Creating optimized shortcuts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9779175-B2
Application number	US-201514716930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2015
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

An approach for using shortcut input to access or group documents is provided. The input may be mapped to opening or grouping the documents based on user preferences, and the documents may be displayed once the computer system detects the input of the shortcut input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating a computer using shortcuts, the method comprising:
a computing device receiving user preferences comprising desired results and a first shortcut input corresponding to the desired results, wherein the desired results comprises a user defined criterion for grouping and organizing one or more documents based on the received user preferences, wherein the user defined criterion comprises a criterion selected from a group consisting of: a type of the one or more documents; a location of the one or more documents; a date of creation of the one or more documents; and an originator of the one or more documents; and wherein the first shortcut input comprises an action, utilized by a user, selected from a group consisting of:
a shortcut keystroke on a keyboard;
a shortcut gesture on a multi-touch screen;
a shortcut movement into a visual sensor; and
an audio command into an audio sensor;

the computing device mapping the first shortcut input to one or more documents based on the desired results;
and
based on detecting that the first shortcut input has been utilized, the computing device displaying the grouped and organized one or more documents based on the user defined criterion.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising responsive to detecting that the first shortcut input has been utilized, the computing device creating a group comprising the one or more documents.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of the computing device mapping the first shortcut input to one or more documents based on the received user preferences further comprises detecting the one or more documents being opened.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the group is created based on similarities determined between the one or more documents.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more documents within the group are organized based on the received user preferences, and each of the one or more documents within the group are mapped to a corresponding second shortcut input of a plurality of second shortcut inputs.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received user preferences further include information detailing the mapping of the first shortcut input to an earlier opened document in a document branch of a document tree.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received user preferences further include information detailing the mapping of a shortcut input to a list of documents input by a user.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Goyal Amit
• Purandare Prasad P
• Sarsamkar Paryushan P
• Singh Arti

Classifications

• G06F40/274

  Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• G06F16/93

  Document management systems · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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