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Method for analyzing GUI design affordances

US9323418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy · US

Inventors

Joseph C. DiVita · Carlsbad, US
Robert L. Morris · Milford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2013
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3608
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for analysis of a prototype graphical user interface (GUI) comprising the following steps: receiving, with a processor, a computer code representative of the prototype GUI, wherein the prototype GUI comprises GUI elements having known identities and known behavioral attributes; transforming the computer code into a description of visible sub-elements of the prototype GUI elements, wherein each sub-element has visual properties that would be visible to a user of the prototype GUI; grouping particular visible sub-elements into a perceived GUI element based only on the sub-elements' visual properties according to a grouping algorithm without regard to the known identity(ies) of the prototype GUI element(s) to which the particular sub-elements belong; and storing, in a non-transitory first memory store, the perceived GUI element.

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