METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE APPLICATIONS

• US 20080010534A1
• Filed: 05/08/2006
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tirpak, Thomas, Athale, Anant
• Application Number:
  US11/382,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20080010534A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/038
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A system and method (500) are disclosed for a method and apparatus for manipulating GUIs. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device (100) having a controller (108) that manages a display (110). The controller can be programmed to alter (518) a graphical user interface (GUI) (200-400) presented on the display according to a behavior model that predicts (508-510) an expectation of an end user from observations of the end user'"'"'s interactions with the GUI. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions for:

processing according to a behavior model information associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) affected by interactions with an end user; and

revising the GUI according to an anticipated need of the end user as predicted by the behavior model.

2. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions corresponding to the behavior model for processing a neural network that predicts the anticipated need of the end user.

3. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions corresponding to the behavior model for performing a linear regression on prior observations of the end user'"'"'s behavior, thereby predicting the anticipated need of the end user.

4. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions corresponding to the behavior model for processing a genetic programming model that predicts the anticipated need of the end user.

5. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising a behavior modeling application corresponding to the behavior model and a GUI application that manages operations of the GUI, wherein the behavior modeling application and the GUI application conform to an application programming interface (API) for exchanging messages.

6. The storage medium of claim 5, wherein the information associated with the GUI comprises at least one among an identification of the GUI application, a description of the GUI application'"'"'s resources for manipulating images, a description of operating system resources utilized by the GUI application, and a description of the interactions taking place between the GUI application and the end user.

7. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for:

generating one or more tasks corresponding to the anticipated need of the end user; and

revising an image associated with the GUI according to the one or more tasks.

8. The storage medium of claim 5, wherein the behavior modeling application comprises computer instructions for:

recalling the end user'"'"'s interactions with the GUI application; and

predicting the anticipated need of the end user according to the recalled interactions.

9. The storage medium of claim 5, wherein the behavior modeling application comprises computer instructions that evolve from interactions with the GUI application.

10. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions corresponding to the behavior model for processing the information associated with the GUI according to at least one among a temporal model of the end user'"'"'s behavior and a task-context model of the end user'"'"'s behavior.

11. The storage medium of claim 5, wherein the behavior modeling application comprises computer instructions for processing additional information supplied thereto by other GUI applications to predict the anticipated need of the end user.

12. A computer-readable storage medium in a computing device, comprising computer instructions for:

processing according to a plurality of behavior models information associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) affected by interactions with an end user; and

updating the GUI according to at least one among a plurality of anticipated needs of the end user predicted by the corresponding plurality of behavior models.

13. The storage medium of claim 12, comprising a plurality of behavior modeling applications corresponding to the plurality of behavior models and a GUI application that manages operations of the GUI, wherein the behavior modeling applications and the GUI application conform to an application programming interface (API) for exchanging messages.

14. The storage medium of claim 13, comprising computer instructions in the GUI application for:

selecting one or more of the anticipated needs predicted by the behavior models; and

manipulating a presentation delivered to the end user by way of the GUI according to the one or more anticipated needs selected.

15. The storage medium of claim 13, comprising a brokerage application, wherein the brokerage application comprises computer instructions for brokering one or more instructions directed to the GUI application by the behavior modeling applications for updating the GUI.

16. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the behavior modeling applications comprise computer instructions for sharing information therebetween to predict the anticipated needs of the end user.

17. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the behavior modeling applications comprise computer instructions for processing information supplied thereto by other GUI applications to predict the anticipated needs of the end user.

18. The storage medium of claim 12, wherein the plurality of behavior models comprise at least one among a neural network application, a rule-based expert system application, a linear regression application, and a genetic programming application.

19. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the information associated with the GUI comprises at least one among an identification of the GUI application, a description of the GUI application'"'"'s resources for manipulating images, a description of operating system resources utilized by the GUI application, and a description of the interactions taking place between the GUI application and the end user.

20. A computing device, comprising a controller that manages a display, wherein the controller is programmed to alter a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on the display according to a behavior model that predicts an expectation of an end user from observations of the end user'"'"'s interactions with the GUI.