Integrated task items launcher user interface for selecting and presenting a subset of task items based on user activity information

• US 9,952,882 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2014
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kuscher, Alexander Friedrich, Messerly, Katie Jane, Chen, Jennifer Shien-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Molina, Hugo
• Application Number:
  US14/525,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20160117082A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,275 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Methods, systems, and machine-readable media include identifying a plurality of task items associated with a user. The plurality of task items includes a plurality of task types. They also include selecting a subset of the plurality of task items based on user activity information. The subset of task items includes at least two different task types. They also include providing a launcher user interface for display to the user on a computing device. The launcher user interface includes a plurality of elements corresponding to the selected subset of task items arranged on a single surface. The plurality of elements is selectable to launch respective applications associated with the corresponding task items.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

collecting locally, by a processor of a computing device, user activity information for a user associated with task items, wherein the user activity information comprises one or more of a frequency of a user performing a particular task item, how recently a particular task item was performed, online user history, location of the computing device, operating system and resources of the computing device, and a current time or date;

supplementing, by the processor of the computing device, the collected user activity information by synchronizing with additional user activity information for the user obtained through a server from another computer device associated with the user;

storing locally, in a memory of the computing device, the supplemented user activity information associated with the task items;

identifying, by the processor of the computing device, a plurality of task items associated with the user, wherein the identified plurality of task items includes a plurality of task item types comprising applications, links to networked content, files, and notifications;

selecting, by the processor of the computing device, a subset of at least two different task item types from the plurality of task item types based on the locally stored user activity information associated with the subset of at least two different task item types;

displaying, on a display device of the computing device, an integrated task item launcher user interface comprising of a plurality of selectable interface elements representing the selected subset of at least two different task item types in a single surface presentation arrangement to the user, wherein the plurality of selectable interface elements displayed in the integrated task item launcher user interface corresponds to launchable applications associated with the selected subset of at least two different task item types; and

arranging, by the processor of the computing device, the plurality of selectable interface elements displayed in the integrated task item launcher user interface in a presentation order based on at least one of the frequency of the user performing the particular task item, how recently the corresponding task item was performed, online user history, location of the computing device, operating system and resources of the computing device, and the current time or date.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrated task item launcher user interface comprises a search interface configured to search at least one of a network of files, or the memory of the computing device, for results response to a query entered into the search interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrated task item launcher user interface is configured to be provided for display within an application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the integrated task item launcher user interface is configured to be provided for display by an operating system.

5. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to;

collect locally user activity information for a user associated with task items, wherein the user activity information comprises one or more of a frequency of a user performing a particular task item, how recently a particular task item was performed, online user history, location of the computing device, operating system and resources of a computing device, and a current time or date;

supplement the collected user activity information by synchronizing with additional user activity information for the user obtained through a server from another computer device associated with the user;

store locally, in the memory, the supplemented user activity information associated with the task items;

identify a plurality of task items associated with the user, wherein the identified plurality of task items includes a plurality of task item types, the task item types comprising applications, links to networked content, files, and notifications;

select a subset of at least two different task item types from the plurality of task item types based on the locally stored user activity information associated with the subset of at least two different task item types;

display, on a display device, an integrated task item launcher user interface comprising of a plurality of selectable interface elements representing the selected subset of at least two different task item types in a single surface presentation arrangement to the user, wherein the plurality of selectable interface elements displayed in the integrated task item launcher user interface corresponds to launchable applications associated with the selected subset of at least two different task item types; and

arrange the plurality of selectable interface elements displayed in the integrated task item launcher user interface in a presentation order based on at least one of the frequency of the user performing the particular task item, how recently the corresponding task item was performed, online user history, location of the computing device, operating system and resources of the computing device, and the current time or date.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the integrated task item launcher user interface comprises a search interface configured to search at least one of a network of files, or memory of the system, for results response to a query entered into the search interface.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the integrated task item launcher user interface is configured to be provided for display within an application.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the integrated task item launcher user interface is configured to be provided for display by an operating system.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method comprising:

collecting locally, by the processor, user activity information for a user associated with task items, wherein the user activity information comprises one or more of a frequency of a user performing a particular task item, how recently a particular task item was performed, online user history, location of the computing device, operating system and resources of a computing device, and a current time or date;

supplementing, by the processor, the collected user activity information by synchronizing with additional user activity information for the user obtained through a server from another computer device associated with the user;

storing locally, in a memory, the supplemented user activity information associated with the task items;

identifying, by the processor, a plurality of task items associated with the user, wherein the identified plurality of task items includes a plurality of task item types comprising applications, links to networked content, files, and notifications;

selecting, by the processor, a subset of at least two different task item types from the plurality of task item types based on the locally stored user activity information associated with the subset of at least two different task item types;

displaying, on a display device, an integrated task item launcher user interface comprising of a plurality of selectable interface elements representing the selected subset of at least two different task item types in a single surface presentation arrangement to the user, wherein the plurality of selectable interface elements displayed in the integrated task item launcher user interface corresponds to launchable applications associated with the selected subset of at least two different task item types; and

arranging, by the processor, the plurality of selectable interface elements displayed in the integrated task item launcher user interface in a presentation order based on at least one of the frequency of the user performing the particular task item, how recently the corresponding task item was performed, online user history, location of the computing device, operating system and resources of the computing device, and the current time or date.