowest priority menu item,assigning a predetermined default priority to each menu item,said step of monitoring further comprises the step of determining a frequency of selection of each of the plurality of operating modes,said step of assigning an adaptive priority further comprises the step of assigning priority to each of the plurality of menu items in response to the frequency of selection,wherein the highest priority menu item is assigned in response to a most frequently selected operating mode and the lowest priority menu item is selected in response to a least frequently selected operating mode, andwherein if at least two of the operating modes have a substantially similar frequency of selection, then said step of assigning an adaptive priority further comprises the step of assigning in response to the predetermined default priority of each of the menu items corresponding to the at least two operating modes.
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Abstract
A portable information display device such as a pager (20) has a plurality of operating modes and a corresponding plurality of menu items (40, 140). A symbol (40, 142) corresponding each menu item is displayed on a display (22) in a sequence determined by a priority (46) of the menu item. The priority (46) of each menu item (40, 140) is determined in response to either a frequency of selection of the corresponding operating mode (44), or a default value assigned to the menu item (42, 142) or both.
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10 Claims
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1. In an information display device having a plurality of operating modes and a corresponding plurality of menu items, each menu item associated with a respective operating mode, a method of providing for selection by a user of the device of one of the plurality of menu items comprises the steps of:
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monitoring selection by the user of the plurality of operating modes; assigning an adaptive priority to each of the plurality of menu items in response to said step of monitoring, said adaptive priority ranging from a highest priority menu item to a lowest priority menu item, assigning a predetermined default priority to each menu item, said step of monitoring further comprises the step of determining a frequency of selection of each of the plurality of operating modes, said step of assigning an adaptive priority further comprises the step of assigning priority to each of the plurality of menu items in response to the frequency of selection, wherein the highest priority menu item is assigned in response to a most frequently selected operating mode and the lowest priority menu item is selected in response to a least frequently selected operating mode, and wherein if at least two of the operating modes have a substantially similar frequency of selection, then said step of assigning an adaptive priority further comprises the step of assigning in response to the predetermined default priority of each of the menu items corresponding to the at least two operating modes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In an information display device having a plurality of operating modes and a plurality of menu items for display on the display device, wherein each menu item corresponds to a respective operating mode, a method of adaptively changing a sequence of the menu items for display from which a user selects the operating mode of the device, the method comprising steps of:
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assigning a default priority for each menu item to arrange the menu items in a sequence for display by the display device; monitoring selection by the user of operating modes; accumulating a selection count for each operating mode of the number of times that each operating mode is selected by a user; re-ordering the sequence of the menu items in accordance with the selection count for each operating mode so that the menu items corresponding to the more frequently selected operating modes have higher priority in the sequence than menu items corresponding to less frequently selected operating modes, and when two operating modes have substantially equal selection counts their corresponding menu items are arranged in the sequence in accordance with their respective default priorities. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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Specification