Custom User Interface Controls for Recurring Actions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing services' user interfaces are limited in anticipating user actions, leading to reduced utilization due to the need for repetitive interactions and lack of personalized functionality.
Innovation Solution
Implementing customized and user-specific graphical user interface controls that are generated based on recurring actions and user behavior, allowing for automation of frequent activities and relevance-based display of controls, enhancing user experience by presenting only relevant controls at the right time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standardized user interface controls are provided for all users, then the system is easy to implement and maintain, but the user interface cannot anticipate individual user actions and reduces utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates custom user interface controls by monitoring and analyzing user actions, allowing the interface to self-adapt to individual user needs without requiring manual configuration or complex pre-programming of personalized interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of user actions and pre-generates custom controls that anticipate future user needs, presenting relevant controls before the user would otherwise need to search for them through standard navigation paths
2Ease of operation
If custom user-specific controls are generated and displayed, then user experience is personalized and effort is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors user actions, identifies recurring patterns, and generates custom controls without requiring manual intervention, reducing user effort while managing complexity through automation rather than manual customization
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface dynamically adapts by continuously monitoring user behavior and adjusting the displayed controls in real-time, allowing the interface to evolve with user needs while maintaining operational simplicity through automated adaptation
3Productivity
If all available controls are displayed in the user interface, then users have access to all functionality, but relevant controls are not prioritized and user efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and prioritizes only the most relevant controls based on analyzed user behavior patterns, displaying them prominently while keeping less relevant controls accessible but not immediately visible, reducing information overload while maintaining access to all functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface applies different display priorities to different controls based on their relevance to the current user and context, with frequently used controls receiving prominent placement and less frequently used controls being accessible through standard navigation paths
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for selecting and displaying custom user interface (“UI”) controls. A user of a networked computing service may create custom UI controls that perform user-specified actions, and the networked computing service may present these custom UI controls as part of its user interface. The networked computing service may determine which of a set of custom UI controls to present based on criteria such as frequency or recency of recurring usage, a context or a category associated with the custom UI controls, user preferences, the status of a pending action, usage of similar custom UI controls by other users, or other criteria. The networked computing service may present an interface that enables further customization or modification of the custom UI controls.