Dynamic user interface pagination operation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11829573-B2
Application number	US-202217714213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2022
Priority date	Jan 9, 2020
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device. The virtual button is not rendered on the webpage and includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element. The computer-implemented method further includes moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device. A rate at which the virtual button moves along the periphery of the display screen of the device is dynamically modified based on a detected identity of a user of the device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility, comprising:
generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device, wherein the virtual button includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element, and further wherein the virtual button is not rendered on the webpage; and
moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device, wherein a rate at which the virtual button moves along the periphery of the display screen of the device is dynamically modified based on a detected identity of a user of the device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device further comprises:
identifying a hyperlink associated with the graphical user interface element; and
adding the hyperlink associated with the graphical element to the virtual button.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the invocable function is invoked in response to a user selection of the virtual button, and wherein the invocable function is a selection of the graphical user interface element mapped to the virtual button.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device is in response to:
detecting a touch event within a predetermined area of the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page for at least a predetermined period of time.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device is in response to:
detecting a touch event on a portion of the graphical user interface element for at least a predetermined period of time.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device is in response to:
identifying the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device is in response to:
the web page having the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page being loaded on a web browser above a predetermined threshold amount of time.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein moving the virtual button along the periphery of the display screen of the device includes:
continuously circulating the virtual button about the periphery of the display screen of the device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein moving the virtual button along the periphery of the display screen of the device includes:
intermittently circulating the virtual button about the periphery of the display screen of the device.

10. A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility, comprising:
generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device, wherein the virtual button includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element, and further wherein the virtual button is not rendered on the webpage; and
moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device, wherein a rate at which the virtual button moves along the periphery of the display screen of the device for a particular user is learned over time.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device further comprises:
identifying a hyperlink associated with the graphical user interface element; and
adding the hyperlink associated with the graphical element to the virtual button.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the invocable function is invoked in response to a user selection of the virtual button, and wherein the invocable function is a selection of the graphical user interface element mapped to the virtual button.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device is in response to:
identifying the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein moving the virtual button along the periphery of the display screen of the device includes:
continuously circulating the virtual button about the periphery of the display screen of the device.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein moving the virtual button along the periphery of the display screen of the device includes:
intermittently circulating the virtual button about the periphery of the display screen of the device.

16. A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility, comprising:
generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device, wherein the virtual button includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element, and further wherein the virtual button is not rendered on the webpage; and
moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device, wherein a direction of circulation of the virtual button along the periphery of the display screen of the device is determined based on at least one of a style in which a user holds the device, and a hand in which the user holds the device.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein generating the graphical user interface element rendered on the web page as the virtual button displayed on the display screen of the device further comprises:
identifying a hyperlink associated with the graphical user interface element; and
adding the hyperlink associated with the graphical element to the virtual button.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the invocable function is invoked in response to a user selection of the virtual button, and wherein the invocable function is a selection of the graphical user interface element mapped to the virtual button.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein moving the virtual button along the periphery of the display screen of the device includes:
continuously circulating the virtual button about the periphery of the display screen of the device.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein moving the virtual button along the periphery of the display screen of the device includes:
intermittently circulating the virtual button about the periphery of the display screen of the device.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Ono Asako
• Hasegawa Tohru
• Uetsuki Hiroaki
• Ishikawa Shunsuke
• Watanabe Kenta
• Tominaga Yasuyuki
• Yoshida Issei

Classifications

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F16/957 Primary

  Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation · CPC title