Method and Apparatus for Widget Container/Widget Tracking and Metadata Manipulation
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1. A method, comprising:
- sending an instance of a widget container to a widget-container processing device in response to a first instance of a reference to the widget container being accessed from a first processor-readable vehicle, the first instance of the reference including a pointer to the widget container and a first placement identifier, the first placement identifier being used to uniquely identify the first instance of the reference included in the first processor-readable vehicle, the widget container being a procedural software framework including a widget reference and a placement service module; and
producing a second placement identifier in response to the placement service module being used to request that a second instance of the reference derived from the first reference be included in a second processor-readable vehicle, the second placement identifier being used to uniquely identify the second instance of the reference in the second processor-readable vehicle, the second placement identifier and the pointer to the widget container being included in the second instance of the reference.
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Abstract
A method includes generating a widget container configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget container being accessed from a processor-readable vehicle. Parentage information is produced by associating a first instance of a reference to the widget container with a second instance of the reference to the widget container based on the first instance of the reference being derived from the second instance of the reference.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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sending an instance of a widget container to a widget-container processing device in response to a first instance of a reference to the widget container being accessed from a first processor-readable vehicle, the first instance of the reference including a pointer to the widget container and a first placement identifier, the first placement identifier being used to uniquely identify the first instance of the reference included in the first processor-readable vehicle, the widget container being a procedural software framework including a widget reference and a placement service module; and producing a second placement identifier in response to the placement service module being used to request that a second instance of the reference derived from the first reference be included in a second processor-readable vehicle, the second placement identifier being used to uniquely identify the second instance of the reference in the second processor-readable vehicle, the second placement identifier and the pointer to the widget container being included in the second instance of the reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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generating a widget container configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget container being accessed from a processor-readable vehicle; and producing parentage information by associating a first instance of a reference to the widget container with a second instance of the reference to the widget container based on the first instance of the reference being derived from the second instance of the reference. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving a metadata parameter value associated with a first widget, the metadata parameter value being retrieved from a metadata database in response to a service module of a widget container being accessed at a widget-container processing device, the widget container being a procedural software framework including a reference to the first widget and the service module; and associating the metadata parameter value associated with the first widget with a metadata parameter value of a second widget, the first widget being a different content type than the second widget. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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receiving a request to send a widget container over a network to a widget-container processing device, the request being defined in response to an instance of a reference to the widget container being accessed at the widget-container processing device from a processor-readable vehicle, the request including a unique placement identifier used to identify the instance of the reference, the widget container being a procedural software framework including a reference to a widget, the widget being at least one of a media object, a static data object, or a software object; retrieving a widget-container viewer metadata parameter value associated with a widget-container viewer and the unique placement identifier received in the request; and modifying the widget container based on the widget-container viewer metadata parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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