Creation of custom user interface controls that are associated with physical devices

US11287963B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Stephan Josef Andrizzi · San Francisco, US
• Kara Cavallaro · Seattle, US
• Jai Prakash Chabria · Seattle, US
• Nicole Dare · Shoreline, US
• Kenneth DeLand · Issaquah, US
• Nirav Praful Desai · Issaquah, US
• Anindya Guha · Seattle, US
• Marc Hensley · Seattle, US
• Douglas James Herrington · Seattle, US
• Samuel Stevens Heyworth · Seattle, US
• Apoorva Iyer · Bellevue, US
• Nitish Kumar · Eindhoven, NL
• Hannah McClellan Richards · Seattle, US
• Jae Pum Park · Bellevue, US
• Amir Pelleg · Seattle, US
• Jessica Protasio · Seattle, US
• Daniel Benjamin Rausch · Seattle, US
• Laura Allison Ridlehoover · Seattle, US
• Jeffrey Rosenberg · Seattle, US
• John Shaw · Seattle, US
• Paul Warren Smart · Seattle, US
• Amirali Virani · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2022
• Expiry date: May 8, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0625
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for creating custom user interface (“UI”) controls. A networked computing service may determine that an action performed by a user of the service is likely to be repeated, based on previous actions performed by the user and/or other users, parameters of the action including characteristics of an item associated with the action, and other criteria. The networked computing service may generate, or recommend generation of, a custom UI control that automates performance of the action. The networked computing service may automatically determine parameters of the action, and may determine alternative parameters and/or alternative actions if the action cannot be performed using the determined parameters. Custom UI controls may be associated with various computing devices and/or other electronic devices, and categories of custom UI controls may be determined and displayed.