USER'S COMPUTING EXPERIENCE BASED ON THE USER'S COMPUTING ACTIVITY

• US 20150193061A1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Stekkelpak, Zoltan, Chetverykov, Artem
• Application Number:
  US13/753,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20150193061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Systems and methods for improving a user'"'"'s computing experience based on the user'"'"'s computing activity are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving an indication of a first computing activity by a user on a computing device and receiving an indication of a second computing activity by the user on the computing device. The method also includes determining a point with respect to the first computing activity that corresponds to a change in an attention of the user from the first computing activity to the second computing activity. The method also includes storing a marker in a memory based on the determined point. The marker is configured to be accessed to resume the first computing activity at the point corresponding to the change in the user'"'"'s attention from the first computing activity to the second computing activity.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of improving a user'"'"'s computing experience based on the user'"'"'s computing activity, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a first multimedia content being in a visible area of a display device associated with a computing device, wherein a first computing activity by a user on the computing device relates to a consumption of the first multimedia content;

receiving an indication of the first multimedia content being moved away from the visible area of the display device;

receiving an indication of a second computing activity by the user on the computing device;

determining a point with respect to the first computing activity that corresponds to a change in an attention of the user from the first computing activity to the second computing activity;

storing a marker in a memory based on the determined point, wherein the marker is configured to be accessed to resume the first computing activity at the determined point; and

altering an audio component associated with the first multimedia content in response to a change in distance between the first multimedia content and the visible area of the display device based on the first multimedia content being moved away from the visible area of the display device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the point is expressed as at least one of a temporal value or a value corresponding to a progress of the first computing activity.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a graphical user interface for controlling the consumption of the first multimedia content, wherein the graphical user interface is visible for at least a portion of a duration of the second computing activity.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

altering, based on a visibility of the first multimedia content, at least one aspect of the consumption of the first multimedia content.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the at least one aspect comprises the audio component associated with the first multimedia content, the audio component comprising at least one of a sound output level corresponding to the first multimedia content or a sound quality corresponding to the first multimedia content.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the audio component is progressively altered based on the change in the distance.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein an application used for the consumption of the first multimedia content comprises a plurality of tabs, and wherein the consumption of the first multimedia content corresponds to a first tab of the plurality of tabs, and wherein the method further comprises:

altering, based on a relative position of an active tab of the application, at least one aspect of the consumption of the first multimedia content.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the at least one aspect is progressively altered based on the relative position.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the first multimedia content is associated with a viewing-based category or a non-viewing-based category; and

providing a graphical user interface for controlling the consumption of the first multimedia content based on a visibility of the first multimedia content and based on whether the first multimedia content is associated with the viewing-based category or the non-viewing-based category, wherein the graphical user interface is visible for at least a portion of a duration of the second computing activity.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the determining of whether the first multimedia content is associated with the viewing-based category or the non-viewing-based category is based on previous consumption patterns of the first multimedia content.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the first multimedia content is associated with a viewing-based category or a non-viewing-based category; and

altering at least one aspect of the consumption of the first multimedia content based on a visibility of the first multimedia content and based on whether the first multimedia content is associated with the viewing-based category or the non-viewing-based category.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a visual representation of a shift, of the user, from the first computing activity to the second computing activity,

wherein;

the receiving the indication of the second computing activity comprises receiving an indication of a second multimedia content being in the visible area of the display device, and

the second computing activity relates to a consumption of the second multimedia content.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the visual representation comprises a static image corresponding to an application used to perform the second computing activity, and wherein the image is at least one of an icon relating to the application or a screenshot of the application.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the visual representation comprises a moving image corresponding to the user'"'"'s shift from the first computing activity to the second computing activity.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising suspending the first computing activity in response to receiving the indication of the second computing activity.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the first computing activity is suspended before the user engages in the second computing activity.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, further comprising providing an indication of the suspension of the first computing activity in response to receiving the indication of the second computing activity, wherein the indication of the suspension of the first computing activity is provided before the suspending.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising delaying or preventing the second computing activity based on at least one of a priority of the first computing activity and a priority of the second computing activity.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, further comprising determining the priority of the first computing activity and the priority of the second computing activity.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing a graphical user interface for displaying a view relating to the first computing activity and for controlling the first computing activity.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the point is before, at, or after the change in the user'"'"'s attention from the first computing activity to the second computing activity.

31. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio component is progressively altered in response to an increase in the distance between the first multimedia content and the visible area of the display device associated with the computing device.

32. The method of claim 1, wherein the first multimedia content is visible in the visible area of the display device, and wherein the first multimedia content is not visible outside of the visible area of the display device.

3. (canceled)

7. (canceled)

24. A machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions causing a processor to execute a method for improving a user'"'"'s computing experience based on the user'"'"'s computing activity, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a first multimedia content being in a visible area of a display device associated with a computing device, wherein a first computing activity by a user on the computing device relates to a consumption of the first multimedia content;

receiving an indication of the first multimedia content being moved away from the visible area of the display device;

receiving an indication of a second computing activity by the user on the computing device;

determining a point with respect to the first multimedia content that corresponds to a change in an attention of the user from the consumption of the first multimedia content to the second computing activity;

storing a marker in a memory based on the determined point, wherein the marker is configured to be accessed to resume the consumption of the first multimedia content at the determined point; and

altering an audio component associated with the first multimedia content in response to a change in distance between the first multimedia content and the visible area of the display device based on the first multimedia content being moved away from the visible area of the display device.

25. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises:

providing the first multimedia content such that it is visible to the user for at least a portion of a duration of the second computing activity.

26. A system for improving a user'"'"'s computing experience based on the user'"'"'s computing activity, the system comprising:

a memory comprising instructions for improving a user'"'"'s computing experience based on the user'"'"'s computing activity; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to;

receive a first indication of a first multimedia content being in a visible area of a display device associated with a first computing device, wherein a first computing activity relates to a consumption of the first multimedia content;

receive a second indication of the first multimedia content being moved away from the visible area of the display device;

receive a third indication of a second activity by the user;

determine, based on at least one of the first indication of the first computing activity or the third indication of the second activity, a point with respect to the first computing activity that corresponds to a change in an attention of the user from the first computing activity on the first computing device to the second activity;

store a marker in a memory based on the determined point, wherein the marker is configured to be accessed to resume the first computing activity at the determined point; and

alter an audio component associated with the first multimedia content in response to a change in distance between the first multimedia content and the visible area of the display device associated with the first computing device based on the first multimedia content being moved away from the visible area on the display device.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the user is signed into the first computing device and a second computing device, and wherein the second activity corresponds to a second computing activity by the user on the second computing device.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the second computing activity comprises at least one of initiating an outbound communication or attending to an inbound communication.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the user is signed into the first computing device using a first set of authentication credentials, and wherein the user is signed into the second computing device using a second set of authentication credentials, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

correlate the first set of authentication credentials with the second set of authentication credentials; and

determine, based on the correlation, that the user signed into the first computing device and the second computing device.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the first set of authentication credentials corresponds to a first service and the second set of authentication credentials corresponds to a second service.