Methods for Creating, Arranging, and Leveraging An Ad-Hoc Collection of Heterogeneous Organization Components

• US 20140123032A1
• Filed: 10/24/2013
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Incorporated (Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: OrgSpan, Inc. (Genesys Cloud Services Incorporated)
• Inventors: Nassar, Karim, Lanz, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 9,542,665 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Methods for creating, arranging, and leveraging an ad-hoc collection of heterogeneous organization components are provided. In one example, a method includes the steps of displaying a scratchpad affordance associated with a scratchpad, and detecting an update to the scratchpad based on an input associated with a first organization component of the one or more organization components and the scratchpad affordance. The method includes the additional step of updating the scratchpad based at least in part on the input.

Claims

1. A method for creating, arranging, and leveraging an ad-hoc collection of heterogeneous organization components, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying an organization hierarchy application comprising an organization component view in a graphical user interface, the organization component view comprising a first organization component;

displaying a scratchpad affordance associated with a scratchpad;

detecting an update to the scratchpad based on an input associated with a first organization component of the one or more organization components and the scratchpad affordance; and

updating the scratchpad based at least in part on the input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first organization component comprises one of an organization member, a project, a calendar event, a news feed, or a file.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a notification comprising a component identifier associated with the first organization component and the scratchpad.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a location of the first organization component in the scratchpad container based at least in part on the scratchpad addition input, and wherein the notification further comprises the location.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the notification further comprises a timestamp.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the component identifier comprises a unique component identifier.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the scratchpad affordance comprises a graphical representation of the scratchpad.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the scratchpad and the first organization component.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the scratchpad container view comprises a background image.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the scratchpad container comprises a scratchpad widget.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining at least one action based at least in part on one or more organization components stored in the scratchpad container; and

displaying an affordance for the at least one action in a contextual scratchpad menu.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the scratchpad comprises a first scratchpad and the scratchpad affordance is associated with the first scratchpad and a second scratchpad.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

detecting an update to the scratchpad container associated with a second organization component; and

updating the scratchpad view to display the first organization component and the second organization component.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises a first input and further comprising:

displaying a view of the scratchpad;

determining a location of the first organization component in the scratchpad based at least in part on a second input; and

wherein the scratchpad is updated based at least in part on the first input and the location.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the view comprises a compact view of the scratchpad.

16. The method of claim 3, wherein a server receives the notification, and further comprising:

updating the scratchpad with a reference to the organization component.

17. A method for creating and manipulating an ad-hoc collection of heterogeneous application components, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a scratchpad comprising one or more application component identifiers, each application component identifier associated with an application component;

receiving an update to the scratchpad, the update associated with a new application component;

determining a location of the new application component in the scratchpad; and

generating a notification comprising a new application component identifier associated with the new application component and the location.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the application components included in the scratchpad comprise scratchpad contents and further comprising:

determining an available action based at least in part on the scratchpad contents; and

displaying the available action in a context menu.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein an application component comprises one of a person profile, a project, a file, or an event.

20. A method for creating, arranging, and operating on an ad-hoc collection of organization components, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying an organization hierarchy application comprising an organization component view in a graphical user interface, the organization component view comprising a first organization component;

displaying a scratchpad affordance associated with a scratchpad;

detecting an update to the scratchpad based on an input associated with a first organization component of the one or more organization components and the scratchpad affordance; and

updating the scratchpad based at least in part on the input.