System and method for adaptive use of keyboard or search term based on recent use

• US 8,621,381 B1
• Filed: 05/22/2012
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Weber, Arnaud Claude, Ainslie, Alex Neely, Shah, Roma Rajni, Murphy, Glen
• Primary Examiner(s): Pesin, Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ell, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US13/478,044
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 715/773, 715/812
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Computer-implemented methods for deciding whether to display a keyboard on a touchscreen device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, on a touchscreen device, a request to load a display comprising an input field and selectable content, and determining, based on prior user behavior, the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the selectable content. The method also includes controlling whether to display a keyboard when the determined probability indicates that the user will enter content into the input field or hide the keyboard when the determined probability indicates that the user will select the selectable content. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for deciding whether to display a keyboard on a touchscreen device, the method comprising:

receiving, on a touchscreen device, a user request to open a new tab and load a display comprising an input field and selectable content on the new tab;

determining, based on one or more selectable content items of the selectable content displayed on the touchscreen device via a tabbed window interface and prior user behavior in response to receiving content items similar to the selectable content items, the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select at least one of the selectable content items;

displaying the new tab having the input field and selectable content in response to the user request to open the new tab; and

controlling whether to display a keyboard in the new tab when the determined probability indicates that the user will enter content into the input field, or to hide the keyboard in the new tab when the determined probability indicates that the user will select at least one of the selectable content items.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined based on the user'"'"'s previous action of entering content into the input field or selecting selectable content.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by comparing a number of times content has been entered during a predetermined period of time prior to the request to load the display with a number of times a selection of selectable content has been made during the predetermined period of time.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by a number of times content has been entered in succession previous to the request to load the display and a number of times selection of selectable content has been made in succession previous to the request to load the display.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by comparing a total number of times content has been entered with a total number of times a selection of selectable content has been made.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the keyboard if the selectable content is not displayed.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the touchscreen device comprises a smartphone device, a tablet computer, or a PDA device.

8. A system for deciding whether to display a keyboard on a touchscreen device, the system comprising:

a memory storing executable instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving, on a touchscreen device, a user request to open a new tab and load a display in a web browser comprising an input field and selectable content on the new tab;

determining, based on one or more selectable content items of the selectable content displayed on the touchscreen device via a tabbed window interface of the web browser and prior user behavior in response to receiving content items similar to the selectable content items, the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select at least one of the selectable content items;

displaying the new tab of the web browser having the input field and selectable content in response to the user request to open the new tab; and

controlling whether to display a keyboard in the new tab of the web browser when the determined probability indicates that the user will enter content into the input field, or to hide the keyboard in the new tab of the web browser when the determined probability indicates that the user will select at least one of the selectable content items.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined based on the user'"'"'s previous action of entering content into the input field or selecting selectable content.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by comparing a number of times content has been entered during a predetermined period of time prior to the request to load the display with a number of times a selection of selectable content has been made during the predetermined period of time.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by a number of times content has been entered in succession previous to the request to load the display and a number of times selection of selectable content has been made in succession previous to the request to load the display.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by comparing a total number of times content has been entered with a total number of times a selection of selectable content has been made.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise displaying the keyboard if the selectable content is not displayed.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the touchscreen device comprises a smartphone device, a tablet computer, or a PDA device.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing machine-executable instructions for deciding whether to display a keyboard on a touchscreen device, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, on a touchscreen device, a user request to open a new tab and load in a web browser a web browser window comprising an input field and selectable content on the new tab;

determining, based on one or more selectable content items of the selectable content are displayed on the touchscreen device via a tabbed window interface of the web browser window and prior user behavior in response to receiving content items similar to the selectable content items, the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field of the web browser or select at least one of the selectable content items in the web browser;

displaying the new tab of the web browser having the input field and selectable content in response to the user request to open the new tab; and

controlling whether to display a keyboard in the new tab of the web browser window when the determined probability indicates that the user will enter content into the input field, or to hide the keyboard in the new tab when the determined probability indicates that the user will select at least one of the selectable content items.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined based on the user'"'"'s previous action of entering content into the input field or selecting selectable content.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by comparing a number of times content has been entered during a predetermined period of time prior to the request to load the display with the number of times a selection of selectable content has been made during the predetermined period of time.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by a number of times content has been entered in succession previous to the request to load the display and a number of times selection of selectable content has been made in succession previous to the request to load the display.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the probability of whether the user will enter content into the input field or select the at least one of the selectable content items is determined by comparing a total number of times content has been entered with a total number of times a selection of selectable content has been made.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise displaying the keyboard if the selectable content is not displayed.