Confirmation message determinations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11055439-B2
Application number	US-201616070008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2016
Priority date	Jan 25, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

An example technique involves sending, from a user device associated with a particular user, a request for a confirmation message setting. The request may include an indication of an identity of the particular user. The example technique involves determining that an operation included in a predetermined set of operations has been cued. The example technique involves receiving a response comprising an indication of a confirmation message setting for the cued operation prior to performing the cued operation. The confirmation message setting may be based on data generated responsive to the sent request. The confirmation message setting for the cued operation may include an indication of whether or not to output a confirmation message. The example technique involves determining, based on the received response, whether to prompt the particular user via a user interface of the user device for a response to a confirmation message prior to performing the cued operation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
sending, from a user device associated with a particular user, a request for a setting of a confirmation message, wherein the sent request further comprises an indication of a group with which the particular user is associated, the group comprising multiple users having similar preferences for display or non-display of confirmation messages for a given user-requested operation, wherein the request comprises an indication of an identity of the particular user, and wherein the confirmation message prompts a user to confirm whether to proceed with performance of a user-requested operation on the user device;
determining, by the user device, that a given user-requested operation on the user device included in a predetermined set of operations has been cued;
prior to performing the cued given user-requested operation, receiving, by the user device, a response comprising an indication of a confirmation message setting for the cued given user-requested operation, wherein the confirmation message setting is based on data generated responsive to the sent request, wherein a confirmation message setting for the particular user is based on confirmation message settings for plural other users in the group, and wherein the confirmation message setting for the cued given user-requested operation comprises an indication of whether or not to output a confirmation message; and
based on the received response, determining, by the user device, whether to prompt the particular user via a user interface of the user device for a response to a selected confirmation message prior to performing the cued given user-requested operation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sent request causes a computing system to generate a confirmation message setting for the cued given user-requested operation for the particular user based at least in part on confirmation message settings for the cued given user-requested operation of one or more other users associated with the group with which the particular user is also associated.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each operation in the predetermined set of operations is a high-risk operation for which user confirmation should be sought and further comprising:
after determining that the given user-requested operation included in the predetermined set of operations has been cued, sending a second request for a confirmation message setting for the cued given user-requested operation, and wherein the response is received in response to sending the second request.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each operation in the predetermined set of operations is a high-risk operation for which user confirmation should be sought, wherein the predetermined set of operations excludes a second set of operations comprising low-risk operations for which user confirmation should not be sought, and wherein the response is received prior to determining that the given user-requested operation included in the predetermined set of operations has been cued.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the given user-requested operation included in the predetermined set of operations has been cued comprises:
prior to performing the given user-requested operation, comparing the given user-requested operation with operations included in the predetermined set of operations;
determining that the given user-requested operation matches an operation in the predetermined set of operations; and
responsive to determining that the given user-requested operation matches, halting execution of the given user-requested operation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sent request further comprises an indication of the group with which the particular user is associated, the group comprising multiple users having similar preferences for display or non-display of confirmation messages for a given user-requested operation, wherein the multiple users in the group have a common or similar user type and/or role, and wherein the confirmation message setting for the cued given user-requested operation comprises an indication to not display a confirmation message, the method further comprising:
without first prompting the particular user via the user interface, causing the user device to perform the cued given user-requested operation.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation message setting for the cued given user-requested operation comprises an indication to display a confirmation message, the method further comprising:
prior to performing the cued given user-requested operation, causing the user device to prompt the particular user via the user interface for a response to a confirmation message;
receiving a response to the confirmation message via the user interface; and
only causing the user device to perform the cued given user-requested operation when the received response to the confirmation message indicates the particular user approves of performance of the cued given user-requested operation and otherwise causing the user device to not perform the cued given user-requested operation.

8. A user device associated with a particular user, the user device comprising:
a user interface;
a communication interface;
a processing system; and
data storage comprising computer readable instructions and coupled to the user interface, processing system, and communication interface, that, when executed, cause the processing system to:
send a request for a setting of a confirmation message, wherein the request comprises an indication of the particular user, wherein the confirmation message prompts the particular user to confirm whether to proceed with performance of a user-requested operation on the user device, and wherein the sent request further comprises an indication of a group with which the particular user is associated, the group comprising multiple users having similar preferences for display or non-display of confirmation messages for a given user-requested operation;
prior to performing a given user-requested operation on the user device, compare the given user-requested operation with a predetermined set of operations;
determine that the given user-requested operation matches an operation in the predetermined set of operations;
responsive to determining that the given user-requested operation matches, halt execution of the given user-requested operation;
prior to performing the given user-requested operation, receive, via the communication interface, a response comprising an indication of a confirmation message setting for the given user-requested operation for the particular user, wherein the confirmation message setting for the given user-requested operation is based on data generated responsive to the sent request, wherein a confirmation message setting for the particular user is based on confirmation message settings for plural other users in the group, and wherein the confirmation message setting for the given user-requested operation comprises an indication of whether or not to output a confirmation message; and
based on the received response, determine whether to prompt the particular user via a user interface of the user device for a response to the confirmation message prior to performing the given user-requested operation.

9. The user device of claim 8 , wherein the sent request causes a computing system to generate the confirmation message setting for the given user-requested operation for the particular user based at least in part on confirmation message settings for the given user-requested operation of multiple other users associated with the group with which the particular user is also associated, the particular user and the multiple other users having similar preference

Assignees

• Entit Software Llc
• Micro Focus Llc

Inventors

• Shmaya Daniel
• Busi Eliraz
• Ben-Yehuda Itay

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

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