MANAGEMENT OF GRAPHICAL INFORMATION NOTES

• US 20080270976A1
• Filed: 04/27/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Windell, David Thomas, Smith, Jeffrey John, Nyeste, Patrick Gabor, Champion, David Frederick
• Granted Patent: US 8,584,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein information is associated with a program element that is capable of being processed in a software environment generated by an operating system. A graphical information note application is executed in response to a processing of the program element in the software environment. A graphical information note that includes the associated information is displayed, in response to the execution of the graphical information note application.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture including code, wherein the code when executed by a computer performs operations, the operations comprising:

associating information with a program element that is capable of being processed in a software environment generated by an operating system;

executing a graphical information note application in response to a processing of the program element in the software environment; and

displaying a graphical information note that includes the associated information, in response to the execution of the graphical information note application.

2. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the program element comprises one of an application, a file, an event, and an action, wherein the information can be associated with more than one program element, and wherein the graphical information note includes an indication of the program element with which the information is associated during the displaying of the graphical information note.

3. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note occurs in response to a user action performed in the software environment, and wherein the graphical information note is transferred from one device to another over a wired or a wireless network.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note is in response to a series of events occurring in a computational device that implements the software environment.

5. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the executing and displaying further comprises:

analyzing one or more words included in the information associated with the program element; and

triggering the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note based on the analyzing of the one or more words included in the information associated with the program element.

6. A method, comprising:

associating information with a program element that is capable of being processed in a software environment generated by an operating system;

executing a graphical information note application in response to a processing of the program element in the software environment; and

displaying a graphical information note that includes the associated information, in response to the execution of the graphical information note application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the program element comprises one of an application, a file, an event, and an action, wherein the information can be associated with more than one program element, and wherein the graphical information note includes an indication of the program element with which the information is associated during the displaying of the graphical information note.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note occurs in response to a user action performed in the software environment, and wherein the graphical information note is transferred from one device to another over a wired or a wireless network.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note is in response to a series of events occurring in a computational device that implements the software environment.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the executing and displaying further comprises:

analyzing one or more words included in the information associated with the program element; and

triggering the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note based on the analyzing of the one or more words included in the information associated with the program element.

11. A system, comprising:

memory; and

processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising;

associating information with a program element that is capable of being processed in a software environment generated by an operating system;

executing a graphical information note application in response to a processing of the program element in the software environment; and

displaying a graphical information note that includes the associated information, in response to the execution of the graphical information note application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the program element comprises one of an application, a file, an event, and an action, wherein the information can be associated with more than one program element, and wherein the graphical information note includes an indication of the program element with which the information is associated during the displaying of the graphical information note.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note occurs in response to a user action performed in the software environment, and wherein the graphical information note is transferred from one device to another over a wired or a wireless network.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note is in response to a series of events occurring in a computational device that implements the software environment.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the executing and displaying further comprises:

analyzing one or more words included in the information associated with the program element; and

triggering the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note based on the analyzing of the one or more words included in the information associated with the program element.

16. A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computer, wherein the code in combination with the computer is capable of performing:

associating information with a program element that is capable of being processed in a software environment generated by an operating system;

executing a graphical information note application in response to a processing of the program element in the software environment; and

displaying a graphical information note that includes the associated information, in response to the execution of the graphical information note application.

17. The method for deploying computing infrastructure of claim 16, wherein the program element comprises one of an application, a file, an event, and an action, wherein the information can be associated with more than one program element, and wherein the graphical information note includes an indication of the program element with which the information is associated during the displaying of the graphical information note.

18. The method for deploying computing infrastructure of claim 16, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note occurs in response to a user action performed in the software environment, and wherein the graphical information note is transferred from one device to another over a wired or a wireless network.

19. The method for deploying computing infrastructure of claim 16, wherein the execution of the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note is in response to a series of events occurring in a computational device that implements the software environment.

20. The method for deploying computing infrastructure of claim 16, wherein the executing and displaying further comprises:

analyzing one or more words included in the information associated with the program element; and

triggering the graphical information note application to display the graphical information note based on the analyzing of the one or more words included in the information associated with the program element.