Computing device with automated conversion of units
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorArjun Singh Rai Bhatti
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Abstract
A method for computer-implemented unit-conversion method, the method comprising identifying a first numerical value in a first system of units displayed on a computing device, converting the first numerical value in the first system of units into a second numerical value, and displaying the second numerical value and the second system of units on the computing device.
Claims11
A computer-implemented unit-conversion method comprising:
- identifying a first numerical value in a first system of units displayed on a computing device by automatically detecting the first system of units;
- automatically converting the first numerical value in the first system of units into a second numerical value in response to identifying the first numerical value in the first system of units by collecting data on the usage patterns of a device user relating to usage of units and by establishing a unit-familiarity profile from the usage patterns, and only automatically converting the first numerical value into the second numerical value if the unit-familiarity profile indicates that the device user is unfamiliar with the first system of units;
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- automatically displaying the second numerical value and the second system of units on the computing device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions in code which when loaded into a memory and executed by a processor of a computing device cause the computing device to:
- identify a first numerical value in a first system of units displayed on a computing device by automatically detecting the first system of units;
- automatically convert the first numerical value in the first system of units into a second numerical value in response to identifying the first numerical value in the first system of units by collecting data on the usage patterns of a device user relating to usage of units and by establishing a unit-familiarity profile from the usage patterns, and only automatically converting the first numerical value into the second numerical value if the unit-familiarity profile indicates that the device user is unfamiliar with the first system of units;
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- automatically display the second numerical value and the second system of units on the computing device.
A computing device comprising:
- a display to display a first numerical value in a first system of units on a computing device;
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- a processor operatively coupled to a memory to identify the first system of units by automatically detecting the first system of units and to automatically convert the first numerical value in the first system of units into a second numerical value in response to identifying the first numerical value in the first system of units by collecting data on the usage patterns of a device user relating to usage of units and to automatically cause the display to display the second numerical value and the second system of units and by establishing a unit-familiarity profile from the usage patterns, and only automatically converting the first numerical value into the second numerical value if the unit-familiarity profile indicates that the device user is unfamiliar with the first system of units.
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