Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
A GUI is intended for the end user but designed by the
developer. Even the experienced developer cannot realistically anticipate what
options will be required by the users at a future point of time. Besides, even
a well-designed GUI may not be felt convenient to all categories of users as
the skill, expertise and requirement of the users vary from each other.
Although the user can best describe his requirement and
therefore can best configure the GUI, it is not advisable for the user to spend
time and effort to configure the GUI. The user interface needs to be customized
for the user but the user should not bother doing the job. This creates a
contradiction.
This contradiction is solved by the concept of automatic
configuration. In auto-configurable GUI, the elements and features of GUI are
automatically configured to meet the requirement of the user. This article
analyses eight inventions from US patent database relating to automatic
configuration of GUI. The article illustrates how each invention solves
different problems involved in automatic configuration and analyzes each
solution process using TRIZ methods and principles.
Keywords: TRIZ, Innovation, Invention, Inventive
Problem Solving, Software Patents, GUI, Software inventions, Graphical User
Interface, GUI design, Menu, Main menu, Submenu, adaptive menu, automatic menu,
menu configuration, dynamic menu, user configurable
Umakant Mishra, Inventions on Auto-Configurable GUI a TRIZ
Based Analysis (September 7, 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1271450
or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1271450
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