IP Library Granted Patent US 10,089,122
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US 10,089,122 · App. 15/878,702 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Customizing mobile device operation based on touch points

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Patent No.
US 10,089,122
App. No.
15/878,702
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

In an approach for customizing a mobile device interface based on touch points, a processor receives detection of points of contact between a user and a mobile device. A processor analyzes the points of contact between the user and the mobile device. A processor determines how many hands the user is holding the mobile device with. A processor determines a modification for a user interface for the mobile device, wherein determining the modification comprises: presenting a keyboard selected from the group consisting of: a first keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with one hand, and a second keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with two hands. A processor causes the modified user interface to be displayed on the mobile device.

Claims (13)

1. A method for customizing a mobile device interface based on touch points, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, detection of points of contact between a user and a mobile device, wherein the points of contact are detected through one or more touch sensors affixed to a bezel of the mobile device and a back surface of the mobile device;

analyzing, by one or more processors, the points of contact between the user and the mobile device;

determining, by one or more processors, a first application that requires two-handed operation;

creating, by one or more processors, a list of applications that require two-handed operation including, at least, the first application;

determining, by one or more processors, a modification for a user interface for the mobile device, wherein determining the modification comprises:

presenting, by one or more processors, a keyboard selected from the group consisting of: a first keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with one hand, and a second keyboard, based on a determination that the user is holding the mobile device with two hands, wherein the first keyboard is a swipe-style keyboard and the second keyboard is a traditional keyboard;

determining, by one or more processors, the user is operating the mobile device with two hands;

determining, by one or more processors, the user has removed one hand from the mobile device and is now operating the mobile device with one hand; and

toggling, by one or more processors, automatically, the modified user interface from a two-handed operating mode to a one-handed operating mode, wherein toggling the modified user interface from a two-handed operating mode to a one-handed operating mode comprises:

causing, by one or more processors, the modified user interface to be displayed on the mobile device, wherein the modified user interface includes, modified keyboard type, and modified available applications, and wherein causing the modified user interface to be displayed on the mobile device comprises:

retrieving, by one or more processors, the list of applications that require two-handed operation; and

excluding, by one or more processors, application icons from the list of applications that require two-handed operation from a home screen of the mobile device, wherein the applications that require two-handed operation automatically disappear during the toggling.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: KYNDRYL, INC.
Reel/Frame 057885/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2018
From: BOSTICK, JAMES E.; GANCI, JOHN M., JR.; KEEN, MARTIN G.; O'CONNELL, BRIAN M.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044714/0231 →