Predictive hover triggering

A system for performing predictive hover triggering with a pointer on a user interface, comprising:

• a timer, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to collect a plurality of position points associated with the pointer;
• determine a trajectory of the pointer based on the collected plurality of position points;
• determine the average velocity of the pointer based on the collected plurality of position points;
• predict the future position of the pointer based on the present position of the pointer and the collected plurality of position points;
• generate an intent condition based on the predicted future position of the pointer, the present position of the pointer and the position of a screen object;
• verify the generated intent condition using the position analyzer and the timer;
• and notify, upon the verification of the generated intent condition, of a triggered event, wherein determining whether to trigger the event comprises the processor being further configure to:
• identify the intent condition, wherein the intent condition is maintained for a threshold amount of time;
• adjust the threshold amount of time to maintain the identified intent condition;
• and
• upon verify that the intent condition is maintained for the adjusted threshold amount of time, determining to trigger the hover event.

An apparatus comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium encoding instructions thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of triggering a hover event for a pointer in a user interface on a display device, comprising:

• predicting a future position of the pointer on the user interface;
• determining a likelihood that the pointer will hover over a screen object based on the predicting;
• and determining whether to trigger a hover event for the screen object based on the determined likelihood that the pointer will hover over the screen object, wherein determining whether to trigger the hover event comprises:
• identifying an intent condition based on the assessment of the user's intent, wherein the intent condition is maintained for a threshold amount of time;
• adjusting the threshold amount of time to maintain the identified intent condition;
• and
• upon verifying that the intent condition is maintained for the adjusted threshold amount of time, determining to trigger the hover event.