Pinable and actionable navigation breadcrumbs

• US 10,430,065 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2015
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ADP, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ADP LLC (ADP, Inc.)
• Inventors: Heasman, Nick, Morgan, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Yi, Rinna
• Application Number:
  US14/849,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075535A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

A method implemented by a computer. The method includes displaying, on a tangible display device, a pinboard including a first breadcrumb; receiving input from a user, via a tangible user input device, commanding that an action be taken with respect to the breadcrumb, the action being other than navigating to where the breadcrumb points; and performing the action, wherein the action enables faster operation of the computer by avoidance of intervening user actions.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computer, the method comprising:

displaying, on a tangible display device, a first set of dashboard pages via a web browser that displays a first pinboard comprising breadcrumbs represented as icons, wherein a first dashboard page includes a plurality of areas for serving different functions, and the first pinboard includes a pin icon and a separation bar with the breadcrumbs, breadcrumbs on one side of separation bar automatically change over time as a user or a data processing system creates the breadcrumbs over time, and breadcrumbs on other side of the separation bar are the breadcrumbs the user permanently pinned to the first pinboard;

displaying, on the tangible display device, the first pinboard including at least a first breadcrumb located within a first area on the first dashboard page, wherein the first breadcrumb is a visual representation of a first person and points to a second set of dashboard pages associated with human resources data for the first person;

receiving input from a user, via a tangible user input device, for selection of the first breadcrumb of the first person, displaying a different set of display areas, on the first dashboard page, providing the human resources data for the first person;

receiving input from the user, via the tangible user input device, displaying a first pop-up window including a list of commands that can be performed with respect to the human resources data to which the first breadcrumb points, wherein the commands include at least pin command;

receiving input from the user, via the tangible user input device, for selection of the pin command from the first pop-up window, displaying a second pop-up window including a list of additional pinboards to which the first breadcrumb may be placed, wherein each of the additional pinboards is associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of human resources actions; and

receiving input from the user, via the tangible user input device, for selection of one of the list of additional pinboards from the second pop-up window, pinning the first breadcrumb of the first person to the selected pinboard and displaying the selected pinboard on the first dashboard page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the human resources action comprises dragging the first breadcrumb to a different position on the first pinboard relative to other breadcrumbs on the first pinboard.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the human resources action further comprises:

responsive to the selecting of the first breadcrumb of the first person, displaying personal and work information of the first person, and actions in relation to the human resources data to which the first breadcrumb points.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a second breadcrumb on the first pinboard;

dragging the second breadcrumb onto the first breadcrumb on the first area of the dashboard page; and

adding data to which the second breadcrumb points to the first breadcrumb.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a selected breadcrumb on the first area of the dashboard page indicates which page from the set of dashboard pages is currently selected.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a plurality of additional breadcrumbs on the first area of the dashboard page; and

limiting a number of the plurality of additional breadcrumbs on the first area of the dashboard page displayed to a pre-determined number.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving a command to expand a number of breadcrumbs displayed on the first area of the dashboard page; and

displaying at least some of the number of plurality of additional breadcrumbs displayed on the first area of the dashboard page beyond the pre-determined number.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying both a second breadcrumb and a third breadcrumb on the first area of the first dashboard page of the first pinboard

receiving a command actuating the third breadcrumb;

responsive to receiving the command actuating the third breadcrumb, displaying a second dashboard page associated with the second breadcrumb, and automatically displaying a third dashboard page associated with the third breadcrumb in time, wherein displaying the second dashboard page and the third dashboard page appears to the user as a slide-show.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying the first dashboard page associated with the first breadcrumb;

receiving a command to change the first dashboard page to a different dashboard page; and

responsive to changing the first dashboard page, changing display of the first pinboard to highlight a second breadcrumb that appears on the first area of the first dashboard page on the first pinboard, the second breadcrumb associated with the different dashboard page.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the human resources action comprises;

displaying on the tangible user input device an additional pinboard associated with the human resources action; and

deleting or hiding the first breadcrumb from the additional pinboard.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein deleting or hiding is accomplished by either of:

dragging the first breadcrumb away and off of the additional pinboard;

or

right clicking on the first breadcrumb using a mouse as the tangible user input device, and selecting an option to delete or hide the first breadcrumb from the first area of the first dashboard page.

12. A computer comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium in communication with the processor;

a display device in communication with the processor;

a tangible user input device in communication with the processor, wherein the processor configured to;

displaying, on a tangible display device, a first set of dashboard pages via a web browser that displays a first pinboard comprising breadcrumbs represented as icons, wherein a first dashboard page includes a plurality of areas for serving different functions, and the first pinboard includes a pin icon and a separation bar with the breadcrumbs, breadcrumbs on one side of separation bar automatically change over time as a user or a data processing system creates the breadcrumbs over time, and breadcrumbs on other side of the separation bar are the breadcrumbs the user permanently pinned to the first pinboard;

display, on the tangible display device, the first pinboard including at least a first breadcrumb located within a first area on the first dashboard page, wherein the first breadcrumb is a visual representation of a first person and points to a second set of dashboard pages associated with human resources data for the first person;

receive input from a user, via a tangible user input device, for selection of the first breadcrumb of the first person, display a different set of display areas, on the first dashboard page, providing the human resources data for the first person;

receive input from the user, via the tangible user input device, display a first pop-up window including a list of commands that can be performed with respect to the human resources data to which the first breadcrumb points, wherein the commands include at least pin command;

receive input from the user, via the tangible user input device, for selection of the pin command from the first pop-up window, display a second pop-up window including a list of additional pinboards to which the first breadcrumb may be placed, wherein each of the additional pinboards is associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of human resources actions; and

receive input from the user, via the tangible user input device, for selection of one of the list of additional pinboards from the second pop-up window, pin the first breadcrumb of the first person to the selected pinboard and displaying the selected pinboard on the first dashboard page.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer usable program code which, when executed by a processor, performs a method implemented by a computer, the computer usable program code comprising:

computer usable program code for displaying, on a tangible display device, a first set of dashboard pages via a web browser that displays a first pinboard comprising breadcrumbs represented as icons, wherein a first dashboard page includes a plurality of areas for serving different functions, and the first pinboard includes a pin icon and a separation bar with the breadcrumbs, breadcrumbs on one side of separation bar automatically change over time as a user or a data processing system creates the breadcrumbs over time, and breadcrumbs on other side of the separation bar are the breadcrumbs the user permanently pinned to the first pinboard;

computer usable program code for displaying, on the tangible display device, the first pinboard including at least a first breadcrumb located within a first area on the first dashboard page, wherein the first breadcrumb is a visual representation of a first person and points to a second set of dashboard pages associated with human resources data for the first person;

computer usable program code for receiving input from a user, via a tangible user input device, for selection of the first breadcrumb of the first person, displaying a different set of display areas, on the first dashboard page, providing the human resources data for the first person;

computer usable program code for receiving input from the user, via the tangible user input device, displaying a first pop-up window including a list of commands that can be performed with respect to the human resources data to which the first breadcrumb points, wherein the commands include at least pin command;

computer usable program code for receiving input from the user, via the tangible user input device, for selection of the pin command from the first pop-up window, displaying a second pop-up window including a list of additional pinboards to which the first breadcrumb may be placed, wherein each of the additional pinboards is associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of human resources actions; and

computer usable program code for receiving input from the user, via the tangible user input device, for selection of one of the list of additional pinboards from the second pop-up window, pinning the first breadcrumb of the first person to the selected pinboard and displaying the selected pinboard on the first dashboard page.