INTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE USER SPACES

• US 20090319929A1
• Filed: 06/22/2008
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Lucia, Wang, Xinlei, Fan, Cici, Zaner-Godsey, Melora
• Application Number:
  US12/143,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20090319929A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A display for multiple user spaces and corresponding activity levels is disclosed. For example, one embodiment comprises displaying a first user space including a first status representation in a user interface, displaying a second user space including a second status representation in the user interface, and changing the first status representation or the second status representation based on a change in status for the first user space or the second user space.

Claims

1. A method for displaying multiple user spaces and corresponding status levels in a user interface, the method comprising:

displaying a first user space including a first status representation in a user interface;

displaying a second user space including a second status representation in the user interface; and

changing the first status representation or the second status representation based on a change in status for the first user space or the second user space.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user space is one of a plurality of second user spaces, the method further comprising:

displaying a plurality of second user spaces in the user interface, each of the plurality with a status representation; and

changing a status representation of at least one of the first user space and the plurality of second user spaces.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a change in status is a change in reputation, the change in reputation further including at least one of representing how many views a user space receives from other users, representing how often a user space is updated, representing how many comments a user space receives, or representing how long a user space has existed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a change in reputation is represented by a change in size, a change in location or a change in detail of the first user space or the second user space, wherein the change in reputation is represented in the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising tagging the first user space or the second user space with a tag, wherein the tag describes meta data associated with the first user space or the second user space.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising filtering the user interface to display one or more user spaces having an associated tag.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an update to the first user space or the second user space, wherein displaying an update includes highlighting the first user space or the second user space.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

hovering a mouse pointer over a highlighted user space; and

displaying detailed information about an update to the highlighted user space.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising a customization tool menu, wherein a customization tool is an interactive icon that can be added to a user space within the user interface.

10. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a computing device to display multiple user spaces and corresponding status levels in a user interface, the instructions being executable to perform a method comprising:

displaying a first user space including a first status representation in a user interface;

displaying a second user space including a second status representation in the user interface; and

changing the first status representation or the second status representation based on a change in status for the first user space or the second user space.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the second user space is one of a plurality of second user spaces, the computer-readable medium further comprising instructions for:

displaying a plurality of second user spaces in the user interface, each of the plurality with a status representation; and

changing a status representation of at least one of the first user space and the plurality of second user spaces.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein a change in status is a change in reputation, the computer-readable medium further including instructions for at least one of representing how many views a user space receives from other users, representing how often a user space is updated, representing how many comments a user space receives, or representing how long a user space has existed.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein a change in reputation is represented by a change in size, a change in location or a change in detail of the first user space or the second user space, wherein the change in reputation is represented in the user interface.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions for tagging the first user space or the second user space with a tag, wherein the tag describes meta data associated with the first user space or the second user space.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising instructions for filtering the user interface to display one or more user spaces having an associated tag.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising instructions for displaying an update to the first user space or the second user space, wherein displaying an update includes highlighting the first user space or the second user space.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions for displaying detailed information about an update to a highlighted user space in response to a mouse pointer hovering over the highlighted user space.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising a customization tool menu, wherein a customization tool is an interactive icon that can be added to a user space within the user interface.

19. A system for displaying multiple user spaces and corresponding status levels in a user interface, the system with an input, a memory, and a processor in communication with the input and the memory, the system comprising:

a user space module configured to receive an input related to a first user space and to update a status of the first user space;

an interface module configured to generate a first status representation related to the first user space and a second status representation related to a second user space; and

a user interface configured to;

display the first status representation;

display the second status representation; and

change the first status representation based on the input related to the first user space when the status for the first user space is updated.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a change in status is a change in reputation, the change in reputation further including a representation of at least one of how many views a user space receives from other users, how often a user space is updated, how many comments a user space receives, or how long a user space has existed.