Adaptive user interface elements

• US 8,656,305 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2010
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Mandalapu, Dinesh, Ajmera, Rahul
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Linh K
• Application Number:
  US12/782,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,371 Days
• Field of Search: 715/714, 715/745, 715/809, 715/813
• US Class Current: 715/809
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Presented is a method of adapting user interface elements. The method includes identifying state of a computer application, adapting one or more user interface elements associated with the computer application based on the state of the computer application, and displaying the one or more user interface elements.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying a state of a computer application;

in response to receiving a command from a user, identifying a context of a user interaction with the computer application, including determining an amount of data entered in the computer application by the user;

modifying a user interface element associated with the computer application format based on the identified state of the computer application and the determined amount of data entered in the computer application by the user,

wherein the user interface element includes a save option for the user to select to save the entered data and a decline option for the user to select to decline saving the entered data, and the modifying of the user interface element includes highlighting the save option if the determined amount of entered data is greater than a threshold, and highlighting the decline option if the determined amount of entered data is less than the threshold; and

displaying the modified user interface element.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein identifying a context of the user interaction with the computer application further comprises determining a time duration of the user interaction with the computer application, and

wherein the modifying of the user interface element is further based on the time duration of the user interaction with the computer application.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein identifying the context of the user interaction with the computer application further comprises identifying a type of interaction of the user with the computer application, and

wherein the modifying of the user interface element is further based on the type of interaction of the user with the computer application.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein modifying the user interface element associated with the computer application comprises modifying an interaction behavior of the user interface element based on the determined amount of data entered in the computer application.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein modifying the interaction behavior of the user interface element comprises increasing an amount of time a button on the user interface element is required to be pressed for the data entered in the computer application to be deleted.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein modifying the interaction behavior of the user interface element comprises increasing an amount of pressure a button on the user interface element is required to be pressed for the data entered in the computer application to be deleted.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the modifying of the user interface element further comprises modifying a shape of the user interface element.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the modifying of the user interface element further comprises modifying a color of the user interface element.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the modifying of the user interface element further comprises modifying a size of the user interface element.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the modifying of the user interface element further comprises modifying a texture of the user interface element.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the system to;

identify a state of a computer application;

in response to a command from a user, identify a context of a user interaction with the computer application, including determine an amount of data entered in the computer application by the user;

modify a user interface element associated with the computer application based on the identified state of the computer application and the determined amount of data entered in the computer application by the user; and

display the modified user interface element,

wherein the user interface element includes a save option for the user to select to save the entered data and a decline option for the user to select to decline saving the entered data, and

wherein to modify the user interface element, the instructions are to cause the system to highlight the save option if the determined amount of entered data is greater than a threshold, and highlight the decline option if the determined amount of entered data is less than the threshold.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium to store machine readable instructions, which are executable by a processor to:

identify a state of a computer application;

in response to a command from a user, identify a context of a user interaction with the computer application, including determine an amount of data entered by the user in the computer application;

modify a user interface element associated with the computer application based on the identified state of the computer application and the determined amount of data entered in the computer application by the user; and

display the modified user interface element,

wherein the user interface element includes a save option for the user to select to save the entered data and a decline option for the user to select to decline saving the entered data, and

wherein to modify the user interface element, the machine readable instructions cause the processor is to highlight the save option if the determined amount of entered data is greater than a threshold, and highlight the decline option if the determined amount of entered data is less than the threshold.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12, wherein to identify the context of the user interaction with the computer application, the machine readable instructions further cause the processor to

determine a time duration of the user interaction with the computer application, and

modify the user interface element based on the determined time duration of the user interaction with the computer application.