System and method of implementing user action monitoring to automatically populate object launchers

Abstract

The invention is directed to a system and method of observing actions performed on a computer and inferring relationships between objects based on information corresponding to the observed actions. Relationships between the objects may be determined based on usage information and a usage pattern may be generated if the usage information recurs a selected number of times in a predetermined period of time. When a usage pattern is generated, objects may be automatically launched, icons may be automatically presented to users, and/or menu bars may be automatically configured based on established profiles.

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BACKGROUND [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to a system and method of observing actions performed on a computer and processing information that corresponds to the observed actions. In particular, the invention is directed to inferring relationships between objects based on information corresponding to the observed actions. More particularly, the invention is directed to automatically populating object launchers based on the inferred relationships between objects. [0003] 2. Background Information [0004] During the course of a computer session, many actions may be performed on a computer. For several reasons, including increasing workforce productivity, it may be desirable to monitor these actions. Known applications enable monitoring of actions performed on the computer through logging of events, such as keystrokes, web sites visited, emails sent / received, windows viewed, and passwords entered. Known applications further enable capturing of screen shots ...

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Benefits of technology

[0015] Once patterns for selected objects are identified, a comparison may be performed between (1) the number of times selected parameters in the usage information for the identified objects recur, over a predetermined period of time, and (2) the usage pattern threshold value. A usage pattern may be generated if the usage information recurs more than the usage pattern threshold value over a predetermined period of time.

Problems solved by technology

Known event monitoring applications are typically run in stealth mode to make them undetectable to users of the monitored computer.

While known applications present logged events and / or selected types of object-level actions, known applications are deficient at least because they do not monitor and log all types of object-level actions performed across multiple unrelated applications.

Additionally, known applications are deficient because they do not identify relationships between the events and / or selected types of object-level actions.

Furthermore, known applications do not analyze the relationships to generate usage patterns for automatically launching events and / or object-level actions that coincide with the known usage patterns.

Other drawbacks exist with these and other known applications.

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