Manipulation of Window Controls in a Popup Window

• US 20100199199A1
• Filed: 01/30/2009
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Kumar, Prasanth, Jhaveri, Pankesh, Sudhi, Ambili, Kumar, Darshan, Achar, Govindraja
• Granted Patent: US 8,762,883 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that manipulating popup window controls. A popup window includes a presentation applet running in the popup window that collects data regarding the presentation. In order to save data collected by the applet before the popup window is closed, a control container embedded in the popup window disables the close window button of the popup window. The control container also maximizes the popup window to full screen for a more functional user interface.

Claims

1. A method for manipulating a popup window, comprising:

receiving, by a control container embedded in the popup window, a notification to disable a close window button;

calling a system menu of the popup window; and

disabling the close window button of the popup window.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the close window button is an “

X”

button of a window.

3. The method claim 1, wherein the popup window is a Windows®

Internet Explorer window.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the control container is an ActiveX control container.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the control container embedded in the popup window, a notification to maximize the popup window;

calling the system menu of the popup window; and

maximizing the popup window.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein disabling the close window button of the popup window prevents a loss of data collected by an application running in the popup window.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving, by the control container embedded in the popup window, a notification to maximize the popup window;

calling the system menu of the popup window; and

maximizing the popup window.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the control container maximizes the popup window.

7. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manipulate a popup window by:

receiving, by a control container embedded in the popup window, a notification to disable a close window button;

calling a system menu of the popup window; and

disabling the close window button of the popup window.

9. A system for manipulating popup window controls, comprising:

a popup window;

a presentation applet running in the popup window that collects data regarding the presentation; and

a control container embedded in the popup window that disables a close window button of the popup window, where collected data is saved by the applet before the popup window is closed.

11. A system for manipulating a popup window, comprising:

means for receiving, by a control container embedded in the popup window, a notification to maximize the popup window;

means for calling a system menu of the popup window; and

means for maximizing the popup window.