Automatically reconfiguring an input interface
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFeng-wei Chen, Joseph B. Hall, Samuel R. McHan, Jr.
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Abstract
A method for providing an automatically reconfigurable input interface includes analyzing input received through an input interface of the computing device, determining a context based on the input; and reconfiguring the input interface to comprise a key based on a domain associated with the context. A computing system for providing automatic reconfiguration of an input interface includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to analyze input received through an input interface of a computing device, determine a context based on the input, and reconfigure the input interface to comprise a key based on a domain associated with the context.
Claims15
A method for automatically reconfiguring an input interface, the method comprising:
- with a physical computing device comprising a touch sensitive display on which a user input interface comprising a plurality of user-selectable keys is displayed, receiving user input comprising multiple words through said user input interface of said computing device;
- with said physical computing device, prior to offering multiple sets of new short-cut keys, using natural language processing (NLP) on said multiple words of said user input to identify one particular topic based on a context of said user input, said one particular topic having a plurality of different corresponding domains, each domain comprising a plurality of words, phrases or symbols specifically used in discussing that particular topic;
- with said physical computing device, after identifying said one particular topic, reconfiguring said input interface to comprise multiple sets of short-cut keys added to said plurality of user-selectable keys, wherein each set of short-cut keys comprises a plurality of keys for entering the plurality of words, phrases or symbols of a corresponding domain of said plurality of different domains;
- wherein the plurality of keys from each of said multiple sets of short-cut keys are displayed together as a group belonging to the corresponding domain of said plurality of different domains, and
- determining and utilizing an optimal placement of said plurality of user-selectable keys and each of said multiple sets of short-cut keys within said input interface of said computing device, said optimal placement being determined based on at least one of:
- orientation of said computing device, available display area for said input interface and a relative priority assigned to different keys;
- wherein said multiple sets of short-cut keys remain in said input interface of said computing device until the context of said user input changes based on further input.
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