Automated task completion by flowing context

Abstract

Providing context to a target minimizes the amount of information that a user must input. Context transfer pages receive context and reformat for the target. Selection of links to such pages provide context which is then reformatted and provided to the target to pre-populate information for the user. A return link can be specified to enable the target to return further context upon user interaction completion. The return link can specify further context transfer pages which can use the returned context to direct the performance of convenience actions, including invoking other applications on the user's computing device and entering information into them. The context transfer pages can themselves collect information from the user to provide appropriate interfaces without requiring resource investment from the target.

Description

Background technique [0001] As a result of the increased processing, display, and communication capabilities of mobile computing devices, users of such mobile computing devices are increasingly using these mobile computing devices to perform a greater number of tasks. For example, in addition to traditional voice communication functions and web browsing functions, mobile computing devices are increasingly being used to perform more complex web-based tasks such as making restaurant reservations, purchasing movie tickets, making travel arrangements, for example and other similar tasks. However, while the processing, communication, and display capabilities of mobile computing devices make such a task possible, it remains impractical simply due to the amount of information that often requires input by the user through the mobile device's data entry mechanisms. Furthermore, many interfaces for such tasks do not take into account the limited display space on mobile devices, resulti...

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Problems solved by technology

However, voice input is impractical for entering information into complex templates and suffers from inaccuracies, again handing the user over to input peripherals such as miniaturized or virtual keyboards

Thus, when attempting to accomplish tasks that require the user to enter a large amount of information, such as via the keyboard of a mobile computing device, users may often become frustrated and may seek to postpone such activities until they have access to a physically larger computing device or at least They enable physically larger data input peripherals communicatively coupled with mobile computing devices

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