System and user interface supporting user navigation and concurrent application operation
First Claim
1. In an Internet compatible user interface system supporting a process including a sequence of subtasks, a method comprising the steps of:
- initiating display of a composite window representing a plurality of overlaid tabbed web page windows each including a visible tab incorporating an identifier identifying a function provided by a web page associated with a particular subtask of said sequence of subtasks and wherein visible tabs and corresponding overlaid tabbed windows are sequentially ordered in accordance with said sequence of subtasks; and
initiating display of a subtask web page in the foreground of said composite window in response to user selection of a visible tab corresponding to said subtask web page.
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Abstract
A processing and user interface system supports Internet application and web page navigation for sequential task oriented processes, workflow management and user specific, customizable, interactive and other organizable processes. A network (Internet, Intranet or other network) compatible user interface system supports a process including a sequence of subtasks. The system initiates display of a composite window representing a plurality of overlaid tabbed web page (or application) windows each including a visible tab incorporating an identifier identifying a function provided by a web page or application window associated with a particular subtask of the sequence of subtasks. The visible tabs and corresponding overlaid tabbed windows are sequentially ordered in accordance with the sequence of subtasks. The system initiates display of a subtask web page or application window in the foreground of the composite window in response to user selection of a visible tab corresponding to the subtask web page or application window.
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21 Claims
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1. In an Internet compatible user interface system supporting a process including a sequence of subtasks, a method comprising the steps of:
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initiating display of a composite window representing a plurality of overlaid tabbed web page windows each including a visible tab incorporating an identifier identifying a function provided by a web page associated with a particular subtask of said sequence of subtasks and wherein visible tabs and corresponding overlaid tabbed windows are sequentially ordered in accordance with said sequence of subtasks; and
initiating display of a subtask web page in the foreground of said composite window in response to user selection of a visible tab corresponding to said subtask web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20)
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12. A user interface system supporting management of a workflow including a sequence of subtasks, comprising:
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a first menu for use in assigning individual subtasks of said sequence to corresponding hierarchically ordered tabbed web page windows; and
a composite window representing said overlaid tabbed web page windows each including a visible tab incorporating an identifier identifying a function provided by a web page associated with a particular subtask of said sequence of subtasks and wherein visible tabs and corresponding overlaid tabbed windows are sequentially ordered in accordance with said sequence of subtasks.
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16. In an Internet compatible user interface system supporting a process including a sequence of subtasks, a method comprising the steps of:
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initiating display of a composite window representing a plurality of overlaid tabbed web page windows each including a visible tab incorporating an identifier identifying a function provided by a web page associated with a particular subtask of said sequence of subtasks and wherein visible tabs and corresponding overlaid tabbed windows are sequentially ordered in accordance with said sequence of subtasks; and
sharing context information between subtasks corresponding to different overlaid tabbed web pages.
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19. In an Internet compatible user interface system supporting a process including a sequence of subtasks, a method comprising the steps of:
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initiating display of a menu for use in decomposing a process into a sequence of individual subtasks corresponding to hierarchically ordered tabbed web page windows; and
initiating display of a composite window representing a plurality of overlaid tabbed web page windows each including a visible tab incorporating an identifier identifying a function provided by a web page associated with a particular subtask of said sequence of subtasks and wherein visible tabs and corresponding overlaid tabbed windows are sequentially ordered in accordance with said sequence of subtasks.
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21. In a user interface system supporting a process including a sequence of subtasks, a method comprising the steps of:
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initiating display of a composite window representing a plurality of overlaid tabbed application windows each including a visible tab incorporating an identifier identifying a function provided by an application associated with a particular subtask of said sequence of subtasks and wherein visible tabs and corresponding overlaid tabbed windows are sequentially ordered in accordance with said sequence of subtasks; and
initiating display of a subtask application window in the foreground of said composite window in response to user selection of a visible tab corresponding to said subtask application.
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