Consumer self-profiling gui, analysis and rapid information presentation tools

Abstract

An input and processing system allows user input information such as user affinity to efficiently determine user characteristics from content as well as novel input of commands such as copy/paste on a small mobile device screen among other computing devices. A client/server is also made more efficient due to the enhanced gathering of information. Also disclosed is a system for rapid presentation of information such as barcodes at barcode scanners. A system can request multiple barcodes, coupons or the like by detecting a signal from a scanner that information presented has been read.

I/We claim: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by processor electronics to:
 receive a user input point event in response to a user's input point on a display of a plurality of content rendered to a user on a display screen;   find a first item of content in the display of the plurality of content rendered nearest to the user input point by analyzing a structure of a display layout model of the display of the plurality of content and the user input point event;   in response to finding the first item of content in the display of the plurality of content, find a second item of content rendered in the display of the plurality of content which is both rendered nearest to the first item of content and is within the contents of a lowest common ancestor of the first item of content and the second item of content by analyzing the structure of the display layout model of the display of the plurality of content; and   in response to the user inputting an additional input on at least the first item of content, transmit at least a portion of the first item of content or a reference to the first item of content to a remote computing device to use the first item of content and related information to update a profile of likely characteristics of the user.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor to identify a link that references with the first item of content. 
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 2 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor to transmit the link to the remote computing device. 
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the additional input is an affinity gesture or a user categorization of at least the first item of content. 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , further comprising instructions to designate the second item of content as information related to the first item of content. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 5 , further comprising instructions that are executable by the processor electronics in which, in response to a determination of a relationship between the first item of content and the related information, display indicia on the display screen. 
     
     
         7 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by processor electronics to:
 receive an initial input point event in response to a user input point on a display of a plurality of content rendered to a user on a computing device display screen;   find a first item of content that is rendered in the display of the plurality of content nearest to the user input point by analyzing a structure of a display layout model of the display of the plurality of content and the initial input point event;   find another item of content rendered in the display of a plurality of content that is rendered nearest to the first item of content in the display of the plurality of content by analyzing the structure of the display layout model of the display of the plurality of content;   find a lowest common ancestor of both the first item of content and the another item of content by analyzing the structure of the display layout model of the display of the plurality of content;   partition a space surrounding the initial input point into at least two command zones in which a first command zone is associated to a user categorization applicable to at least a first item of content; and   in response to determining the user has moved the first item of content to the first command zone, send at least a portion of the first item of content or a reference to the first item of content to a remote computing device to update a profile that indicates one or more likely characteristics of the user.   
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to
 designate contents of the lowest common ancestor as information related to the first item of content.   
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 8 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to:
 display a visual indication to the user on the computing device display screen indicating a related information relationship between the contents of the lowest common ancestor and the first item of content.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , wherein the instructions that cause the processor electronics to determine movement of the first item of content into the first command zone further comprise instructions to:
 receive an indication of the user moving at least the first item of content towards one of the at least two command zones on the display screen;   receive a final input point event caused by a final input point input caused by the user movement of the at least the first item of content on the display of the plurality of content;   calculate an angular direction between the initial input point and the final input point; and   based on the angular direction, determine which of the at least two command zones in which the user has moved the at least the first item of content to.   
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to cause the re-display of contents of the lowest common ancestor at a location that is under the input point as the user is moving the input point on the display screen while moving at least the first item of content, wherein the re-display occurs in a first display layer which is displayed over a second display layer, the second layer configured to display the contents of the lowest common ancestor in the same location in the display of the plurality of content that the contents of the lowest common ancestor were initially displayed to the user at while the user performs the movement. 
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to further cause the display of indicia of whether the user is indicating a favorable or unfavorable impression of at least the first item of content over a space where the first item of content was first displayed as the user is performing the movement. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 10 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to:
 perform a command on the first item of content if the angular direction is not within a range defined as being within the first command.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to cause the display of a representation of whether the processor electronics recorded a favorable or unfavorable impression of the at least the first item of content after the user has finished the movement. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to cause the display of a menu over the first item of content that indicates what command will be interpreted by the processor electronics depending on an angular direction in which the movement is performed. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to assign a tag to the first item of content based at least upon a URL or URI of a website from where the first item of content was obtained. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , further comprising instructions that cause the processor electronics to assign a tag to the first item of content based at least upon other content presented with the first item of content in the display of the plurality of content. 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that are executable by processor electronics to:
 in response to receiving a user input point event caused by a user input point on a display of one or more content items displayed on a screen, find an item of content in the display of the one or more content items rendered to a user on the screen that is displayed nearest to the user input point by analyzing a structure of a display layout model of the display of the one or more items of content;   cause the re-display of the item of content at a location that is continuously under the user input point as the user moves the user input point on the screen, wherein the re-display of the item of content occurs in a first display layer which is displayed over a second display layer, wherein the second display layer is configured to continually display the item of content at a location on the screen in which the item of content was initially rendered to the user; and   in response to the user moving the item of content, causing the transmission of a reference to the item of content to a remote computer system.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 18 , further comprising instructions to:
 present an indication associated with the display of one or more items of content displayed to the user on the screen that indicates that the user may input an affinity gesture on at least the item of content in the display of the one or more items of content by moving the item of content in a predefined direction on the screen.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 18 , further comprising instructions that are executable by the processor electronics to retrieve information from a content provider computing device referenced by a link associated to the item of content.