Providing context menu based on predicted commands

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9519401-B2
Application number	US-201314030136-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2013
Priority date	Sep 18, 2013
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a context menu based on predicted commands. One embodiment involves identifying historical commands previously performed in an application. The embodiment also involves determining that each of a subset of commands from the historical commands has a higher correlation with a trigger command than others of the plurality of historical commands. The embodiment also involves generating a context menu including the subset of commands in response to receiving a request for the context menu after performing the trigger command in the application.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
identifying a size limitation of a graphical interface used by an application, wherein the size limitation results from the graphical interface being displayed on a touchscreen computing device;
determining, based on identifying the size limitation of the graphical interface, that an analysis of historical commands is to be performed for an object that is editable by the application, wherein the analysis of historical commands is used for providing a shortened version of a context menu for the object;
performing the analysis by identifying a plurality of historical commands previously performed in the application with respect to the object in the application;
determining that each of a subset of commands from the plurality of historical commands has a higher correlation with a trigger command than others of the plurality of historical commands, wherein determining that each of the subset of commands has the higher correlation with the trigger command comprises, for each command of the subset of commands:
determining a respective frequency at which the command is included in a respective sequence of commands that includes the trigger command and at least one additional command; and
determining that the respective frequency exceeds a threshold frequency for selecting commands for the subset of commands; and

generating, in response to receiving a request for the context menu after performing the trigger command in the application, the shortened version of the context menu that includes the subset of commands, wherein the subset of commands displayed in the shortened version of the context menu is selected based on the higher correlations so that all commands in the shortened version of the context menu appear in the graphical interface having the size limitation and wherein the shortened version of the context menu is generated based on detecting a sequence of commands including the trigger command and the at least one additional command.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that each of the subset of commands has the higher correlation with the trigger command comprises, for each command of the subset of commands:
determining a respective frequency at which the command is performed subsequent to the trigger command being performed; and
determining that the respective frequency exceeds a threshold frequency for selecting commands for the subset of commands.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the plurality of historical commands previously performed in the application comprises:
identifying an entity profile associated with a session in which the application is being executed; and
selecting a record describing the plurality of historical commands based on the record being associated with the entity profile.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
performing a command from the subset of commands in response to an input to the context menu; and
updating the plurality of historical commands based on the trigger command and the command from the subset of commands.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request for a full context menu including a plurality of available commands in the application, wherein the plurality of available commands includes the subset of commands and at least one additional command; and
replacing the shortened version of the context menu with the full context menu in the graphical interface in response to receiving the request for the full context menu.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the shortened version of the context menu comprises excluding others of the plurality of historical commands from the context menu.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that each of the subset of commands has a higher correlation with the trigger command than others of the plurality of historical commands comprises determining correlations based on command use information specific to a particular user, a particular computing device, or a particular instance of the application.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying program code executable by a processor, the program code comprising:
program code for identifying a size limitation of a graphical interface used by an application, wherein the size limitation results from the graphical interface being displayed on a touchscreen computing device;
program code for determining, based on identifying the size limitation of the graphical interface, that an analysis of historical commands is to be performed for an object that is editable by the application, wherein the analysis of historical commands is used for providing a shortened version of a context menu for the object;
program code for performing the analysis by identifying a plurality of historical commands previously performed in the application with respect to the object in the application;
program code for determining that each of a subset of commands from the plurality of historical commands has a higher correlation with a trigger command than others of the plurality of historical commands, wherein determining that each of the subset of commands has the higher correlation with the trigger command comprises, for each command of the subset of commands:
determining a respective frequency at which the command is included in a respective sequence of commands that includes the trigger command and at least one additional command; and
determining that the respective frequency exceeds a threshold frequency for selecting commands for the subset of commands; and

program code for generating, in response to receiving a request for the context menu after performing the trigger command in the application, the shortened version of the context menu that includes the subset of commands, wherein the subset of commands displayed in the shortened version of the context menu is selected based on the higher correlations so that all commands in the shortened version of the context menu appear in the graphical interface having the size limitation and wherein the shortened version of the context menu is generated based on detecting a sequence of commands including the trigger command and the at least one additional command.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein determining that each of the subset of commands has the higher correlation with the trigger command comprises, for each command of the subset of commands:
determining a respective frequency at which the command is performed subsequent to the trigger command being performed; and
determining that the respective frequency exceeds a threshold frequency for selecting commands for the subset of commands.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein identifying the plurality of historical commands previously performed in the application comprises:
identifying an entity profile associated with a session in which the application is being executed; and
selecting a record describing the plurality of historical commands based on the record being associated with the entity profile.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising:
performing a command from the subset of commands in response to an input to the context menu; and
updating the plurality of historical commands with the trigger command and the command from the subset of commands.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving a request for a full context menu including a plurality of available commands in the application, wherein the plurality of available commands includes the subset of command

Assignees

• Adobe Systems Inc

Inventors

• Antipa Damien

Classifications

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N1/00509

  Personalising for a particular user or group of users, e.g. a workgroup or company · CPC title

• H04N1/00517

  involving favourite or frequently used settings · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• G06F9/4443

  Physics · mapped topic