INTEGRATED, CONTEXT PASSING USER DISPLAY

• US 20140082551A1
• Filed: 11/25/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Refinitiv US Organization, LLC (Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Reuters Global Resources
• Inventors: James, Harry G.
• Granted Patent: US 10,963,120 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• 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

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided to facilitate an integrated display of information to a user. According to some embodiments, a first service and a second service may be registered with a registry. The information stored in the registry might include, for example, indications that the first and/or second services are to receive data from disparate remote sources. According to some embodiments, placement information is received from a user to lay out the first and second services within a pane of an application. Moreover, information from the remote sources may be displayed to the user within the pane.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing a first service on a non-transitory computer readable data storage of a remote display management server registry, the first service configured to receive data from a first remote data source;

storing a second service on the data storage of the remote display management server registry, the second service configured to receive data from a second remote source, the second remote source being independent of the first remote data source;

receiving, from a user of a first user device, layout information relating to a default placement of a windowed display of the first service and a windowed display of a second service within a pane of a display application;

storing the layout information on the data storage of the remote display management server registry; and

displaying data received from the first remote data source and the second remote data source on the first user device using the layout information stored on the data storage of the remote display management registry.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display application is associated with a contact information application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said receiving is performed via a graphical user interface tool bar component added to the contact information application, and said displaying is performed via a contact information display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data storage further includes an indication that the first service is to publish data.

5. The method of claim 1, further including receiving context information input by the user and displaying data from the first remote data source and that second remote data source that is associated with the context information.

6. A remote display management server, comprising:

a communication port adapted to exchange data via a network; and

a processor coupled to the communication port, wherein the processor is configured to;

store a first service on a non-transitory computer readable data storage of the remote display management server, the first service configured to receive data from a first remote data source;

store a second service on the data storage of the remote display management server registry, the second service configured to receive data from a second remote source, the second remote source being independent of the first remote data source;

receive, from a user of a first user device, layout information relating to a default placement of a windowed display of the first service and a windowed display of a second service within a pane of a display application;

store the layout information on the data storage of the remote display management server registry; and

display data received from the first remote data source and the second remote data source on the first user device using the layout information stored on the data storage of the remote display management registry.

7. The display management server of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to store both an operating system registry and user role information.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions adapted to be executed by a processor of a user device to perform a method, the method comprising:

storing a first service on a non-transitory computer readable data storage of a remote display management server registry, the first service configured to receive data from a first remote data source;

storing a second service on the data storage of the remote display management server registry, the second service configured to receive data from a second remote source, the second remote source being independent of the first remote data source;

receiving, from a user of a first user device, layout information relating to a default placement of a windowed display of the first service and a windowed display of a second service within a pane of a display application;

storing the layout information on the data storage of the remote display management server registry; and

displaying data received from the first remote data source and the second remote data source on the first user device using the layout information stored on the data storage of the remote display management registry.