Personal support infrastructure for development of user applications and interfaces

• US 7,574,415 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2004
• Issued: 08/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Browde, Ian
• Primary Examiner(s): Vincent; David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran; Mai T
• Application Number:
  US10/910,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20060031106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,834 Days
• Field of Search: 706/48, 707/3
• US Class Current: 706/48
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A system and method that are directed towards developing a computer user interface employing a Personal Support Infrastructure (PSI) stack. The PSI stack is arranged to represent various layers of a human being employing a holistic approach. In one embodiment, the PSI stack may enable organization, development, and solicitation of requirements for the development of a human-machine interface, such as for a mobile device, and the like. In one embodiment, the PSI stack is configured as a data structure that may be populated with elicitations oriented towards developing the set of human-machine interface requirements.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining a context of a human-machine interface;

determining an elicitation based on an application of at least a portion of a personal support infrastructure (PSI) stack to the context, wherein the PSI stack provides a determination of the elicitation based on at least one of a real-time aspect, and a virtual time aspect of the human-machine interface;

providing the elicitation to at least one prospective user of the human-machine interface;

receiving a response to the elicitation;

determining a requirement based, in part, on the response to the elicitation; and

providing the requirement to a design mechanism, wherein the requirement provides development of the human-machine interface.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the requirement further comprises employing at least one of an Agile Requirements Model, a Requirements Triage, a Knowledge Level Process Model, and a Volere model.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the elicitation further comprises at least one of a question, a task, a survey, and a questionnaire associated with the at least one portion of the PSI stack.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein providing the requirement to the design mechanism further comprises providing the requirement to at least one of a top-down, a bottom-up, an ad-hoc, a waterfall, a spiral, an evolutionary, a chaos, and an interactive design mechanism.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the PSI stack further comprises a spirit layer, an identity layer, a values and beliefs layer, a thoughts and emotions layer, a talent and competence layer, a community and skills layer, an action and behaviors layer, and a technical technology layer.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the technical technology layer further comprises at least one of an OSI Reference model, and an Internet TCP/IP model.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein application of at least a portion of the PSI stack further comprises providing a consideration of each layer within the PSI stack.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving feedback about at least one of the requirements, the elicitation, the PSI stack, and the context; and

employing the feedback to modify the at least one requirement, the elicitation, the PSI stack, and the context.

9. A method comprising:

determining a context for a supportive infrastructure having a human-machine interface;

determining, via a processor, an elicitation, in part, by applying at least a portion of a personal support infrastructure (PSI) stack to the context, wherein the PSI stack provides a determination of the elicitation based on at least one of a real-time aspect, and a virtual time aspect of the human-machine interface; and

developing the supportive infrastructure including the human-machine interface based, in part, on a response to the elicitation.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the PSI stack further comprises at least one of a real-time aspect, and a virtual time aspect associated with each of a spirit layer, an identity layer, a values and beliefs layer, a thoughts and emotions layer, a talent and competence layer, a community and skills layer, an action and behaviors layer, and a technical technology layer.

11. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to control:

a Personal Support Infrastructure (PSI) manager that is configured to perform actions, including;

determining a context of the human-machine interface;

providing each layer within a personal support infrastructure (PSI) stack for use in determining at least one elicitation based on the context, wherein the PSI stack provides a determination of the elicitation based on at least one of a real-time aspect, and a virtual time aspect of the human-machine interface;

providing the determined elicitation to at least one prospective user of the human-machine interface;

receiving a response to the elicitation;

determining a requirement based, in part, on the response to the elicitation; and

providing the requirement to a design mechanism, wherein the requirement provides the development of the human-machine interface.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein providing the determined elicitation, further comprises providing the determined elicitation to a mobile device, and wherein receiving the response further comprises receiving the response from the mobile device.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising an elicitation store coupled to the PSI manager, configured to enable storage of the at least one elicitation.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein determining at least one elicitation further comprises providing each layer within the PSI stack to be employed in determining the elicitation, and wherein at least one of an Agile Requirements Model, a Requirements Triage, a Knowledge Level Process Model, and a Volere model is employed in determining the elicitation.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one computer storage medium encoded with computer-readable program code portions, the computer-readable program code portions for use in determining a human-machine interface requirement and comprising:

a first executable portion for providing a first plurality of data fields configured to include an elicitation for provision to a user to elicit a response, the elicitation being associated with a real-time aspect including at least one of a spirit, an identity, a value and belief, a thought and emotion, a talent and competence, a community and skill, an action and behavior, and a technical technology for a prospective customer;

a second executable portion for providing a second plurality of data fields configured to include an elicitation for provision to the user to elicit a response, the elicitation being associated with a virtual-time aspect including at least one of a spirit, an identity, a value and belief, a thought and emotion, a talent and competence, a community and skill, an action and behavior, and a technical technology for a prospective customer; and

a third executable portion for utilizing the elicitation associated with the real-time aspect or the elicitation associated with the virtual-time aspect in determining the human-machine interface requirement.