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Systems and methods for delivering task-oriented content using a desktop widget

  • US 10,503,357 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2014
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, by a computing device of a user, a content digest comprising a task list of a plurality of tasks, each task identified by the task list corresponding to one or more content items, the content digest further comprising a cover page and a menu, the cover page associated with an image configured for download by the user, the content digest further comprising a timer that indicates a time until a next content digest is scheduled to be delivered to the user;

    automatically executing, via the computing device upon receiving said content digest, a desktop widget without input from said user, said execution causing the desktop widget to be continuously run, said execution of the desktop widget further causing the computing device to display the content digest on a home screen of the computing device, said display comprising said cover page to be rendered by the computing device executed desktop widget such that said associated image is displayed;

    monitoring, by the computing device during execution of the content digest by the desktop widget, progress of the task list, said progress comprising identification of each of the plurality of tasks'"'"' completion and each task'"'"'s current progress towards completion;

    displaying, via the desktop widget on the computing device, based on the monitored progress, a real-time indication displaying visual indicators that indicate a current status of each of the tasks, said current status, for each task, indicting a real-time value that provides a task'"'"'s current progress towards completion or that the task has been completed; and

    dynamically updating, via the desktop widget on the computing device, the visual indicators based on said monitored progress, said updating comprising changing the real-time value of the current status for a task from a value indicating its current status towards completion to a value indicating completion upon the task'"'"'s completion.

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