DESKTOP AND MOBILE DEVICE INTEGRATION

• US 20150074541A1
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Schwartz, Daniel, Bhowmick, Arin
• Granted Patent: US 9,584,583 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/740
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

A system and method for facilitating user interface interactions between different computing devices. An example method includes providing a first user option to select a first portion of a first user interface display screen presented on a first computing device; providing a signal based on the selected portion; and using the signal to display one or more items in a second user interface display screen via a second computing device based on the first portion and one or more mapping rules. In a more specific embodiment, the example method further includes providing a second user option to adjust the mapping rules. The first portion includes, for example, a table row or column. The one or more items displayed via the second computing device include, for example, a visualization based on data associated with the first portion.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating user interface interactions between computing devices, the method comprising:

providing a first user option to select a first portion of a first user interface display screen presented on a first computing device;

providing a signal based on the selected portion; and

using the signal to display one or more items in a second user interface display screen via a second computing device based, at least in part, on the first portion and one or more mapping rules.

2. The method of claim 1, further including providing a second user option to adjust the mapping rules.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first portion includes a table row or column, and wherein the one or more items include a visualization based on data associated with the first portion.

4. The method of claim 1, further including monitoring usage of software employed to implement the method to facilitate determining the one or more mapping rules.

5. The method of claim 1, further including determining the one or more mapping rules based on one or more characteristics of the second computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, further including determining the one or mapping rules based on contextual information associated with the first portion.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more items displayed via a second user interface display screen includes a list of one or more user interface features previously accessed by a user in association with the first portion.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more user interface features includes displayed data, and wherein the one or more user interface features further includes one or more user interface controls.

9. The method of claim 8, further including selecting for display via the second computing device, the one or more user interface controls in accordance with a recency of use of the one or more user interface controls.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more user interface features includes one or more items previously marked by a user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion includes one or more user interface controls displayed via a display screen of the first computing device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first computing device includes a desktop computer or mobile device, and wherein the second computing device includes a mobile device or desktop computer, respectively.

13. The method of claim 1, further including running software on a server and accessible to the first computing device and the second computing device to render the first portion of the first user interface display screen and the one or more items of the second user interface display screen in accordance with the one or more mapping rules.

14. The method of claim 13, further including enabling functionality associated with the one or more items to enable user adjustment to the first user interface display screen, the second user interface display screen, and underlying data.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more items include a user interface control for providing a third user option to save data included in the first portion, and wherein the one or more items further include a user interface control for providing fourth user option to post data included in the first portion and illustrated via the one or more items to a server.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first computing device includes a mobile device, and wherein the first portion includes an item that is adapted to replace a preselected portion of a user interface display screen of the second computing device based on the signal and the one or more mapping rules, and wherein the second computing device includes a desktop computer.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion includes a toolbar of a user interface display screen presented via a desktop computer, and wherein the one or more items include one or more user interface controls presented via a user interface display screen presented via a mobile device and corresponding to one or more items in the toolbar.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more user interface controls are responsive to user input to affect the first user interface display screen and the second user interface display screen.

19. An apparatus comprising:

a digital processor coupled to a display and to a processor-readable storage device, wherein the processor-readable storage device includes one or more instructions executable by the digital processor to perform the following acts;

providing a first user option to select a first portion of a first user interface display screen presented on a first computing device;

providing a signal based on the selected portion; and

using the signal to display one or more items in a second user interface display screen via a second computing device based, at least in part, on the first portion and one or more mapping rules.

20. A processor-readable storage device including instructions executable by a digital processor, the processor-readable storage device including one or more instructions for:

providing a first user option to select a first portion of a first user interface display screen presented on a first computing device;

providing a signal based on the selected portion; and

using the signal to display one or more items in a second user interface display screen via a second computing device based, at least in part, on the first portion and one or more mapping rules.