Remote Access to Layer and User Interface Elements
First Claim
1. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface of the computer system, a computer-implemented method for presenting a layer, the method comprising:
- responsive to a trigger event by a user of the computer system, activating, in the area displaying the user interface, a layer configured for the user that is separate from the user interface, thereby providing access to a group of widgets contained by the layer; and
wherein the layer displayed on the display screen of the computer system may be accessed by the user from a location remote from the computer system display screen.
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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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43 Claims
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1. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface of the computer system, a computer-implemented method for presenting a layer, the method comprising:
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responsive to a trigger event by a user of the computer system, activating, in the area displaying the user interface, a layer configured for the user that is separate from the user interface, thereby providing access to a group of widgets contained by the layer; and wherein the layer displayed on the display screen of the computer system may be accessed by the user from a location remote from the computer system display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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16. A computer-implemented method for remotely accessing a layer, the method comprising:
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accessing a user-activatable dashboard layer associated with a remote computer system, the layer providing access to a group of widgets contained by the layer, wherein the accessing is from a location remote from the computer system; and wherein the remote computer system includes a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface of the remote computer system, the user-activatable dashboard layer is activated in the area displaying the user interface responsive to a trigger event, and wherein the user-activatable dashboard layer is separate from the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer-readable storage medium having computer program instructions embodied therein for presenting a layer on a device display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface, comprising:
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a layer module configured to activate, in the area displaying the user interface, a layer configured for a user that is separate from the user interface responsive to a trigger event, wherein the activation of the layer provides access to a group of widgets contained by the layer; and a remote access module configured to enable access by the user to the layer displayed on the display screen from a location remote from the computer system display screen. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-readable storage medium having computer program instructions embodied therein for remotely accessing a layer, comprising:
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an access module configured to access a user-activatable dashboard layer associated with a remote computer system, the layer providing access to a group of widgets contained by the layer, wherein the accessing is from a location remote from the computer system; and wherein the remote computer system includes a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface of the remote computer system, the user-activatable dashboard layer is activated in the area displaying the user interface responsive to a trigger event, and wherein the user-activatable dashboard layer is separate from the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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39. A system for remotely accessing a user-activatable dashboard layer, comprising:
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a layer remote access means for accessing the user-activatable dashboard layer associated with a remote computer system, the layer providing access to a group of widgets contained by the layer, wherein the accessing is from a location remote from the computer system; and wherein the remote computer system includes a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface of the remote computer system, the user-activatable dashboard layer is activated in the area displaying the user interface responsive to a trigger event, and wherein the user-activatable dashboard layer is separate from the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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