Method and apparatus for eyetrack-driven information retrieval
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1. A computer controlled method for presenting information to a user of a computer;
- said computer having a display device and a gaze-tracking device;
said gaze-tracking device determining a gaze position on said display device;
said computer controlled method comprising the steps of;
(a) displaying a plurality of articles, whose contents have been categorized by one or more topics, on said display device;
(b) monitoring said gaze position on said plurality of articles displayed to determine a level of interest of said user in each of said plurality of articles displayed, said level of interest being dependent on the time said gaze position intersects each of said plurality of articles displayed;
(c) identifying said one or more topics common to said plurality of articles having the highest level of interest to said user as determined in step (b) by determining a correlation between said one or more topics and said level of interest; and
(d) selecting one or more new articles classified according to said topics identified in step (c).
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Abstract
Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed that determines what information presented on a computer display screen to a user most interests the user. The invention uses this information to correlate the topics of the displayed information and the user'"'"'s interest to select additional information for the user. This additional information better matching the user'"'"'s interest.
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1. A computer controlled method for presenting information to a user of a computer;
- said computer having a display device and a gaze-tracking device;
said gaze-tracking device determining a gaze position on said display device;
said computer controlled method comprising the steps of;(a) displaying a plurality of articles, whose contents have been categorized by one or more topics, on said display device; (b) monitoring said gaze position on said plurality of articles displayed to determine a level of interest of said user in each of said plurality of articles displayed, said level of interest being dependent on the time said gaze position intersects each of said plurality of articles displayed; (c) identifying said one or more topics common to said plurality of articles having the highest level of interest to said user as determined in step (b) by determining a correlation between said one or more topics and said level of interest; and (d) selecting one or more new articles classified according to said topics identified in step (c). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- said computer having a display device and a gaze-tracking device;
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6. An information presentation apparatus configured to present information to a user;
- said apparatus having a central processor unit, a memory, a display device, and a gaze-tracking device for determining a gaze position on said display device;
said apparatus comprising;a display mechanism configured to display a plurality of articles, whose contents have been categorized by one or more topics, on said display device; a monitoring mechanism configured to monitor said gaze position on said plurality of articles displayed to determine a level of interest of said user in at least one of said plurality of articles displayed, said level of interest being dependent on the time said gaze position intersects each of said plurality of articles displayed; an identification mechanism configured to identify said one or more topics common to said plurality of articles having the highest level of interest to said user as determined by the monitoring mechanism, the identification mechanism further comprising a correlation mechanism configured to determine a correlation between said one or more topics and said level of interest of said user; and a selection mechanism configured to select one or more new articles classified according to said topics identified by the identification mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
- said apparatus having a central processor unit, a memory, a display device, and a gaze-tracking device for determining a gaze position on said display device;
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11. An information presentation system configured to present information to a user;
- said system having a display device, and a gaze-tracking device for determining a gaze position on said display device;
said system comprising;a display mechanism configured to display a plurality of articles, whose contents have been categorized by one or more topics, on said display device; a monitoring mechanism configured to monitor said gaze position on said plurality of articles displayed to determine a level of interest of said user in at least one of said plurality of articles displayed, said level of interest being dependent on the time said gaze position intersects each of said plurality of articles displayed; an identification mechanism configured to identify said one or more topics common to said plurality of articles having the highest level of interest to said user as determined by the monitoring mechanism, the identification mechanism further comprising a correlation mechanism configured to determine a correlation between said one or more topics and said level of interest of said user; and a selection mechanism configured to select one or more new articles classified according to said topics identified by the identification mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
- said system having a display device, and a gaze-tracking device for determining a gaze position on said display device;
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16. A computer program product comprising:
(a) a computer usable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to present information to a user;
said computer readable code comprising;(b) computer readable code configured to cause said computer to effect a display mechanism configured to display a plurality of articles, whose contents have been categorized by one or more topics, on said display device; computer readable code configured to cause said computer to effect a monitoring mechanism configured to monitor said gaze position on said plurality of articles displayed to determine a level of interest of said user in at least one of said plurality of articles displayed, said level of interest being dependent on the time said gaze position intersects each of said plurality of articles displayed; computer readable code configured to cause said computer to effect an identification mechanism configured to identify said one or more topics common to said plurality of articles having the highest level of interest to said user as determined by the monitoring mechanism, the identification mechanism further comprising computer readable code configured to cause said computer to effect a correlation mechanism configured to determine a correlation between said one or more topics and said level of interest of said user; and computer readable code configured to cause said computer to effect a selection mechanism configured to select one or more new articles classified according to said topics identified by the identification mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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