Web View Layer For Accessing User Interface Elements
First Claim
1. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface, a computer-implemented method for presenting a dashboard layer, the method comprising:
- responsive to a trigger event, activating the dashboard layer in the area displaying the user interface; and
responsive to the activation of the dashboard layer, displaying the dashboard layer containing a group of widgets, wherein at least one widget from the group of widgets is actively executing.
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Abstract
A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user'"'"'s screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. Once the dashboard has been dismissed, the previous user interface state is restored, allowing the user to resume normal interactions with the operating system.
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24 Claims
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1. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface, a computer-implemented method for presenting a dashboard layer, the method comprising:
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responsive to a trigger event, activating the dashboard layer in the area displaying the user interface; and responsive to the activation of the dashboard layer, displaying the dashboard layer containing a group of widgets, wherein at least one widget from the group of widgets is actively executing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface, a computer-implemented method for presenting a dashboard layer, comprising:
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responsive to a trigger event, activating the dashboard layer in the area displaying the user interface, the dashboard layer comprising a web view, the activation of the dashboard layer thereby providing access to a group of widgets rendered within the web view of the dashboard layer; and for each of the widgets from the group, rendering a borderless web page that represents the widget into the web view of the dashboard layer.
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19. A computer-readable storage medium configured to store executable computer instructions for presenting a unified interest layer in a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface, the instructions when executed by a computer processor cause the processor to:
activate a unified interest layer in the area displaying the user interface responsive to a trigger event, thereby providing access to a group of widgets contained by the unified interest layer, wherein at least one of the widgets in the group of widgets was not visible on the display screen prior to activation of the unified interest layer.
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20. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface, a computer-implemented method for presenting a unified interest layer, the method comprising:
activating a unified interest layer in the area displaying the user interface responsive to a trigger event, thereby providing access to a group of widgets contained by the unified interest layer, wherein at least one of the widgets in the group of widgets was not visible on the display screen prior to activation of the unified interest layer.
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21. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface, a computer-implemented method for presenting a unified interest layer, the method comprising:
activating a unified interest layer in the area displaying the user interface responsive to a trigger event, thereby providing access to a group of widgets contained by the unified interest layer, wherein at least one of the widgets in the group of widgets is implemented in a web technology programming language. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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