Samsung patents cursor that predicts your next click to save taps
Samsung describes a system that watches how you use a screen, including your mood and environment, to guess what you want to click next. When you move the cursor, the system adjusts its position so you can select the predicted item with the fewest possible taps or clicks.
In the filing’s own words
A method and a system for controlling a cursor on a user interface. The method comprises determining user context information, acquiring past usage data corresponding to the user, and identifying target contents based on at least one of the determined user context information and the acquired past usage data. The method also includes receiving at least one user input indicating a direction of the cursor and determining a current position of the cursor. The method includes identifying a target content based on the determined current position of the cursor and a direction of the cursor indicated by the received at least one user input. The method includes controlling the cursor such that the cursor on the user interface is useable to enable the user to select the at least one identified target content using a minimum number of user input subsequent to the received at least one user input.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for controlling a cursor on a user interface of a display device, the method comprising: determining user context information based on at least current session information involving use related to the display device by a user, a mood of the user, and an ambiance of an environment of the user; acquiring, based on the determined user context information, past usage data corresponding to the user, the past usage data including at least one of a navigation pattern of the user, a browsing history, and a usage pattern of a plurality of other users from a database; identifying a plurality of target contents for the user based on at least one of the determined user context information and the acquired past usage data corresponding to the user; receiving at least one user input indicating a direction of the cursor; determining a current position of the cursor on the user interface; identifying at least one target content among the plurality of target contents based on the determined current position of the cursor on the user interface and the direction of the cursor indicated by the received at least one user input; and controlling the cursor on the user interface such that the cursor on the user interface is useable to enable the user to select the identified at least one target content using a minimum number of user input subsequent to the received at least one user input.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CURSOR ON A USER INTERFACE
- Publication number
- US20260329431A1
- Application number
- 19699722
- Filed
- Jun 5, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 10
Classified under
G06F 3/04892 Physics & computingG06F 3/04842 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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