System and method for adaptive communication user interface
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for implementing, via a communication device, a set of algorithms to learn about user's usage of the device and provide automated customization to the device's user interface to improve ease of use and productivity of the end-user. This approach does not require the user's involvement by manually customizing the user interface, such as by setting up a speed dial list or a screen layout. The system automates rendering decisions and the content that is rendered based on the usage information. For example, if a user consistently calls a number every Tuesday and Wednesday morning regardless of scheduled calendar information, the communication device can provide a dynamic widget in the user interface for easy access to that number every Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The user can dial the number easily via the widget without the dial pad or a contacts application.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, interface usage data associated with a user and a user interface for a first communication device;
identifying, by the processor, application usage patterns based on an analysis of the interface usage data; and
modifying, by the processor, the user interface for the first communication device based on the application usage patterns and a communication context associated with a communication session between the first communication device and a second communication device, the communication context comprising a communications pattern exhibited by the user during a previous communication session and an identity of a participant in the communication session associated with the second communication device, wherein modifying the user interface comprises presenting different applications in a foreground of the user interface based on the application usage patterns.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, by the processor, custom content relevant to the usage patterns and the communication context, wherein the custom content comprises an application feature; and
modifying, by the processor, the user interface to present the custom content.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying, by the processor, the user interface further comprises at least one of providing, by the processor, custom content, rearranging, by the processor, user interface elements, changing, by the processor, appearance of user interface elements, introducing, by the processor, a dynamic widget, or moving, by the processor, a user interface element to foreground.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processor, user feedback in response to modifying the user interface, wherein the user feedback indicates one of an approval or a rejection to modifications to the user interface for a given communication context.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identity of the participant in the communication session associated with the second communication device comprises a caller ID.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications pattern comprises data regarding multiple communication sessions, wherein at least one of the multiple communication sessions is associated with the first communication device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication context is an anticipated communication context.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying, by the processor, the user interface further comprises proportionally adjusting, by the processor, each of a plurality of user interface elements based on a usage frequency of the plurality of user interface elements.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying, by the processor, the user interface further comprises splitting at least one icon into multiple icons.
10. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor that includes instructions that cause the processor to:
receive interface usage data associated with a user interface;
identify application usage patterns based on an analysis of the interface usage data; and
send instructions to modify the user interface based on the application usage patterns and a communication context associated with a communication session between the first communication device and a second communication device, the communication context comprising a communications pattern exhibited by a previous communication session and an identity of a participant in the communication session associated with the second communication device, wherein the instructions to modify the user interface comprise instructions to present different applications in a foreground of the user interface based on the application usage patterns.
11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that causes the processor to:
identify custom content relevant to the usage patterns and the communication context, wherein the custom content comprises an application feature; and
modify the user interface to present the custom content.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to modify the user interface by splitting an icon into multiple icons.
13. The system of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that causes the processor to:
receive user feedback in response to modifying the user interface, wherein the user feedback indicates one of an approval or a rejection to modifications to the user interface for a given communication context.
14. The system of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that causes the processor to:
send instructions to the first communication device to display at least one reason why the user interface was modified in a particular way.
15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the communications pattern comprises data regarding multiple communication sessions, wherein at least one of the multiple communication sessions includes the system and at least one other of the communication session does not include the system.
16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the communication context is an anticipated communication context.
17. The system of claim 10 , wherein modifying the user interface further comprises proportionally adjusting each of a plurality of user interface elements based on a usage frequency of the plurality of user interface elements.
18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the interface usage data comprises data spanning multiple communication devices used by a single user.
19. A method:
receiving, via a network-based server, interface usage data associated with a user interface for a remote communication device;
identifying, via the network-based server, application usage patterns based on an analysis of the interface usage data;
storing, via the network-based server, the application usage patterns in a database;
transmitting, via the network-based server, an instruction to the remote communication device for modifying the user interface for the remote communication device based on the application usage patterns and a communication context associated with a communication session between the remote communication device and a second remote communication device, the communication context comprising a communications pattern exhibited during a previous communication session and an identity of a participant in the communication session associated with the second remote communication device, wherein the instructions to modify the user interface comprise instructions to present different applications in a foreground of the user interface based on the application usage patterns.
20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
identifying custom content relevant to the usage patterns and the communication context, wherein the custom content comprises a resource; and
modifying the user interface to present the custom content.