Method and system for operating a device

• US 8,108,796 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2006
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jobling, Jeremy T., Kim, Hyang S., Walston, Douglas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadeese
• Assistant Examiner(s): RIEGLER, PATRICK F
• Application Number:
  US11/350,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20070192740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,181 Days
• Field of Search: 715/827, 715/810, 715/816, 707/705, 455/403
• US Class Current: 715/816
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

An embodiment generally relates to a method of operating a device. The method includes receiving at least one character of a sequence for a default application on a user interface of a device and determining at least one other task supported by the device based on the at least one character sequence. The method also includes displaying the at least one other task on a display of the device along with the at least one character sequence for the default application.

Claims

1. A method of operating a device, the method comprising:

receiving at least one character of a sequence into a default application from a user interface of the device;

determining at least one other application supported by the device based on the at least one character;

identifying a media file stored on the device and associated with the at least one other application;

displaying a list of the at least one other application on a display of the device along with the media file and the at least one character;

receiving a key event into the default application from the user interface of the device;

determining if the key event is a selection for one of the at least one other application;

invoking the one of the at least one other application based on a determination that the key event is the selection; and

transferring the at least one character of the sequence into the one of the at least one other application in response to invoking the one of the at least one other application.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the list for the at least one other application on the display based on a determination that the key event is not the selection.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein modifying the list for the at least one other application comprises adding another application.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein modifying the list for the at least one other application comprises removing a displayed application from the list.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving additional characters for the sequence; and

invoking the default application of the device in response to the sequence being a telephone number.

6. A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method of operating a device, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for

receiving at least one character of a sequence into a default application from a user interface of the device;

determining at least one other application supported by the device based on the at least one character,

identifying a media file stored on the device and associated with the at least one other application;

displaying a list of the at least one other application on a display of the device along with the media file and the at least one character;

receiving a key event into the default application from the user interface of the device;

determining if the key event is a selection for one of the at least one other application;

invoking the one of the at least one other application based on a determination that the key event is the selection; and

transferring the at least one character of the sequence into the one of the at least one other application in response to invoking the one of the at least one other application.

7. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 6, said set of instructions further comprises:

modifying the list for the at least one other application on the display based on a determination that the key event is not the selection.

8. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein modifying the list for the at least one other application comprises adding another application.

9. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein modifying the list for the at least one other application comprises removing a displayed application from the list.

10. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 6, said set of instructions further comprises:

receiving additional characters for the sequence; and

invoking the default application of the device in response to the sequence being a telephone number.

11. A system for operating an electronic device, the system comprising:

a user interface configured to receive input for the electronic device;

a task predictor module configured to interface with the user interface; and

a memory configured to store files and applications, the memory configured to interface with the task predictor module, wherein the task predictor module is configured to monitor the user interface for an input of at least one character into a default application, determine at least one additional application that is relevant to the at least one inputted character based on previous accesses to the memory, identify a stored media file associated with the at least one additional application, display a list of the at least one additional application along with the stored media file, receive a key event into the default application from the user interface of the electronic device, determine if the key event is a selection for one of the at least one additional application, invoke the one of the at least one additional application based on a determination that the key event is the selection, and transfer the at least one inputted character into the one of the at least one additional application in response to invoking the one of the at least one additional application.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the task predictor module is further configured to modify the list of the at least one additional application based on a determination that the key event is not the selection.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the task predictor module is further configured to remove an application from the list of the at least one additional application.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the task predictor module is further configured to add another additional application to the list of the at least one additional application.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the at least one additional application is one of a media viewer, a text messaging application, an audio file player, a video file player, an internet browser and a computer game application.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein the default application is a dialing application.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein the stored media file is one of an image file, an audio file, a video file, a universal resource locator, and a text messaging file.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein the user interface is one of a keyboard, voice recognition, and gesture recognition.