Custom UI Controls for Automating Recurring User Actions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user interfaces for computing services are limited in their ability to anticipate user actions, leading to reduced utilization due to the need for repeated interactions for frequent but infrequent activities, which can make these activities less familiar to users.
Innovation Solution
The system generates custom user interface controls based on user account details, activity histories, and user input, allowing for automation of recurring activities, such as placing orders, by determining parameters and alternative actions, and verifying conditions before performing actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If standard user interface controls are provided, then the interface is simple to implement and maintain, but the interface cannot anticipate user actions and requires repeated interactions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by analyzing user activity histories and account details to generate custom controls before users need them. These controls are created in advance based on predicted user needs, allowing the interface to proactively prepare automation options rather than requiring users to repeatedly perform the same actions manually.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically generating custom user interface controls based on user behavior patterns. The interface serves itself by using its own data (activity histories, account details) to create personalized controls that anticipate user actions, reducing the need for repeated manual interactions while maintaining operational simplicity.
2Productivity
If custom user interface controls are generated automatically, then user experience is enhanced and task repetition is reduced, but the system requires access to and processing of user account details and activity histories
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves multi-functionality by using the same data processing infrastructure to serve multiple purposes: analyzing user activity histories, processing account details, generating custom controls, and verifying conditions. This universal approach allows the system to handle diverse data types and perform multiple functions through a unified mechanism, reducing overall system complexity despite the diverse processing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer that processes user data and generates custom controls without requiring direct complex interactions between data storage and control generation. This intermediary mechanism abstracts the data processing complexity, allowing the system to leverage user account details and activity histories efficiently while maintaining manageable system architecture.
3Loss of time
If the system automates recurring activities, then the need for repeated user interactions is reduced, but the system must verify conditions and determine parameters before performing actions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification of conditions and determination of parameters when generating custom controls, rather than performing these checks during each execution. By pre-validating data and pre-determining action parameters based on user histories and account details, the system reduces the control logic complexity during actual execution while maintaining thorough verification standards.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for creating custom user interface (“UI”) controls. A networked computing service may determine that an action performed by a user of the service is likely to be repeated, based on previous actions performed by the user and/or other users, parameters of the action including characteristics of an item associated with the action, and other criteria. The networked computing service may generate, or recommend generation of, a custom UI control that automates performance of the action. The networked computing service may automatically determine parameters of the action, and may determine alternative parameters and/or alternative actions if the action cannot be performed using the determined parameters. Custom UI controls may be associated with various computing devices and/or other electronic devices, and categories of custom UI controls may be determined and displayed.