Evaluating user interface usability for task completion
First Claim
1. A method of tracking and presenting states of a user interface comprising:
- tracking visibility and usage of each of a plurality of areas of a user interface;
determining the visibility as a first percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is visible;
determining the usage as a second percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is in use;
determining one or more navigation sequences through the plurality of areas based on usage of the user interface; and
graphically presenting the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences on a display including a layout of the user interface, wherein the visibility of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a first shape disposed over each represented area, the usage of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a second shape disposed within the first shape for each represented area, the second shape differing from the first shape, and the determined navigation sequences are displayed as connections between each of the plurality of first shapes disposed over the navigated through areas.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for tracking and presenting states of a user interface includes at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to track the visibility and usage of each of a plurality of areas of a user interface. The processor may be further configured to determine the navigation sequence through the plurality of areas of the user interface when utilized to complete a task. The processor may be configured to graphically present the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences on a display that includes a layout of the user interface, where the graphical presentation of the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences may be displayed within their corresponding areas of the layout of the user interface.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of tracking and presenting states of a user interface comprising:
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tracking visibility and usage of each of a plurality of areas of a user interface; determining the visibility as a first percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is visible; determining the usage as a second percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is in use; determining one or more navigation sequences through the plurality of areas based on usage of the user interface; and graphically presenting the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences on a display including a layout of the user interface, wherein the visibility of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a first shape disposed over each represented area, the usage of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a second shape disposed within the first shape for each represented area, the second shape differing from the first shape, and the determined navigation sequences are displayed as connections between each of the plurality of first shapes disposed over the navigated through areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for conducting an activity among a plurality of participants comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; track visibility and usage of each of a plurality of areas of a user interface; determine the visibility as a first percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is visible; determine the usage as a second percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is in use; determine one or more navigation sequences through the plurality of areas based on usage of the user interface; and graphically present the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences on a display including a layout of the user interface, wherein the visibility of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a first shape disposed over each represented area, the usage of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a second shape disposed within the first shape for each represented area, the second shape differing from the first shape, and the determined navigation sequences are displayed as connections between each of the plurality of first shapes disposed over the navigated through areas. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for tracking and presenting states of a user interface comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to; track visibility and usage of each of a plurality of areas of a user interface; determine the visibility as a first percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is visible; determine the usage as a second percentage of time each area of the plurality of areas is in use; determine one or more navigation sequences through the plurality of areas based on usage of the user interface; and graphically present the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences on a display including a layout of the user interface, wherein the visibility of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a first shape disposed over each represented area, the usage of each of the plurality of areas are represented by a second shape disposed within the first shape for each represented area, the second shape differing from the first shape, and the determined navigation sequences are displayed as connections between each of the plurality of first shapes disposed over the navigated through areas. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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