Context-Sensitive Wearable UI Shortcuts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wearable devices face technical constraints such as small display screen dimensions, limited processing capacity, and power consumption, making it impractical to present complex user interfaces, particularly in navigating menu options effectively.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of context-sensitive shortcuts and machine learning to dynamically update menu options based on user location and profile, allowing for a streamlined graphical user interface that presents relevant menu options with a high likelihood of user selection, thereby reducing information overload and conserving resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a complex user interface with numerous menu options is presented, then comprehensive functionality is provided, but display screen dimensions and processing capacity are exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the comprehensive menu structure into location-specific menu sets. Each location has its own customized menu options relevant to that context, rather than presenting all possible options in a single complex hierarchy. This allows the device to provide comprehensive functionality across multiple locations while keeping each individual menu simple and manageable within the display constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic menu presentation that automatically adapts based on the detected location. The menu structure changes in real-time according to the user's location, presenting only the relevant options for that context. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain comprehensive functionality across different locations while keeping each presented menu simple and suitable for the wearable device's display capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive menu options are presented, then all data processing transactions are accessible, but processing capacity and memory capacity are exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and presents only the location-relevant menu options rather than loading all possible data processing transactions into memory. By taking out only the necessary options for the current location, the system makes all required transactions accessible while staying within the processing and memory constraints of the wearable device.
Solution Approach 2:
The menu system dynamically loads and presents options based on location context, rather than maintaining a static comprehensive menu structure in memory. This dynamic approach ensures that all necessary data processing transactions remain accessible through the location-specific menus while consuming minimal processing capacity and memory resources at any given time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive menu options are presented, then all functionality is available, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and displays only the menu options relevant to the current location, rather than presenting all possible functionality. This extraction approach maintains full functionality availability across different locations while significantly reducing the power consumption associated with rendering and processing menu elements on the wearable device's display.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the menu presentation based on location, activating only the necessary UI elements for the current context. This dynamic behavior ensures that all functionality remains accessible through location-specific menus while minimizing power consumption by avoiding the continuous display and processing of unnecessary menu options.
4Ease of operation
If location-specific menu customization is implemented, then user responsiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the menu structure into location-specific sets, where each location has its own customized options tailored to user needs at that place. This segmentation improves user responsiveness by presenting only relevant options for the current location, while the overall system complexity is managed by organizing menus into discrete, location-based modules rather than a single complex structure.
Data Source
AI summary
According to certain embodiments, a wearable device comprises a memory operable to store menus comprising menu options, and a processor operably coupled to a network interface and the memory. The processor is configured to present a first menu comprising a first menu option associated with a data processing transaction available at a current location, determine an updated location, obtain a second menu comprising a second menu option associated with a data processing transaction available at the updated location, and present the second menu. The processor is further configured to receive user input indicating a selection of the second menu option and facilitate the data processing transaction available at the updated location based on the selection.