Electronic web sticky

• US 7,565,617 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2005
• Issued: 07/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Leah, Robert, Kenna, Kimberly D., Boyles, Ryan A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton; Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Song; Daeho D
• Application Number:
  US11/163,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20070083806A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: 715/512, 715/764, 345/619
• US Class Current: 715/764
• 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

Abstract

A method to provide an electronic web sticky may include placing a web sticky icon proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky may be associated. The method may also include providing a plurality of options for selecting a web sticky type.

Claims

1. A method to provide an electronic web sticky, comprising:

placing only a web sticky icon proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky is to be associated, wherein content of the electronic web sticky is only displayed in response to a predetermined action by the user, the content of the electronic web sticky being displayed using a balloon that identifies which electronic web sticky icon is associated with the displayed content, and the web sticky icon being displayed outside of the balloon;

presenting a web sticky tool bar, wherein the web sticky tool bar is separate from the web sticky; and

providing a plurality of options for selecting a web sticky type, wherein providing the plurality of options for selecting the web sticky type comprises providing options for selecting one of a personal web sticky, a private web sticky, and a public web sticky.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a dialogue box for creating the web sticky; and

providing a field in the dialogue box to enter information to be associated with the web sticky.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

making the personal web sticky accessible to only the user that created the personal web sticky in response to the personal web sticky option being selected;

making the private web sticky accessible to only the user that created the private web sticky, an owner of the web page and any other authorized users in response to the private web sticky option being selected; and

making the public web sticky accessible to anyone that accesses the web page in response to the public web sticky option being selected.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the web sticky on a network in response to a private web sticky type being created on the web page; and

providing a link associated with the web sticky icon on the web page for only a user that created the private web sticky, an owner of the web page and any other authorized persons to access the web sticky.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the web sticky on a network in response to a public web sticky type being created on the web page; and

providing a link associated with the web sticky icon on the web page for anyone to access the web sticky.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising permitting others to add information to the public web sticky.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting on the web page a web sticky summary of the web stickies on the web page in response to activating a predetermined feature on the web sticky tool bar on the web page.

8. A method to provide an electronic web sticky, comprising:

presenting a web sticky tool bar, wherein the web sticky tool bar is separate from the web sticky;

permitting only a web sticky icon to be placed proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky is to be associated by allowing a user to click on the web sticky tool bar using a computer pointing device and to drag the web sticky icon from the web sticky tool bar and to drop the web sticky icon proximate to the selected feature, wherein content of the electronic web sticky is only displayed in response to a predetermined action by the user, the content of the electronic web sticky being displayed using a balloon that identifies which electronic web sticky icon is associated with the displayed content, and the web sticky icon being displayed outside of the balloon; and

presenting a dialogue box to create the web sticky to be associated with the web sticky icon.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein presenting the dialogue box comprises presenting a field in the dialogue box to permit information to be entered by the user to be associated with the web sticky icon.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting the information entered by the user to only other users authorized to view the information only in response to a computer pointing device being positioned in contact with the web sticky icon.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising presenting a word label to any users accessing the web page to identify a type of web sticky only in response to a computer pointing device contacting the web sticky icon on the web page.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein presenting a word label to any users accessing the web page to identify the type of web sticky comprises:

presenting to the user accessing the web page a personal web sticky label that labels the web sticky as a personal web sticky in response to the web sticky being accessible by only a creator of the web sticky;

presenting to the user accessing the web page a private web sticky label that labels the web sticky as a private web sticky in response to the web sticky being accessible by only select users authorized by the creator of the web sticky; and

presenting to the user accessing the web page a public web sticky label that labels the web sticky as a public web sticky in response to the web sticky being accessible by any user accessing the web page.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein presenting the dialogue box comprises allowing a creator of the web sticky to designate the web sticky as one of:

being accessible by only the creator of the web sticky;

being accessible by only an authorized group of users; and

being accessible by any user accessing the web page.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising allowing a creator of the web sticky to select a type of web sticky from a plurality of different types of web stickies in the dialogue box.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising presenting to any user accessing the web page a numerical amount of a number of web stickies associated with the web page in the web sticky toolbar in response to the web page being accessed.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising presenting on the web page to any users accessing the web page a summary of the web stickies associated with the web page only in response to a computer pointing device contacting the presented number of web stickies in the web sticky toolbar.

17. A method to provide an electronic web sticky, comprising:

presenting a web sticky tool bar, wherein the web sticky tool bar is separate from the web sticky;

permitting only a web sticky icon to be placed proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky is to be associated by allowing a user to click on the web sticky tool bar using a computer pointing device and to drag the web sticky icon from the web sticky tool bar and to drop the web sticky icon proximate to the selected feature, wherein content of the electronic web sticky is only displayed in response to a predetermined action by the user, the content of the electronic web sticky being displayed using a balloon that identifies which electronic web sticky icon is associated with the displayed content, and the web sticky icon being displayed outside of the balloon;

presenting a dialogue box to create the web sticky to be associated with the web sticky icon; and

generating a cookie to store web sticky information in response to a personal web sticky type being created in association with the web page;

presenting to any users accessing the web page a personal web sticky label that labels the web sticky as a personal web sticky in response to the web sticky being accessible by only a creator of the web sticky;

presenting to any users accessing the web page a private web sticky label that labels the web sticky as a private web sticky in response to the web sticky being accessible by only select users authorized by the creator of the web sticky;

presenting to any users accessing the web page a public web sticky label that labels the web sticky as a public web sticky in response to the web sticky being accessible by any user accessing the web page;

presenting to any users accessing the web page a numerical amount of a number of web stickies associated with the web page in the web sticky toolbar in response to the web page being accessed; and

presenting to any users accessing the web page a summary of the web stickies associated with the web page in response to a computer pointing device contacting the presented number of web stickies in the web sticky toolbar.