Selecting events based on user input and current context

• US 9,939,923 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Sharma, Manoj
• Primary Examiner(s): MERCEDES, DISMERY E
• Application Number:
  US14/745,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20160370879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0312 for tracking the rotation of a spherical or circular member, e.g. optical rotary encoders used in mice or trackballs using a tracking ball or in mouse scroll wheels tracking relative movement in co-operation with a regularly or irregularly patterned surface, e.g. as in optical mice G06F3/0317; constructional details of scroll or thumb-wheels G06F3/0362; optical rotary encoders G01D5/3473
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

Examples of the disclosure determine the current context of a user or a wearable device of the user. User input is received to select one or more of context-dependent events from a plurality of past, current and future events. In some examples, one or more events from the plurality of past, current and future events and a part of the current context are captured by sensors available on the wearable device. Responsive to receiving the user input, one or more of the plurality of events are selected based on the determined current context and a direction of the user input. At least one of the selected one or more of the plurality of events is displayed on the wearable device of the user.

Claims

1. A method for displaying one or more of context-dependent, past, current and future events on a wearable device, the method comprising:

determining, by a processor, a current context of a user of the wearable device;

receiving, by a processor, a rotational input on the wearable device for selection of one or more of a plurality of events based on the determined current context, the plurality of events comprising one or more of past, current and future events, wherein at least a part of the current context is captured by sensors available on the wearable device;

responsive to receiving the rotational input, determining a rate of the rotational input and a number and granularity of the one or more events to be selected based on the determined rate of rotational input;

selecting, by a processor, the one or more events based on the determined current context, the determined rate of the rotational input, the determined number and granularity, and a magnitude of the rotational input; and

providing on the wearable device a representation of at least one of the selected one or more of the plurality of events.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying on the wearable device at least one context-dependent past event upon determining that a direction of the rotational input is anticlockwise;

or

displaying on the wearable device at least one context-dependent future event upon determining that the direction of the rotational input is clockwise.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein providing on the wearable device the representation of the context-dependent past event comprises providing information associated with at least one past event associated with a current event.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein providing on the wearable device the representation of the context-dependent future event comprises providing a recommendation for activating the context-dependent future event.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the plurality of events with their corresponding time stamps and associated contexts, wherein selecting the one or more events comprises selecting the one or more events based on the time stamps and the associated contexts.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the rotational input comprises one of rotating a ring associated with the wearable device, inputting a rotational gesture, or providing a touch input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a part of data associated with the plurality of events and contexts is stored on the wearable device and at least another part of the data is stored on a cloud service, the wearable device being in communication with the cloud service directly or via another device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the one or more events comprises selecting the one or more events based on a direction of the rotational input.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying a continuum of events based on the direction and rate of the rotational input, and based on the magnitude of the rotational input being greater than a pre-defined angle and less than another pre-defined angle.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the current context comprises one or more of a location, an environment, a time of the day, a date, an ambience, a surrounding, a proximity with a set of pre-defined persons, a mode of locomotion, and a state of the wearable device.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the processor, additional input, and displaying additional information of the at least one of the selected one or more of the plurality of events.

12. A system for performing an action associated with one or more events based on a current context, the system comprising:

a mobile computing device having one or more sensors for collecting data associated with the current context;

a memory area for storing data associated with a context, and data associated with the plurality of events; and

a processor programmed to;

receive rotational user input to retrieve data associated with at least one of the plurality of events stored in the memory area based on the current context;

determine a rate of the rotational user input and a number and granularity of the at least one of the plurality of events based on the determined rate of the rotational user input;

retrieve the data associated with the at least one of the plurality of events from the memory area based on the determined rate of the rotational user input and the determined number and granularity; and

perform an action associated with the retrieved data based on the current context and the determined rate of the rotational user input.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein performing the action comprises displaying information associated with the retrieved data and performing an action based on further user input, the further user input being based on the displayed information.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the user input comprises one of tilting the mobile computing device, moving the mobile computing device, inputting a gesture, or providing a touch input.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein performing the action comprises displaying a proposed action on the mobile computing device and automatically taking action after a pre-determined time if no additional user input is received.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the current context is a function of the data collected by the one or more sensors and data received by the mobile computing device from a cloud service.

17. One or more computer storage media storing processor-executable components, said components comprising:

a user interface component, which upon execution by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to receive a rotational user input to retrieve at least one of a plurality of events that is based on a current context;

a context determination component, which upon execution by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to determine a current context in which the rotational user input was received;

a communication interface component, which upon execution by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to access a plurality of one or more of past, current, and future events stored on a cloud service;

an input rate determination component, which upon execution by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to determine a rate of rotational user input and a quantity and granularity of the one or more events to be selected based on the determined rate of rotational user input; and

an event selection component, which upon execution by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to selects one or more events from the accessed plurality of the one or more of past, current, and future events based on a determined direction, a determined magnitude of the rotational user input, the determined current context, the determined rate of rotational user input, and the determined number and granularity, wherein at least one of the selected one or more events is displayed by the user interface component upon execution by the processor.

18. The computer storage media of claim 17, wherein the selected one or more events are selected from a set comprising past events on determining that the direction of the rotational user input is anticlockwise.

19. The computer storage media of claim 17, wherein the selected one or more events are selected from a set comprising future events on determining that the direction of the rotational user input is clockwise.

20. The computer storage media of claim 17, wherein the current context is a function of data collected by one or more sensors and data received from a cloud service.