Graphical application interface with a browser

• US 20060224972A1
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Technology Enabling Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Technology Enabling Company LLC
• Inventors: Zhang, Tiejun, Albrecht, Paul, Yang, Xiao Ping, Grimshaw, Paul, Toong, Hoo-Min D., Chiu, Kimberly, Hadzima, Joseph G. Jr., Dai, Lillian, Lu, Fenghua, Chiu, Vicent
• Application Number:
  US11/096,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20060224972A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments of apparatuses for creating graphical application interfaces with a browser, such as a web browser, are disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

means for creating graphical application-like visualizations of data using a browser; and

means for browsing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for creating comprises means for creating said visualizations without a plug-in.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means for creating comprises means for creating said visualizations in real-time.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said apparatus includes an interactive viewer window to view said visualizations.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said means for creating comprises means for creating said visualizations using user selected features.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said user selected features include at least one of the following:

color;

shape; and

/or shading of particular graphical objects.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said apparatus includes an interactive hoover and/or flyover window.

8. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means for creating said visualizations in real-time comprises means for recursively creating visualizations.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said means for recursively creating visualizations includes means creating a visualization of a sub-portion of a prior visualization.

10. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means for creating visualizations in real-time comprises at least one of:

means for editing a visualization;

means for saving a visualization;

means for exporting a visualization; and

/or means for changing settings for a visualization.

11. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means creating visualizations in real-time includes means for searching said data.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said means for searching said data comprises means for searching said data by data type and/or field.

13. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means for creating said visualizations in real-time includes means for linking to a database and means for downloading data from said database.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said database comprises a product database.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said database is stored on a server capable of being accessed via a local area network (LAN).

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said database is stored on a server capable of being access via the internet.

17. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means for creating said visualizations in real-time includes means for linking to one or more other websites and means for downloading data from said one or more other websites.

18. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means for creating said visualizations in real-time comprises at least one of:

means for linking to a patent web site and means downloading data; and

/or means for linking to a patent docketing system and means for downloading data.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein said patent website comprises the USPTO website.