SYSTEM WITH CONTEXTUAL DASHBOARD AND DROPBOARD FEATURES
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- with computing equipment having a display, displaying content on the display;
with the computing equipment, allowing a user to select content from the displayed content;
receiving a user command with the computing equipment after the content has been selected; and
in response to the received command, providing the selected content as input to each of a plurality of different applications and displaying output from each of the plurality of different applications in a plurality of respective regions on the display.
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Abstract
A user may select content that has been displayed. The selected content may be provided to multiple applications as input in response to detection of a user command such as a touch gesture. The applications may be widgets that are displayed in respective application regions surrounding a focus region. The selected text may be presented in the focus region. Each widget may produce output in its application region that is based on the selected input. A user can launch a desired widget using a swipe gesture towards the desired widget. A user may transfer the selected content using a swipe from the focus region to an application region. A user can select which widgets are included in the application regions. Displayed data items may be related to selected content. A data item may be dragged onto a widget icon to transfer the data item to an associated widget.
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29 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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with computing equipment having a display, displaying content on the display; with the computing equipment, allowing a user to select content from the displayed content; receiving a user command with the computing equipment after the content has been selected; and in response to the received command, providing the selected content as input to each of a plurality of different applications and displaying output from each of the plurality of different applications in a plurality of respective regions on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Computing equipment, comprising:
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a display on which content is displayed; a touch sensor array; and storage and processing circuitry that is configured to; process user input to select content from the displayed content; receive a touch gesture from the touch sensor array; and display a dashboard on the display in response to the received touch gesture, wherein the dashboard includes a plurality of widget regions each of which includes content generated by a respective widget based on the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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with computing equipment having a display, displaying content on the display; with the computing equipment, allowing a user to select content from the displayed content; receiving a user command with the computing equipment after the content has been selected; in response to the received command, displaying output from each of the plurality of different applications in a plurality of respective regions on the display; and in response to the received command, displaying a focus region that includes at least some of the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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with computing equipment having a display, displaying content on the display; with the computing equipment, allowing a user to select content from the displayed content; receiving a user command with the computing equipment after the content has been selected; and in response to the received command, displaying a screen on the display that contains the selected content and a plurality of widgets. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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with computing equipment having a display, displaying content on the display; with the computing equipment, allowing a user to select content from the displayed content; receiving a user command with the computing equipment after the content has been selected; and in response to the received command, displaying a screen on the display that contains the selected content, a plurality of widgets, and a region containing data items related to the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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