Customizing a software application based on a user's familiarity with the software program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10235162-B2
Application number	US-201815944925-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2016
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

A software program is executed, the software program requiring one or more physical interactions with a user through an input/output (I/O) device, wherein each of the one or more physical interactions includes respective predefined dimensions indicating a proficiency in performing one of the one or more physical interactions. The one or more physical interactions are tracked. A familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions is generated based on the respective predefined dimensions for each of the one or more physical interactions. The software program is customized based on the familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
executing, by one or more computer processors, a software program, the software program requiring one or more physical interactions with a user through an input/output (I/O) device, wherein each of the one or more physical interactions includes respective predefined dimensions indicating a proficiency in performing one of the one or more physical interactions, and wherein the one or more physical interactions include: user input interactions, help usage interactions, error recovery interactions, task completion interactions, and tutorial completion interactions, and wherein the predefined dimensions for the user input interactions include: a typing speed, a typing accuracy, and a number of typing shortcuts performed;
tracking, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more physical interactions;
generating, by the one or more computer processors, a familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions based on the respective predefined dimensions for each of the one or more physical interactions;
customizing, by the one or more computer processors, the software program based on the familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions;
executing, by the one or more computer processors, a second software program, the second software program requiring one or more physical interactions with the user through the I/O device;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the second software program is related to the first software program; and
responsive to determining that the second software program is related to the software program, customizing, by the one or more computer processors, the second software program based on the familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions for the software program.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Edmonds Paul M R
• Pavitt Joe
• Ravenscroft James E
• Sutton James

Classifications

• G06F9/451 Primary

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F11/3438

  monitoring of user actions (tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535) · CPC title

• G06F11/32

  with visual {or acoustical} indication of the functioning of the machine · CPC title

• G06F9/44505

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  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 title