SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING USER INTERACTION WITH DISPLAYED INFORMATION

• US 20160018966A1
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Published: 01/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gandhi, Saumil Ashvin
• Granted Patent: US 10,078,415 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method of enhancing user interaction with content displayed on a display of a touch screen device is provided. The method includes displaying at least one enhanced cursor within a viewable area of the display, the at least one enhanced cursor having a predefined action associated therewith, and receiving a selection of the at least one enhanced cursor. The method also includes detecting movement of the selected at least one enhance cursor onto displayed content, and executing the predefined action on the content. The method may further include detecting a subject matter of content being displayed on a display of a device coupled to the processor. Furthermore, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for execution by a processor that cause the processor to perform the provided method may also be provided.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, the method comprising:

detecting subject matter of content being displayed on an electronic user interface;

in response to detecting the subject matter, assigning an action to an enhanced cursor for use with the content; and

in response to detecting a user selection of the enhanced cursor and movement of the enhanced cursor from an initial area of the electronic user interface to the displayed content on the electronic user interface, executing the assigned action using the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the enhanced cursor is displayed in an area where the content is not displayed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selection of the enhanced cursor comprises one or more of a double-clicking, a double-tapping, and a combination thereof of the enhanced cursor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the enhance cursor includes configurable elements.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the assigned action is a search query based on the content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the enhanced cursor displays predefined information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the predefined information indicates the assigned action.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first cursor has a user defined appearance.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the cursor displays Really Simple Syndication (RSS) news.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the assigned action is an initiation of a payment authorization for a product based on the content.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the cursor displays predefined information indicating that the assigned action is the initiation of the payment authorization.

8. An enhanced cursor system comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read the instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

detect subject matter of content being displayed on an electronic user interface;

in response to detecting the subject matter, assign an action to a first cursor for use with the content;

display the first cursor in a cursor palette comprising a plurality of cursors; and

in response to detecting a user selection of the first cursor from the cursor palette and movement of the first cursor from the cursor palette to the displayed content on the electronic user interface, execute the assigned action using the content.

9. The enhanced cursor system of claim 8, wherein the cursor palette is displayed in an area where the content is not displayed.

10. The enhanced cursor system of claim 8, wherein the user selection of the first cursor comprises one or more of a double-clicking, a double-tapping, and a combination thereof of the first cursor.

11. The enhanced cursor system of claim 8, wherein the first cursor includes configurable elements.

12. The enhanced cursor system of claim 8, wherein the assigned action is a product purchase based on the content.

13. The enhanced cursor system of claim 8, wherein the first cursor displays predefined information.

14. The enhanced cursor system of claim 13, wherein the predefined information indicates the assigned action.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the cursor palette is displayed in an area where the content is not displayed.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

detect subject matter of a content displayed on an electronic user interface;

based on the detected subject matter, assigning an action to a cursor within a cursor palette; and

in response to detecting a user selection of the cursor from the cursor palette and movement of the enhanced cursor from the cursor palette to the displayed content on the electronic user interface, executing the assigned action.