Proactive desktop portal
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1. A data portal which comprises a. at least one server comprising:
- monitoring functionality for monitoring and downloading data accessible via at least one communications network, and selective uploading functionality for uploading at least a selection of said monitored data to at least one user client; and
b. an interface for sending to said at least one user client, said interface comprising;
input capability for receiving said selection of monitored data, and active window display functionality for displaying information of said selection of monitored data integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows.
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Abstract
A data portal for monitoring and downloading data from a data source comprising an interface application at a user client for displaying information integrally within a bar within an active one of a plurality of application windows and for maintaining the display in a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to continuously display the information irrespective of exchanging active windows. Also described is a readable storage device for storing the interface application and a method and system for viewing continuously displayed data.
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1. A data portal which comprises
a. at least one server comprising: -
monitoring functionality for monitoring and downloading data accessible via at least one communications network, and selective uploading functionality for uploading at least a selection of said monitored data to at least one user client; and
b. an interface for sending to said at least one user client, said interface comprising;
input capability for receiving said selection of monitored data, and active window display functionality for displaying information of said selection of monitored data integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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23. A data portal in communication with a user client having a screen display and a memory, said data portal comprising
a. a monitoring application which is capable of sending an agent to at least one data source, said agent being capable of monitoring and downloading data therefrom and further capable of transferring said data from said at least one data source to said user client, said user client storing said data in said memory; - and
b. an interface application which comprises;
active window display functionality for displaying information integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows displayed on said screen display, and active window follower functionality for maintaining said display in a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to render said information continuously displayable to a user irrespective of exchanging active windows.
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41. An interface application supportable by a user client, said interface application comprising:
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a. active window display functionality for displaying information integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows, said information being selected from a group consisting of externally generated data, derivatives of externally generated data, notification that externally generated data is stored in a memory of said user client, and links to externally generated data; and
b. active window follower functionality for maintaining said display in a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to render said information continuously displayable to a user irrespective of exchanging active windows. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A machine-readable storage device storing in a machine readable format an interface application supportable by a user client, said interface application comprising
a. active window display functionality for displaying information integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows, and b. active window follower functionality for maintaining said display in a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to render said information continuously displayable to a user irrespective of exchanging active windows.
- 65. An interface application supportable by a user client, said interface application comprising bar display functionality for displaying information integrally within a bar within an active application window, said information including from at least one of a group consisting of externally generated data, derivatives of externally generated data, notification that externally generated data is stored in a memory of said user client, and links to externally generated data, said bar display functionality being capable of displaying said information in said bar independently of a respective application associated with said active window.
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76. A method of viewing data accessible via a communications network, comprising the steps of:
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a. selecting at least one data source;
b. connecting to a server operable to monitor said at least one user selected data source and to download data therefrom;
c. receiving from said server, said data from said at least one user selected data source;
d. displaying information integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows appearing on a screen display, said information including one or more selected from the group consisting of said data, notification that said data has been received, and links to said data, and e. moving said display to a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to render said information continuously displayable to a user irrespective of exchanging active windows. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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92. A method of supporting continuous display of information at a user client comprising the steps of:
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a. supplying at least one user client having a memory and a screen display with an interface application;
b. monitoring at least one data source;
c.. downloading data from said at least one data source;
d. uploading said data to said at least one user client for storage in said memory;
e. via said interface application, retrieving said data from said memory; and
f. via said interface application, displaying information integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows appearing on said screen display, said information including one or more selected from the group consisting of said data, notification that said data is stored in said memory, and links to said data, said interface application comprising active window follower functionality for maintaining said display in a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to render said information continuously displayable to a user irrespective of exchanging active windows. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A system for viewing data comprising
a. a server capable of accessing at least one data source via a communications network, and having downloading and uploading functionality for downloading data from said data source and uploading said data to a user client; - and
b. a user client supporting an interface, said interface comprising;
active window display functionality for displaying information integrally within an active one of a plurality of application windows on said user client independently of a content of a respective application of said active window; and
active window follower functionality for moving said display to a new active window following exchange with a current active window so as to render said information continuously displayable to a user irrespective of exchanging active windows. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127)
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