Generating collapsed user interface interaction sequence controls in mobile applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9787798-B2
Application number	US-201514744114-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

Generating a set of single collapsed user interface interaction sequence controls for an application is provided. A single collapsed user interface interaction control is generated for one or more identified user interface interaction sequences that are collapsible within the application. A customized version of the application is generated for a plurality of users associated with a plurality of registered client devices by inserting each generated single collapsed user interface interaction sequence control into the application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a set of single collapsed user interface interaction sequence controls for an application, the computer-implemented method comprising:
generating, by a data processing system, a single collapsed user interface interaction control for one or more identified user interface interaction sequences that are collapsible within the application;
generating, by the data processing system, a customized version of the application for a plurality of users associated with a plurality of registered client devices by inserting each generated single collapsed user interface interaction sequence control into the application;
instrumenting, by the data processing system, the application to monitor and record user interface interaction data of the plurality of users interacting with the instrumented application;
deploying, the data processing system, the instrumented application in a profiling mode to the plurality of registered client devices to monitor and record the user interface interaction data of the plurality of users interacting with the instrumented application deployed on the plurality of registered client devices;
receiving, by the data processing system, user interface interaction data recorded by an instrumented version of the application for the plurality of users interacting with the instrumented version of the application deployed on the plurality of registered client devices;
aggregating, by the data processing system, the received user interface interaction data for the plurality of users interacting with the instrumented version of the application deployed on the plurality of registered client devices within a unified model of user interface interactions; and
analyzing, by the data processing system, the aggregated user interface interaction data for the plurality of users interacting with the instrumented version of the application deployed on the plurality of registered client devices within the unified model of user interface interactions to identify user interface interaction sequences that are collapsible into a corresponding single user interface interaction sequence control.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein an identified user interface interaction sequence includes a number of navigational action steps above a predefined threshold number of navigational action steps leading to a corresponding goal state of the instrumented version of the application.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
deploying, by the data processing system, the customized version of the application with inserted single collapsed user interface interaction sequence controls to the plurality of registered client devices.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
transmitting, by the data processing system, a report regarding recorded user interface interactions to a developer of the application.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein an entire user interface interaction sequence leading to a goal state is executed within the customized version of the application in response to a user activating a corresponding single collapsed user interface interaction sequence control.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each generated single collapsed user interface interaction sequence control includes a corresponding summarized label that is a contraction of identifiers identifying steps within an associated user interface interaction sequence of steps leading to a particular goal state within the customized version of the application.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Pistoia Marco
• Thomas Gegi
• Tripp Omer

Classifications

• H04L67/2823

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/306 Primary

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04L67/565

  Conversion or adaptation of application format or content (adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561) · CPC title