Evolutionary touch-based graphical user interface for electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9720527-B2
Application number	US-201213567627-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2012
Priority date	Aug 6, 2012
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device having a customizable interface includes a processor configured to execute instructions and a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor. The electronic device further includes a touch screen associated with the display device and configured to sense a user input with respect to a plurality of objects, wherein the input is provided to the processor. The processor further configured to determine at least one of a physical aspect of the user input and a frequency of an interaction with each of the plurality objects displayed on the touch screen. The processor further configured to modify a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed on the display device based on the determination of at least one of the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device having a customizable interface comprising:
a processor configured to execute instructions;
a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor, wherein the display device is further configured to generate the interface to display a plurality objects;
a touch screen associated with the display device and configured to sense a user input with respect to the plurality of objects, wherein the input is provided to the processor;
a memory configured to store the instructions to operate the electronic device;
the processor further configured to determine at least a physical aspect of the user input and a frequency of an interaction with each of the plurality objects displayed on the touch screen based on the time of day, wherein the physical aspect of the user input determined by the processor comprises the physical contact area of the user with respect to the touchscreen; and
the processor further configured to modify a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed on the display device based on the time of day and based on the determination of at least the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects based on the time of day, wherein modifying a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed comprises modifying a size of the object;
wherein the plurality of objects comprise applications;
wherein the display device is further configured to display multiple screens, with only one screen visible at a given time, the display further configured to display a portion of the plurality of objects on each of the multiple screens;
wherein the modification of the manner in which the plurality of objects are displayed further comprises modifying at least a position of the object from one of the multiple screens to another one of the multiple screens based on the time of day and based on the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects; and
wherein the processor is further configured to maintain a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed on the display device based on a determination of at least the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects based on the time of day have not changed with respect to a previous determination of at least the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects based on the time of day.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the physical aspect of the user input determined by the processor further comprises at least one of a physical contact area of a device operated by the user with respect to the touchscreen and the manner in which the user contacts the touchscreen.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects determined by the processor comprises determining a frequency of use of each object of the plurality of objects.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the modification of the manner in which the plurality of objects are displayed further comprises modifying a background screen color of the object based on the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects such that the background screen color of the plurality of objects has a greater contrast for the plurality of objects having a higher frequency of interaction with respect to a contrast for the plurality of objects having a lower frequency of interaction.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to not change the manner in which the plurality of objects are displayed based on a determination that a user has disabled the customizable interface aspects of the processor; and
wherein the processor is further configured to maintain a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed on the display device after the determination that the user has disabled customizable interface aspects of the processor.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the electronic device further comprises at least one of an audio input device, audio output device, power supply, touchscreen controller, and a transceiver.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the modification of the manner in which the plurality of objects are displayed further comprises modifying a background color of one of the multiple screens based on the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects to be different from a background color of another one of the multiple screens.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 wherein the modification of the manner in which the plurality of objects are displayed further comprises modifying a position of the object on one of the multiple screens based on the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects.

9. A process of customizing an interface of an electronic device comprising:
generating an interface on a display device and further generating on the interface display a plurality objects;
sensing a user input on a touch screen associated with the display device with respect to the plurality of objects;
storing instructions to operate the electronic device in a memory;
determining at least a physical aspect of the user input and a frequency of an interaction with each of the plurality objects displayed on the touch screen based on the time of day, wherein the physical aspect of the user input comprises a physical contact area of the user with respect to the touchscreen;
modifying a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed on the display device based on the time of day and based on the determination of at least the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects based on the time of day, wherein the modifying comprises modifying a size of the object; and
displaying multiple screens, with only one screen visible at a given time, wherein the displaying displays a portion of the plurality of objects on each of the multiple screens;
wherein the plurality of objects comprise applications; and
wherein the modifying comprises modifying a position of the object from one of the multiple screens to another one of the multiple screens based on the time of day and based on the determining the frequency of the interaction with each of the plurality of objects displayed on the touch screen; and
wherein the modifying comprises maintaining a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed on the display device based on a determination of at least the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects based on the time of day have not changed with respect to a previous determination of at least the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects based on the time of day.

10. The process of customizing an interface of an electronic device according to claim 9 wherein the physical aspect of the user input further comprises at least one of a physical contact area of a device operated by the user with respect to the touchscreen and the manner in which the user contacts the touchscreen.

11. The process of customizing an interface of an electronic device according to claim 9 wherein the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects comprises determining a frequency of use of each object of the plurality of objects.

12. The process of customizing an interface of an electronic device according to claim 9 wherein the modifying comprises modifying a background screen color of the object based

Assignees

• Zhang Ming
• Wong Sze Ho
• Rivera Sergio
• Tracfone Wireless Inc

Inventors

• Zhang Ming
• Wong Sze Ho
• Rivera Sergio

Classifications

• G06F9/4451

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• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

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

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title