Abstract
Responsive user interfaces enable dynamically adjusting user interfaces based on device-specific aspects such as screen size, aspect ratio, display resolution, etc. However, traditional responsive design fails to account for different types of constraints of a user and task criticality of the task being performed via the UI. Misalignment between the UI design, user context and task criticality can lead to user error. This disclosure describes techniques, implemented with user permission, for dynamically modifying the layout, information density, and/or interactive physics of a user interface based on a dual-factor analysis of user cognitive state and task criticality. The user's cognitive state can be inferred from behavioral telematics. Task criticality can be inferred from semantic analysis. The information density and other parameters of a user interface are automatically adjusted based on such analyses. Such adjustments include applying or relaxing restrictions on interactivity and adjusting visual prominence of various UI elements to adjust the information density of the user interface. The adjustments can also include adjusting friction as appropriate, hiding certain aspects of the user interface, or other types of adjustments.
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Recommended Citation
Arora, Piyush; Hawker, Colby; Pai, Shantanu; Vivekananda, Ram; Yun, Wendy; and Sonoda, Jaime, "Responsive User Interfaces Based on Task Criticality and User Context", Technical Disclosure Commons, (February 09, 2026)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/9303