Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore
OwnerLinda Irene Hoffberg, Steven M. Hoffberginventors
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Abstract
The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a programmable device by employing specialized visual feedback. The present invention also relates to a new interface and method of interfacing with a programmable device, which is usable as an interface for a programmable video cassette recorder.
Claims41
A method, comprising:
- defining a set of items, each item having associated characteristics;
- maintaining a plurality of separate profiles, each profile having weightings with respect to associated characteristics generated by monitoring interaction of at least one user with items;
- processing, with an automated processor, a profile associated with a respective user and characteristics associated with at least a portion of the set of items, to determine a relationship thereof;
- predicting a user preference associated with a respective user profile for at least two items based on said processing;
- hierarchically presenting respective identifiers of the at least two items predicted to be preferred by the respective user, arranged based on at least a probability of selection, with bias against performing identically the most recently executed function;
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- receiving a selection of an item.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a set characteristics associated with respective defined items;
- a plurality of separate profiles, each profile having weightings with respect to associated characteristics generated by monitoring interaction of a respective user with items;
- an automated processor configured to process a profile derived from the respective user and characteristics associated with at least a portion of the set of items, to determine a relationship thereof, and predict a user preference associated with the respective profile for at least two items based on said processing, and producing an output hierarchically presenting respective identifiers of the at least two items predicted to be preferred by the respective user, arranged based on at least a probability of selection, with bias against performing identically the most recently executed function;
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- an input device adapted to receive a selection of an item.
A physical computer readable medium storing non-transitory instructions adapted to control a programmable automated processor to perform a method, comprising:
- retrieving associated characteristics of at least a portion of a set of items;
- retrieving a profile associated with a respective user, having weightings with respect to associated characteristics generated by monitoring interaction of the respective user with items;
- processing the profile and the associated characteristics of the at least a portion of the set of items, to determine a relationship thereof;
- predicting a user preference associated with the profile for at least two items based on said processing;
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- hierarchically presenting respective identifiers of the at least two items predicted to be preferred by the respective user, arranged based on at least a probability of selection, with bias against performing identically the most recently executed function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.