Automatic Detection of User Preferences for Alternate User Interface Model

A computer program product for automatic detection of user preferences for an alternate user interface model, the computer program product comprising:

• a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
• operating a digital device with an active user interface model;
• receiving one or more input signals from a user of the digital device;
• comparing the one or more input signals with one or more latent user interface models;
• determining if one of the latent user interface models has a higher likelihood given the one or more input signals than the active user interface model;
• and
• responsively substituting the latent user interface with the highest likelihood given the one or more input signals for the active user interface model.

A method for operating a digital device comprising:

• operating a user interface with an active user interface model;
• receiving one or more input signals from a user of the digital device;
• calculating a correlation between the one or more input signals with a latent user interface model;
• and
• substituting the latent user interface with the active user interface model if the correlation exceeds a threshold value.