Graphical application interface

• US 20060224977A1
• 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: Albrecht, Paul, Grimshaw, Paul, Toong, Hoo-Min D., Chiu, Kimberly, Hadzima, Joseph G. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US11/096,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20060224977A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Embodiments of a graphical application interface are disclosed.

Claims

1. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that if executed result in

creating a graphical application interface via a browser without a browser plug-in.

2. The article of claim 1, wherein said browser comprises a web-browser.

3. The article of claim 2, wherein said instructions if executed further result in creating an HTML-based graphical application.

4. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in hiding portions of a region larger than a viewable area.

5. The article of claim 4, wherein said instructions if executed further result in said viewable area over said region changing.

6. The article of claim 5, wherein said instructions if executed further result in said viewable area changing via at least one of the following:

grabbing said region substantially in accordance with motion of an input device;

using an overview tool that represents said region;

or click and drag selection.

7. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in saving and reloading a prior dynamically created page.

8. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in autosizing an image to fit an available viewable area.

9. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in dynamically creating a magnified view of a portion of a visual display.

10. The article of claim 9, wherein said instructions if executed further result in said dynamically creating a magnified view comprising at least one of:

a flyover window and/or a hover window.

11. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in selecting from a sibling window.

12. The article of claim 11, wherein said instructions if executed further result in said selecting from a sibling window including selecting at least one of the following:

highlighting;

coloring;

shading;

blinking;

changing size;

changing shape and/or rotating.

13. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in switching between presentation formats.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein said instructions if executed further result in switching between at least a tabular and a graphic format.

15. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in displaying additional data without reloading a page.

16. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in dynamic updating data and/or code.

17. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in marshalling data between a web server and a web browser.

18. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in closing a family of windows.

19. The article of claim 1, wherein said instructions if executed further result in synchronizing display windows and selector windows.