Patent ID: 9244583
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. At a computer system, the computer system including a processor, system memory, and a display device, a method for adjusting a screen flow for an application, the method comprising: accessing a screen flow corresponding to a user interface of an application that is executing at the computer system, the screen flow including a plurality of interconnected user interface screens that each includes a subset of a plurality of user interface elements of the screen flow; in connection with a user's current interaction with the application at the computer system, accessing (i) usage information describing one or more user's historical interactions with the plurality of user interface elements, and (ii) contextual information describing an operating context for the application, the contextual information being selected from the group comprising a device setting, a manufacturer setting, a user preference, and an operating environment of the application; based on the usage information describing the one or more user's historical interactions with the plurality of user interface elements, identifying a first set of one or more of the plurality of user interface elements that are of interest to the user; based on the contextual information describing the operating context for the application, identifying a second set of one or more of the plurality of user interface elements that are to be adjusted based on the operating context for the application; formulating a plurality adjustments to the screen flow to facilitate more appropriate access to specified user interface elements within the screen flow in view of the identified first set of one or more user interface elements that are of interest to the user, and in view of the identified second set of one or more user interface elements that are to be adjusted based on the operating context for the application; and adjusting the screen flow in accordance with the formulated plurality of adjustments for more appropriate access to the specified user interface elements, including adjusting at least one user interface element from the first set of one or more user interface elements that are of interest to the user, and adjusting at least one user interface element from the second set of one or more user interface elements that are to be adjusted based on the operating context for the application.