MASTER NAVIGATION CONTROLLER FOR A WEB-BASED CONFERENCE COLLABORATION TOOL

• US 20130239013A1
• Filed: 11/13/2012
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Inventors: Desai, Sajal, Bower, Ross, Trinh, Phuc, Weller, Jedidiah
• Granted Patent: US 9,524,491 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

A conference collaboration system has a server connected to a network and configured to generate a page view requested by a client device over the network and provide dynamic content associated with the requested page view for display on the device; and a database configured to store the dynamic content, update the dynamic content in response to commands from the server, and provide the dynamic content to the server in response to requests from the server, wherein the dynamic content is associated with a plurality of services, each shown in a page view, and the dynamic content and the services are associated with a conference. The server can determine an authorization level of a user interacting with the client device and provide a page view and dynamic content in response to the authorization level, and the dynamic content is updated or created in response to or for actions during the conference.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of generating a navigation interface for a conference collaboration tool, the method comprising:

determining, by a server, a type of client device requesting a page view and dynamic content from the server;

retrieving, by a server, a plurality of services associated with a conference;

formatting, by a server, a navigation table including interactive links to the plurality of services according to the determined type of device;

determining, by a server, whether a navigation bar and a menu button are to be displayed on the client device according to the determined type of client device;

determining, by a server, whether one of the service page views is to be displayed with the navigation table on a screen of the client device according to the determined type of client device, wherein the service page view is an area of the screen for displaying dynamic content associated with one of the services, links to other services, or interactive buttons for interacting with the service depending on which service is being displayed by the service page view; and

formatting, by a server, the service page view positioned next to the navigation table on the screen of the client device according to the determined type of device if the server determines that the service page view is to be displayed.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to determine a type of browser the client device is implementing to request the page views and dynamic content from the server.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to determine a type of operating system the client device is running while requesting the page views and dynamic content from the server.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the server determines whether a smart phone, a laptop, or a tablet is requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the navigation table is displayed with the service page view if the server determines that the client device is a tablet.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4, where in the navigation table and the service page view are displayed on an entire screen of the client device if the server determines that the client device is a smart phone.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server determines the manufacturer and model of the client device requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server includes the main menu button when the server determines that the client device is a smart phone and the main menu button requests the navigation table from the server.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server includes a back button as part of the navigation bar when the server determines that the client device is a smart phone and the back button requests the previous viewed page view from the server.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the navigation interface is generated when the client device first logs in, when a new service page view is loaded, when a sub-view is loaded, when the main menu button is pressed, or when the back button is pressed,

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the master navigation controller includes the main menu button when the master navigation controller determines that the client device is a smart phone and the main menu button requests the navigation table from the server.

11. A system for generating a navigation interface for a conference collaboration tool comprising:

a master navigation controller configured to;

determine a type of client device requesting a page view and dynamic content from a server;

retrieve a plurality of services associated with a conference;

format a navigation table including interactive links to the plurality of services according to the determined type of device;

determine whether a navigation bar and a menu button are to be displayed on the client device according to the determined type of client device;

determine whether one of the service page views is to he displayed with the navigation table on a screen of the client device according to the determined type of client device, wherein the service page view is an area of the screen for displaying dynamic content associated with one of the services, links to other services, or interactive buttons for interacting with the service depending on which service is being displayed by the service page view; and

format the service page view positioned next to the navigation table on the screen of the client device according to the determined type of device if the master navigation controller determines that the service page view is to be displayed.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine a type of browser the client device is implementing to request the page views and dynamic content from the server.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine a type of operating system the client device is running while requesting the page views and dynamic content from the server.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine whether a smart phone, a laptop, or a tablet is requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the navigation table is displayed with the service page view if the master navigation controller determines that the client device is a tablet.

16. The system of claim 14, where in the navigation table and the service page view are displayed on an entire screen of the client device if the master navigation controller determines that the client device is a smart phone.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine the manufacturer and model of the client device requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller includes a back button as part of the navigation bar when the master navigation controller determines that the client device is a smart phone and the back button requests the previous viewed page view from the server.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the navigation interface is generated when the client device first logs in, when a new service page view is loaded, when a sub-view is loaded, when the main menu button is pressed, or when the hack button is pressed.