METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DISTRIBUTABLE GLOBE GRAPHICAL OBJECT

• US 20160014221A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kingdom Resources, LLC
• Original Assignee: Kingdom Resources, LLC
• Inventors: Skatter, Sondre, Tolson, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/866,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014221A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

A method and system for providing enhanced intelligent agents that are moveable by a user from a browser application to a desktop. In specific embodiments, agents provide advanced interactive graphics and communications back to a server.

Claims

1. A method of presenting data to a customer or potential customer of a user, the method comprising:

providing on a display device of a data processor an interactive graphical object;

extracting from a data memory a plurality of content elements from at least one data file, at least one of the content elements conveying information related to the user;

superimposing the at least one content element on the graphical object;

presenting said graphical object in a composition accessed by an initial application, said object having state and having one or more external connections;

allowing the customer or potential customer to indicate relocation of said graphical object to a location outside of said initial application;

thereafter moving said graphical object to said outside location, preserving the state of said graphical object; and

establishing a connection between the graphical object at said outside location and a parent location, the parent location accessible by the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interactive graphical object depicts a business card, and the content element is superimposed on the graphical object in a manner consistent with the presentation of information on a business card.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising transmitting message data between the parent location and the outside location, and

displaying said message data on the graphical object.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the transmitting message data includes exchanging instant messages or electronic mail between the user operating at the parent location and the customer or potential customer operating at the remote location.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the initial application is a web browser.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the initial application is an electronic mail application.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the remote location is a computer desktop.

8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising wrapping third party content into the graphical display.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the third party content includes a video file, an audio file, or both.

10. A method of presenting data to a customer or potential customer of a user, the method comprising:

providing on a display device of a data processor a first interactive graphical object;

extracting from a data memory a plurality of first content elements from at least one data file, at least one of the content elements conveying information related to the user;

superimposing the at least one content element on the first graphical object;

presenting said first graphical object in a composition accessed by an initial application, said first graphical object having state and having one or more external connections;

allowing the customer or potential customer to indicate relocation of said first graphical object to a location outside of said initial application;

thereafter moving said first graphical object to said outside location, preserving the state of said graphical object;

providing on the display device a second graphical object;

extracting from the data memory at least one additional content element from at least one additional data file, the at least one additional content element conveying additional information related to the user;

superimposing the at least one additional content element on the second graphical object;

presenting said second graphical object in a second composition accessed by the initial application;

allowing the customer or potential customer to indicate relocation of the second graphical object; and

thereafter moving said second graphical object to said outside location, preserving the state of said second graphical object,

wherein the first graphical object and the second graphical object are graphically joinable at the outside location.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising establishing a connection between the first graphical object at said outside location and a parent location, the parent location accessible by the user.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising establishing a connection between the second graphical object at said outside location and the parent location.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the first interactive graphical object depicts a business card, and the first content element is superimposed on the first graphical object in a manner consistent with the presentation of information on a business card.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the second interactive graphical object includes text describing a service offered by the user.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the first interactive graphical object includes a plurality of grooves, and the second interactive graphical object includes a dot which may graphically snap into one of the grooves of the first interactive graphical object.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising transmitting message data between the parent location and the outside location, and

displaying said message data on the first graphical object.

17. The method according to claim 14 wherein the initial application is a web browser.

18. The method according to claim 14 wherein the initial application is an electronic mail application.

19. The method according to claim 14 wherein the remote location is a computer desktop.