SHORT CUT LINKS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

• Main Authors: Pierlot, Loic, Courvoisier, Pierre, Lee Ken Sang, Jason, Smoaca, Andreea, Reissman, Pierre-Jean
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.06.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a short cut link in a graphical user interface, GUI, of an electronic device for skipping at least one of multiple GUI screens are provided. This may be based on GUI statistics from an earlier visit of the GUI. The GUI statistics regards at least one path including a sequence of GUI screens out of the multiple GUI screens. The multiple GUI screens may be displayed by switching the GUI from a current GUI screen to a next GUI screen out of the multiple GUI screens in response to a user action, thereby enabling a user to navigate through the GUI screens. A recent navigation history may be generated in a current visit of the GUI, based on the current GUI screen and potentially previous GUI screens displayed in the current visit of the GUI. At least one candidate path may be identified on the basis of the recent navigation history and the GUI statistics, including determining whether the recent navigation history corresponds to a sub-sequence of the at least one candidate path. A target GUI screen may be determined within the at least one candidate path, wherein the target GUI screen is a GUI screen after the next GUI screen. The short cut link may be set as point to the target GUI screen to cause the electronic device to switch the GUI to the determined target GUI screen in response to a user activating the short cut link. The short cut link may be displayed in the current GUI screen.