System for enhancing user efficiency in initiating sequence of data processing system user inputs using calculated probability of user executing selected sequences of user inputs

摘要

A method and system in a data processing system for enhancing user efficiency in initiating a sequence of data processing system user inputs. Within the data processing system, data processing system stimulus events are identified and stored in a data base. Each sequence of data processing system user inputs which occurs in response to a subsequent occurrence of the identified stimulus event is also stored in the data base. The probability of an occurrence of a selected sequence of data processing system user inputs in response to a subsequent occurrence of the stimulus event is then calculated, utilizing the data base of stored sequences of data processing system user inputs. Upon subsequent recognition of a data processing system stimulus event, one or more selected sequences of data processing system user inputs are identified and displayed, along with an indicated probability of a user executing each identified sequence of data processing system user inputs. Thereafter, in response to a user input, a selected one of the identified sequences of data processing system user inputs may be automatically initiated, thereby enhancing a user's efficiency in performing a sequence of data processing system inputs within said data processing system.