ELECTRONIC WEB STICKY

• US 20070083806A1
• Filed: 10/06/2005
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Leah, Robert, Boyles, Ryan, Kenna, Kimberly
• Granted Patent: US 7,565,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• 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

A method to provide an electronic web sticky may include placing a web sticky icon proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky may be associated. The method may also include providing a plurality of options for selecting a web sticky type.

Claims

1. A method to provide an electronic web sticky, comprising:

placing a web sticky icon proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky is to be associated; and

providing a plurality of options for selecting a web sticky type.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a dialogue box for creating the web sticky; and

providing a field in the dialogue box to enter information to be associated with the web sticky.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the plurality of options for selecting the web sticky type comprises providing options for selecting one of a personal web sticky, a private web sticky, and a public web sticky.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

making the personal web sticky accessible to only the user that created the personal web sticky in response to the personal web sticky option being selected;

making the private web sticky accessible to only the user that created the private web sticky, an owner of the web page and any other authorized users in response to the private web sticky option being selected; and

making the public web sticky accessible to anyone that accesses the web page in response to the public web sticky option being selected.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a cookie to store information associated with the web sticky in response to a personal web sticky type being created on the web page; and

storing the cookie in association with a local host that created the personal web sticky.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing information associated with the web sticky on a network in response to a private web sticky type being created on the web page; and

providing a link associated with the web sticky icon on the web page for only a user that created the private web sticky, an owner of the web page and any other authorized persons to access the information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing information associated with the web sticky on a network in response to a public web sticky type being created on the web page; and

providing a link associated with the web sticky icon on the web page for anyone to access the information.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising permitting others to add information to the public web sticky.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a web sticky summary in response to activating a predetermined feature associated with the web page.

10. A system to provide an electronic web sticky, comprising:

a web sticky application operable on a processor for a user to place a web sticky icon proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky is to be associated; and

a plurality of options presentable to a user by the web sticky application for selecting a web sticky type.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of options for selecting a web sticky type comprise:

a personal web sticky option;

a private web sticky option; and

a public web sticky option.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising a data structure to generate a cookie to store information associated with the web sticky in response to a private web sticky type being created on the web page.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a link being provided in association with the web sticky icon for only a user that created the web sticky, an owner of the web page and any other authorized persons to access information associated with the web sticky in response to a private web sticky being created on the web page.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising a link being provided in association with the web sticky icon for anyone to access information associated with the web sticky in response to a public web sticky being created on the web page.

15. A computer program product to provide an electronic web sticky, the computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therein, the computer usable medium comprising;

computer usable program code configured to facilitate placing a web sticky icon proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky is to be associated; and

computer usable program code configured to provide a plurality of options for selecting a web sticky type.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code configured to provide options for selecting one of a personal web sticky, a private web sticky, and a public web sticky.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code configured to generate a cookie to store information associated with the web sticky in response to a personal web sticky type being created on the web page.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to store information associated with the web sticky on a network in response to a private web sticky type being created on the web page; and

computer usable program code configured to provide a link associated with the web sticky icon on the web page for only a user that created the private web sticky, an owner of the web page and any other authorized persons to access the information.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to store information associated with the web sticky on a network in response to a public web sticky type being created on the web page; and

computer usable program code configured to provide a link associated with the web sticky icon on the web page for anyone to access the information.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer usable program code configured to make a personal web sticky accessible to only a user that created the personal web sticky in response to a personal web sticky option being selected;

computer usable program code configured to make a private web sticky accessible to only the user that created the private web sticky, an owner of the web page and any other authorized users in response to a private web sticky option being selected; and

computer usable program code configured to make a public web sticky accessible to anyone that accesses the web page in response to a public web sticky option being selected.