Patent application EP17163282A (EP), filed 2017-03-28
Publication number: EP3258398A1
Title: ENGAGED MICRO-INTERACTIONS ON DIGITAL DEVICES
Abstract: A technique for engaged micro-interactions on digital devices is disclosed. In an embodiment, activities performed on a digital device are monitored. Further, at least one user accessing the digital device and friends associated with the user are determined based on the activities. Furthermore, a profile for the user and friends is created. Moreover, time spent and required to perform an action on content are determined based on the profile. In addition, a list of desires associated with the user and/or friends is determined based upon the activities and/or time spent and required to perform the action on the content. Also, the list of desires are ranked based on the activities to be performed by the user and friends. The user and/or friends are then engaged by providing a micro-interaction on the digital device based on the ranking of the list of desires and a time required to download online content.
IPC codes: G06F  17/    30            A I
G06F  16/  9535            A I
G06Q  30/    02            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein monitoring the activities performed on the digital device, comprises:
number: 3
text: The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining at least one of the time spent on the content and time required for reading and viewing the content by the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user based on the profile of the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user, comprises:
number: 4
text: The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:
number: 5
text: The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining the time spent on the content and time required for making the decision on the content by the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user based on the profile of the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user, comprises:
number: 6
text: The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein providing the micro-interaction comprises at least one of phone vibrations, a change of screen brightness or colors and displaying text or image snippets to the at least one user and the friends associated with the at least one user, and wherein the list of desires comprise at least one of reading jokes and viewing images of a person or place and content which is required to read or view based on an activity being performed.
number: 7
text: The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein computing the download time of the online content when the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user request for the online content, comprises:
number: 8
text: The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein engaging the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user by providing the micro-interaction on the digital device based on the ranking of the list of desires and the download time, comprises:
number: 9
text: The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein engaging the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user by providing the micro-interaction on the digital device based on the ranking of the list of desires and the download time, comprises:
number: 10
text: A digital device comprising:
number: 11
text: The digital device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the engagement unit monitors the activities performed on the digital device using multiple sensors in the digital device, wherein the multiple sensors comprise a proximity sensor, a gyroscope, an accelerometer and an orientation sensor, and wherein the engagement unit is configured to:
number: 12
text: The digital device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the engagement unit is further configured to:
number: 13
text: The digital device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the engagement unit is configured to:
number: 14
text: The digital device as claimed in claim 10,
wherein providing the micro-interaction comprises at least one of phone vibrations, a change of screen brightness or colors and displaying text or image snippets to the at least one user and the friends associated with the at least one user,
wherein the engagement unit engages the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user by providing the micro-interaction on the digital device based on the ranking of the list of desires and the download time when the download time is greater than a predetermined threshold time,
wherein the engagement unit engages the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user by providing the micro-interaction on the digital device such that a difference between the download time and a time required to perform an action on the micro-interaction by the at least one of the user and the friends associated with the at least one user is zero, and
wherein the list of desires comprise at least one of reading jokes and viewing images of a person or place and content which is required to read or view based on an activity being performed.
number: 15
text: The digital device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the engagement unit is configured to:
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-12-20
Rejection reasons: inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2007184820A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: KR20040103069A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
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severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: KR20040103069
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2007184820
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
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ref_type: npl
severity: obviousness
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: - Daniel L Ashbrook, "Enabling Mobile Microinteractions", Atlanta, USA, ISBN 978-1-124-07697-3, (20100531), pages 1 - 186, URL: http://danielashbrook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2009-Ashbrook-Thesis.pdf, (20170518), XP055374164 [Y] 6 * page  31, paragraph  second last  - page  32, paragraph  2 *
ref_type: npl
severity: obviousness
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ref_type: npl
severity: obviousness
Final disposition: pending (2017-12-20)