Models and methods for reducing visual complexity and search effort via ideal information abstraction, hiding, and sequencing
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates displaying information in connection with a computer user'"'"'s computer workspace, comprising:
- at least one processor that executes a plurality of components, the components comprising;
a component that determines a likelihood value for a plurality of display items, the likelihood for each of the plurality of display items indicating a likelihood that a user will access the display item as part of using the computer workspace, the likelihood being determined based at least in part on detected actions of the user indicating a context of user interaction with the computer workspace;
a cost component that determines, for each of the plurality of display items, a navigation cost to access the display item if the display item is hidden on the display; and
a hiding component that selectively exposes a subset of the plurality of display items, the subset being selected based at least in part upon the determined likelihood value and the navigation cost, the hiding component segmenting the plurality of display items a into a subset of displayed items d and one or more subsets of items h that are hidden but accessible via action or gesture,wherein the workspace comprises a word processing application and the display items are choices in a dropdown menu associated with a menu item relating to at least one function performed by the word processing application.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and methodology for controlling and presenting information to users in an automated manner. Sets of information items accessible by users from computer workspaces (e.g., from within and/or outside an application) are automatically hidden or reduced from view in order to facilitate user processing of a determined and/or reduced subset of information. The reduced subset is created from decision-theoretic considerations of the expected costs and benefits of hiding or mitigating information items from view or presentation while leaving more likely items or objects exposed for efficient access by users. The display of the ideal set of items takes into consideration controls that allow for the access of views that reveal sets of less likely items through one or more gestures. The control of the optimization may be facilitated by preference-assessment interfaces that allow a designer and/or a user to assess preferences about the costs of reviewing sets of items of different lengths and about the costs of gestures to reveal additional items.
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1. A system that facilitates displaying information in connection with a computer user'"'"'s computer workspace, comprising:
at least one processor that executes a plurality of components, the components comprising; a component that determines a likelihood value for a plurality of display items, the likelihood for each of the plurality of display items indicating a likelihood that a user will access the display item as part of using the computer workspace, the likelihood being determined based at least in part on detected actions of the user indicating a context of user interaction with the computer workspace; a cost component that determines, for each of the plurality of display items, a navigation cost to access the display item if the display item is hidden on the display; and a hiding component that selectively exposes a subset of the plurality of display items, the subset being selected based at least in part upon the determined likelihood value and the navigation cost, the hiding component segmenting the plurality of display items a into a subset of displayed items d and one or more subsets of items h that are hidden but accessible via action or gesture, wherein the workspace comprises a word processing application and the display items are choices in a dropdown menu associated with a menu item relating to at least one function performed by the word processing application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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