System and Method for Automatically Updating a Widget on a Desktop

• US 20080040681A1
• Filed: 08/13/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canvas Technology, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canvas Technology, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Synstelien, Don, Ayers, Michael, Edwards, Jesse, Spitzka, Frank
• Application Number:
  US11/837,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20080040681A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for automatically updating a widget on desktop. The system includes a receiving module that receives widget data from a desktop application and a version determination module that determines if the widget being launched is the most current. In addition, the system includes a download module that downloads at least one component for the widget if a newer version is available. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for automatically updating a widget on desktop. The method operates by receiving widget data from a desktop application, determining if the widget being launched is the most current, and downloading at least one component for the widget if a newer version is available.

Claims

1. A system for automatically updating a widget, comprising:

means for receiving widget data from a desktop application;

means for determining if the widget being launched is the most current; and

means for downloading at least one component for the widget if a newer version is available.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for activating the widget.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for verifying that the widget is available for download.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for verifying that the widget is on the server.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the component downloading means further comprises means for downloading a URL to the remote device.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprises means for transmitting a listing of trusted domains to the desktop application when the desktop application requests the current listing of trusted domains.

7. A system for automatically updating a widget, comprising:

a receiving module that receives widget data from a desktop application;

a version determination module that determines if the widget being launched is the most current; and

a download module that downloads at least one component for the widget if a newer version is available.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising activate module that activates the widget.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising a verification module that verifies the widget is available for download.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising a verification module that verifies that the widget is on the server.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the downloading module further comprises means for downloading a URL to the remote device.

12. The system of claim 7, further comprising a transmission module that transmits a listing of trusted domains to the desktop application when the desktop application requests the current listing of trusted domains.

13. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

receiving widget data from a desktop application;

determining if the widget being launched is the most current; and

downloading at least one component for the widget if a newer version is available.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising activating the widget.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising verifying that the widget is available for download.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising verifying that the widget is on the server.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising downloading a URL to the remote device.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising transmitting a listing of trusted domains when the desktop application requests the current listing of trusted domains.