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Widget authoring and editing environment

  • US 7,546,543 B2
  • Filed: 06/03/2005
  • Issued: 06/09/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of creating a widget from a template, the widget to be used in a computer system including an operating system comprising a runtime engine that is part of the operating system, the method executed by a computer and comprising:

  • displaying one or more templates for the widget;

    receiving first author input selecting a template from the one or more templates as a basis for the widget;

    displaying a set of predetermined attributes for the widget;

    receiving second author input selecting one or more predetermined attributes from the set of predetermined attributes; and

    displaying, within a unified interest layer, the widget incorporating the one or more predetermined attributes, wherein the unified interest layer comprises a web view defined in a development environment and is executed by the runtime engine.

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