COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC WINDOWING IN USER INTERFACES

• US 20140215345A1
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Naderi, Nadia, Beyries, Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 8,984,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed are implementations of methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for rendering information. In some implementations, user interface data including content capable of being displayed on a page is received. A dynamic window including one or more links linked with respective identifiable portions of the content on the page can be generated. The page of content and the dynamic window can be displayed in a user interface on a display of a computing device. The user interface can have a first state in which a first view of the page of content is displayed and a second state in which a second view of the page is displayed, where the second view is different from the first view. The dynamic window is capable of remaining displayed independent of a change of the user interface from the first state to the second state.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of rendering information, the method comprising:

providing link data identifying a plurality of links including a first link linked with a first identifiable portion of content of a page and a second link linked with a second identifiable portion of the content of the page; and

causing the page of content and a links presentation including the link data to be displayed in a user interface on a display of a computing device, each link in the links presentation being selectable to cause a respective identifiable portion of the content on the page to be displayed in the user interface, the user interface having a first state in which a first view of the page of content is displayed and the links presentation is displayed in a region of the user interface, the links presentation remaining displayed in the region of the user interface when the user interface has a second state in which a second view of the page of content is displayed, the second view being different from the first view.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the links in the links presentation are linearly situated with respect to each other along an axis of the user interface.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein one or more of the links in the links presentation have an angled orientation with respect to the axis of the user interface.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user-selected update to the links presentation;

causing one or more of the links in the links presentation to be updated to define a personalized presentation based on the user-selected update; and

causing the personalized presentation to be displayed in the user interface.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein updating the one or more links includes one or more of:

removing the one or more links, adding an additional link to the one or more links, changing the one or more links to link with a different one or more identifiable portions of the content on the page, changing a format of the one or more links, changing data of the one or more links, and restoring the one or more links to a previous setting.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a mobile device.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an update to the links presentation;

causing one or more of the links in the links presentation to be updated to an updated setting based on the update; and

storing information indicative of the updated setting on a storage medium.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the update is related to a user profile.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein displaying the page of content and the links presentation includes:

displaying the page of content; and

displaying the links presentation such that the links presentation overlays at least a part of the displayed page of content.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the first identifiable portion of the content on the page includes one or more of;

a section, a title, a heading, a sub-heading, a hyperlink, an image, and an audio source; and

the second identifiable portion of the content on the page includes one or more of;

a section, a title, a heading, a sub-heading, a hyperlink, an image, and an audio source.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein each link of the plurality of links is linked with a respective identifiable portion of the content on the page.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of the first link; and

displaying, responsive to receiving the indication, at least a part of the first identifiable portion of the content.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 12, wherein displaying the at least a part of the first identifiable portion of the content includes:

generating an overlaying window including the at least a part of the first identifiable portion of the content, the overlaying window overlaying at least a part of the displayed page of content.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first identifiable portion of the content on the page has a first location on the page, and the second identifiable portion of the content on the page has a second location on the page different from the first location.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first view of the page includes first content, and the second view of the page includes second content different from the first content.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first view of the page and the second view of the page share a part of the content.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is displayed by an application running on the computing device.

18. A computer implemented method of rendering information, the method comprising:

providing user interface data including content capable of being displayed on a page;

providing link data identifying a plurality of links including a first link linked with a first identifiable portion of the content of the page and a second link linked with a second identifiable portion of the content of the page; and

providing the user interface data and the link data via a network to a computing device, the page of content and a links presentation including the link data capable of being displayed in a user interface on a display of the computing device, each link in the links presentation being selectable to cause a respective identifiable portion of the content on the page to be displayed in the user interface, the user interface having a first state in which a first view of the page of content is displayed and the links presentation is displayed in a region of the user interface, the links presentation remaining displayed in the region of the user interface when the user interface has a second state in which a second view of the page of content is displayed, the second view being different from the first view.

19. One or more servers comprising:

one or more processors operable to execute one or more instructions capable to;

provide user interface data including content capable of being displayed on a page,

provide link data identifying a plurality of links including a first link linked with a first identifiable portion of the content of the page and a second link linked with a second identifiable portion of the content of the page, and

provide the user interface data and the link data via a network, the page of content and a links presentation including the link data capable of being displayed in a user interface on a display of a computing device in communication with the network, each link in the links presentation being selectable to cause a respective identifiable portion of the content on the page to be displayed in the user interface, the user interface having a first state in which a first view of the page of content is displayed and the links presentation is displayed in a region of the user interface, the links presentation remaining displayed in the region of the user interface when the user interface has a second state in which a second view of the page of content is displayed, the second view being different from the first view.

20. The one or more servers of claim 19, further comprising:

a storage medium capable of storing information indicative of the updated setting.