Samsung patents smart menu sorting that adapts to how you use it
This filing describes a method for electronic devices to decide how to arrange menu items on a screen. It compares the effort required to find items using two different sorting styles: one based on recent usage context and one based on total usage count, then picks the easier option.
In the filing’s own words
An operating method of an electronic device includes: obtaining a first interaction cost consumed in a case that menu items arranged according to a context-based arrangement method are selected, and a second interaction cost consumed in a case that the menu items arranged according to a count-based arrangement method are selected; and arranging the menu items according to a selected one of the context-based arrangement method or the count-based arrangement method, based on comparing the first interaction cost and the second interaction cost, wherein the context-based arrangement method arranges the menu items, according to a value resulting from applying at least one weight value to a number of selections for each menu item, based on at least one context at a time at which an arrangement request is received.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An operating method of an electronic device, the operating method comprising: obtaining a first interaction cost consumed in a case that menu items arranged according to a context-based arrangement method are selected, and a second interaction cost consumed in a case that the menu items arranged according to a count-based arrangement method are selected; and arranging the menu items according to a selected one of the context-based arrangement method or the count-based arrangement method, based on comparing the first interaction cost and the second interaction cost, wherein the context-based arrangement method arranges the menu items, according to a value resulting from applying at least one weight value to a number of selections for each menu item, based on at least one context at a time at which an arrangement request is received.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260277399A1
- Application number
- 19678392
- Filed
- May 15, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/0482 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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