Customizing a user interface based on user capabilities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12353685-B2
Application number	US-202318212750-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2023
Priority date	Apr 24, 2018
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

Various embodiments for customizing a user interface based on user capabilities are described herein. An embodiment operates by determining a biometric of a user representing a characteristic of a finger size of the user based on an interaction performed by the user. It is determined that the biometric of the user indicates an ability of the user to navigate a user interface with one or more different features based on an ability of the user to interact with at least one existing feature of the user interface. Based on the determined biometric an identity of the user is determined. The determined identity of the user is verified by performing one or more verification actions subsequent to the determining the identity of the user. The user interface is customized, one or more different features corresponding to the finger size of the user are displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
determining a biometric of a user representing a measurement or characteristic of a finger size of the user based on an interaction performed by the user;
determining that the biometric of the user representing the measurement or characteristic of the finger size of the user indicates an ability of the user to navigate a user interface with a plurality of existing features based on an ability of the user to interact with at least a first existing feature of the plurality of existing features of the user interface;
based on the biometric of the user representing the measurement or characteristic of the finger size of the user, determining a user ID identifying the user;
verifying the user ID by performing one or more verification actions subsequent to the determining the user ID; and
customizing the user interface, wherein customizing the user interface includes removing at least one of the plurality of existing features or adding a new feature, based on the finger size of the user, from the displayed user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric indicates that the finger size of the user is smaller than a finger size for which the user interface was configured prior to determining the biometric of the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a second biometric is associated with motions made by the user with a mobile device in performing the interaction.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more verification actions comprise:
further verifying the user ID by comparing a date/time of the interaction with a schedule of the user.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the schedule of the user is retrieved from a calendar associated with the user, wherein the calendar indicates when the user was busy.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the schedule comprises a usage history of the user with regards to when the user previously used the user interface.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is customized to list:
content of potential interest to the user based on the usage history;
content being watched by other users having similar demographics with the user; and
content being watched by other users having similar biometrics with the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the customizing is based on crowdsourced information.

9. A system comprising at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:
determining a biometric of a user representing a measurement or characteristic of a finger size of the user based on an interaction performed by the user;
determining that the biometric of the user representing the measurement or characteristic of the finger size of the user indicates an ability of the user to navigate a user interface with a plurality of existing features based on an ability of the user to interact with at least a first existing feature of the plurality of existing features of the user interface;
based on the biometric of the user representing the measurement or characteristic of the finger size of the user, determining a user ID identifying the user;
verifying the user ID by performing one or more verification actions subsequent to the determining the user ID; and
customizing the user interface, wherein customizing the user interface includes removing at least one of the plurality of existing features or adding a new feature, based on the finger size of the user, from the displayed user interface.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the biometric indicates that the finger size of the user is smaller than a finger size for which the user interface was configured prior to determining the biometric of the user.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein a second biometric is associated with motions made by the user with a mobile device in performing the interaction.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more verification actions comprise:
further verifying the user ID by comparing a date/time of the interaction with a schedule of the user.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the schedule of the user is retrieved from a calendar associated with the user, wherein the calendar indicates when the user was busy.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user interface is customized to list:
content of potential interest to the user based on the usage history;
content being watched by other users having similar demographics with the user; and
content being watched by other users having similar biometrics with the user.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the customizing is based on crowdsourced information.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:
determining a biometric of a user representing a measurement or characteristic of a finger size of the user based on an interaction performed by the user;
determining that the biometric of the user representing the measurement or characteristic of the finger size of the user indicates an ability of the user to navigate a user interface with a plurality of existing features based on an ability of the user to interact with at least a first existing feature of the plurality of existing features of the user interface;
based on the biometric of the user representing the measurement or characteristic of the finger size of the user, determining a user ID identifying the user, wherein different users are identified by different user IDs;
verifying the user ID by performing one or more verification actions subsequent to the determining the user ID; and
customizing the user interface, wherein customizing the user interface includes removing at least one of the plurality of existing features or adding a new feature, based on the finger size of the user, from the displayed user interface.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the biometric indicates that the finger size of the user is smaller than a finger size for which the user interface was configured prior to determining the biometric of the user.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein a second biometric is associated with motions made by the user with a mobile device in performing the interaction.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more verification actions comprise:
further verifying the user ID by comparing a date/time of the interaction with a schedule of the user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the schedule of the user is retrieved from a calendar associated with the user, wherein the calendar indicates when the user was busy.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the user interface is customized to list:
content of potential interest to the user based on the usage history;
content being watched by other users having similar demographics with the user; and
content being watched by other users having similar biometrics with the user.

Assignees

• Roku Inc

Inventors

• Green James
• Asnis Ilya
• Garner Gregory Mack
• Thomas Tito
• Wood Anthony John

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• H04N21/44218

  Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45) · CPC title

• H04N21/4312

  involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations · CPC title

• H04N21/4415

  using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning {(cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861)} · CPC title