UI creation support system, UI creation support method, and non-transitory storage medium

• US 9,134,888 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Okubo, Ryosuke, Suzuki, Shunsuke, Tanikawa, Yukiko
• Primary Examiner(s): NABI, REZA U
• Application Number:
  US13/982,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• Field of Search: 715/763
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A UI creation support system is provided which supports creating a user interface (UI) screen for receiving an input of each of a plurality of items, the UI creation support system (1) including a UI configuration determining unit (10) that arranges graphical user interface (GUI) components for receiving an input of each of the plurality of items and item-relevant information pieces which are information pieces relevant to the plurality of items which are displayed in correlation with the GUI components on the UI screen, adjusts an amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen depending on an assumed user using the UI screen, and determines a configuration of the UI screen for the assumed user.

Claims

1. A user interface (UI) creation support system that supports creating a UI screen for receiving an input of each of a plurality of items, the UI creation support system comprising:

a processing unit including a CPU;

a UI configuration determining unit that arranges graphical user interface (GUI) components for receiving an input of each of the plurality of items and item-relevant information pieces which are information pieces relevant to the plurality of items which are displayed in correlation with the GUI components on the UI screen, that adjusts an amount of the item- relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen depending on an assumed user using the UI screen, and that determines a configuration of the UI screen for the assumed user, wherein the item-relevant information pieces have a hierarchical structure including a lower layer having item identification information pieces for identifying the plurality of items and at least one upper layer having a plurality of groups into which the item identification information pieces are classified, and

wherein the UI configuration determining unit arranges the item identification information pieces on the UI screen and adjusts an amount of information of the upper layer to be arranged on the UI screen,

wherein the UI screen is a UI screen for inputting information on a predetermined service, and

wherein the UI configuration determining unit

increases an amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen when a level of proficiency of the assumed user at the predetermined service is low, and

decreases the amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen when the level of proficiency of the assumed user at the predetermined service is high, wherein the amount of the item-relevant information pieces includes information about the upper layer of the hierarchical structure having the plurality of groups.

2. The UI creation support system according to claim 1, wherein the UI configuration determining unit

determines a configuration of the UI screen in which the item identification information pieces are arranged and the information of the upper layer is not arranged at all as a configuration of the UI screen for a first assumed user, and

determines a configuration of the UI screen in which the item identification information pieces are arranged and the information of the at least one upper layer is arranged as a configuration of the UI screen for a second assumed user.

3. A UI creation support method of supporting creation of a UI screen for receiving an input of each of a plurality of items, the UI creation support method comprising:

a UI configuration determining step of arranging GUI components for receiving an input of each of the plurality of items and item-relevant information pieces which are information pieces relevant to the plurality of items which are displayed in correlation with the GUI components on the UI screen, adjusting an amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen depending on an assumed user using the UI screen, and determining a configuration of the UI screen for the assumed user,

wherein the item-relevant information pieces have a hierarchical structure including a lower layer having item identification information pieces for identifying the plurality of items and at least one upper layer having a plurality of groups into which the item identification information pieces are classified, and

wherein the UI configuration determining unit arranges the item identification information pieces on the UI screen and adjusts an amount of information of the upper layer to be arranged on the UI screen,

wherein the UI screen is a UI screen for inputting information on a predetermined service, and

wherein the UI configuration determining unit

increases an amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen when a level of proficiency of the assumed user at the predetermined service is low, and

decreases the amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen when the level of proficiency of the assumed user at the predetermined service is high, wherein the amount of the item-relevant information pieces includes information about the upper layer of the hierarchical structure having the plurality of groups.

4. An non-transitory storage medium storing a program for supporting creation of a UI screen for receiving an input of each of a plurality of items, the program causing a computer to serve as:

a UI configuration determining unit that arranges GUI components for receiving an input of each of the plurality of items and item-relevant information pieces which are information pieces relevant to the plurality of items which are displayed in correlation with the GUI components on the UI screen, that adjusts an amount of the item-relevant information pieces to

be arranged on the UI screen depending on an assumed user using the UI screen, and that determines a configuration of the UI screen for the assumed user, wherein the item-relevant information pieces have a hierarchical structure including a lower layer having item identification information pieces for identifying the plurality of items and at least one upper layer having a plurality of groups into which the item identification information pieces are classified, and

wherein the UI configuration determining unit arranges the item identification information pieces on the UI screen and adjusts an amount of information of the upper layer to be arranged on the UI screen,

wherein the UI screen is a UI screen for inputting information on a predetermined service, and

wherein the UI configuration determining unit

increases an amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen when a level of proficiency of the assumed user at the predetermined service is low, and

decreases the amount of the item-relevant information pieces to be arranged on the UI screen when the level of proficiency of the assumed user at the predetermined service is high,

wherein the amount of the item-relevant information pieces includes information about the upper layer of the hierarchical structure having the plurality of groups.