Displaying data sensitive targets

• US 8,719,723 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2007
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Rath, Thomas, Trning, Kristian
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Xiao, Di
• Application Number:
  US11/682,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218530A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,619 Days
• Field of Search: 715/702, 715/745, 715/773, 715/811, 715/864, 715/708
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• 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

Users are often in environments that require specific inputs into a device. However, it can be advantageous to display a limited number of targets to a user for inputting information. Therefore, the can be a selection of a limited target set based on a user activity and/or environment. The limited target set can be display to a user through a display, commonly a visual display.

Claims

1. A system for displaying a subset of input targets, each input target for display as a key of a digital keyboard, comprising:

a storage component that stores an indication of the input targets, the input targets having a standard arrangement, each input target having a standard size and corresponding to a grapheme that is displayed as a key of the digital keyboard and that is input when that key is engaged by a user;

a memory storing computer-executable instructions of;

a customization component to receive input from the user regarding which input targets are to be included in the subset of the input targets to be displayed;

a calculation component to track user interactions with a limited target set of input targets that are displayed to the user as keys of the digital keyboard and record information relating to the tracked user interactions;

a selection component to identify the subset of input targets based on input received by the customization component and from the user interactions with the limited target set tracked and recorded by the calculation component, the subset of input targets not including all of the input targets, the subset of input targets being identified taking into consideration user interactions with the displayed limited target set of input targets such that the subset of input targets is different from the limited target set of input targets;

a placement component that determines an arrangement for the subset of input targets, the determined arrangement being different from the standard arrangement; and

a display component that presents the subset of input targets as a display of the digital keyboard that includes a key for each input target of the subset of the input targets; and

a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an override component that allows for elimination of presentment of the subset of input targets.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a request component that checks if the selection component should select the subset of input targets.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a language recognition component that supplies language information to the selection component for use in selection of the subset of input targets.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a feedback component that collects response of the user regarding interaction with the subset of input targets.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an error check component that checks if any of the subset of input targets are corrupt in the storage component and will display incorrectly.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein, the calculation component records an amount of time between contacts of the user with various targets in the subset of input targets.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transmission component that allows the selection component to communicate with another device.

9. A method for displaying a subset of input targets having a standard arrangement in a non-standard manner, each input target to be displayed as a key of a digital keyboard, the method, comprising:

determining whether a user wants to display the input targets or to display a subset of the input targets on a display screen;

when it is determined that the user wants to display the input targets, displaying the input targets in the standard arrangement on the display screen as keys of the digital keyboard; and

when it is determined that the user wants to display a subset of the input targets,

selecting a subset of input targets to display, the subset being selected taking into consideration user interaction with a previously displayed subset of input targets such that the subset of input targets is different from the previously displayed subset of input targets, the input targets of the subset of input targets corresponding to graphemes;

selecting a system-added target input that is of general use with the user-selected subset of the input targets wherein the subset of the input targets includes the user-selected subset of the input targets and the system-added target input;

determining an arrangement of the subset of input targets based on size of the display screen;

provisionally displaying the subset of input targets in the determined arrangement;

asking the user to confirm the determined arrangement of the subset of input targets through the provisional displaying of the subset of the input targets as keys of the digital keyboard; and

after the user confirms the determined arrangement, displaying the subset of the input targets in the determined arrangement on the display screen as keys of the digital keyboard.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising checking if any of the subset of input targets are corrupt in a storage component and will display incorrectly.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising recording an amount of time between contacts of the user with various targets in the subset of input targets.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising calculating information about interaction with the subset of input targets.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising collecting feedback from the user regarding experience with interaction with the subset of input targets.

14. A computer memory storing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computer to display a subset of input targets, the input targets having a standard arrangement, the subset of the input target to be displayed in a non-standard arrangement, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

instructions that determine whether to display the input targets or to display a subset of the input targets on a display screen;

instructions that, upon determining to display the input targets, display the input targets in the standard arrangement on the display screen;

instructions that, upon determining to display a subset of the input targets,

select a new subset of the input targets to display, the new subset being selected taking into consideration user interactions with a previously displayed subset of the input targets such that the new subset is different from the previously displayed subset, the input targets of the new subset of the input targets corresponding to graphemes; and

selecting a system-added input target that is of general use with the new subset of the input targets;

display as keys of a digital keyboard the new subset of the input targets and the system-added input target in the non-standard arrangement, the keys of the input targets of the new subset of inputs targets indicating the corresponding graphemes, and

when a user engages a key corresponding to an input target of the new subset of the input targets, displaying the corresponding grapheme in an area of the display separate from the displayed digital keyboard.

15. The computer memory of claim 14 including instructions that generate an arrangement of the new subset of the input targets based on user interactions with a previously displayed subset of input targets.

16. The computer memory of claim 14 wherein the system-added input target is a closing target.