Window overlay for online collaboration platform

• US 8,060,828 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2008
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Griffith, Petra, Jones, Claude, Barlok, Todd, Malepati, Naga Viswanathan, Crampton, Matthew Catrow, Nieters, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): BECKER, SHASHI KAMALA
• Application Number:
  US12/189,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20100037305A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,194 Days
• Field of Search: 715/745, 715/738, 715/751, 715/879, 715/780, 715/781, 715/803
• US Class Current: 715/745
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform maintains an account that includes data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the platform. When the platform receives a login that identifies a user as having access rights to the account, the platform displays a view that includes a window displaying data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window. The toolbar includes a tab. When the user clicks on the tab, the platform displays a tabbed window that includes a list of the informational messages, regardless of whether an informational message on the list has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account. The platform locates the window contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order.

Claims

1. Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution and when executed operable to:

receive a login that identifies a user as a user allowed access to an account maintained by an online advertising management platform, wherein the account comprises data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the online advertising management platform;

display a view in a graphical user interface including a window displaying some or all of the data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window, wherein the toolbar further comprises a labeled tab;

display a tabbed window after the user clicks the labeled tab, wherein the tabbed window includes a list of each informational message which relates to the displayed data and which has not been dismissed by the user and wherein the ordered list visually emphasizes each information message which the user has not read, regardless of whether the informational message has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account;

display a control in the tabbed window, wherein the control allows the user to navigate to a view that lists informational messages for all accounts to which the user has access; and

locate the tabbed window contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order so that the user can see both the tabbed window and the view at the same time.

2. The encoded logic of claim 1, wherein each of the informational messages in the list is an alert that describes an exception to a regular workflow for the account.

3. The encoded logic of claim 1, wherein each of the informational messages in the list is a tip that describes a recommended action or practice for a workflow for the account.

4. The encoded logic of claim 1, wherein the toolbar further comprises a textbox which allows the user to search for data relating to all accounts to which the user has access.

5. The encoded logic of claim 1, wherein the list is ordered.

6. The encoded logic of claim 5, wherein the list is ordered on the basis of priority.

7. The encoded logic of claim 6, wherein priority is determined by significance with respect to dollar amount in absolute or relative terms.

8. The encoded logic of claim 5, wherein the list is ordered on the basis of recentness.

9. The encoded logic of claim 1, wherein the advertising comprises online display advertising.

10. The encoded logic of claim 1, wherein the visual emphasis comprises highlighting in bold a description of the informational message.

11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a login that identifies a user as a user allowed access to an account maintained by an online advertising management platform, wherein the account comprises data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the online advertising management platform;

displaying a view in a graphical user interface including a window displaying some or all of the data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window, wherein the toolbar further comprises a labeled tab;

displaying a tabbed window after the user clicks the labeled tab, wherein the tabbed window includes an ordered list of each informational message which relates to the displayed data and which has not been dismissed by the user and wherein the ordered list visually emphasizes each information message which the user has not read, regardless of whether the informational message has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account;

displaying a control in the tabbed window, wherein the control allows the user to navigate to a view that lists informational messages for all accounts to which the user has access; and

locating the tabbed window contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order so that the user can see both the tabbed window and the view at the same time wherein each operation of the method is executed by one or more processors.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein each of the informational messages in the list is an alert that describes an exception to a regular workflow for the account.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein each of the informational messages in the list is a tip that describes a recommended action or practice for a workflow for the account.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the toolbar further comprises a textbox which allows the user to search for data relating to all accounts to which the user has access.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the list is ordered on the basis of priority.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein priority is determined by significance with respect to dollar amount in absolute or relative terms.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the list is ordered on the basis of recentness.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the advertising comprises online display advertising.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the visual emphasis comprises highlighting in bold a description of the informational message.

20. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a login that identifies a user as a user allowed access to an account maintained by an online advertising management platform, wherein the account comprises data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the online advertising management platform;

displaying a view in a graphical user interface including a window displaying some or all of the data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window, wherein the toolbar further comprises a labeled tab;

displaying a tabbed window after the user clicks the labeled tab, wherein the tabbed window includes an ordered list of each informational message which relates to the displayed data and which has not been dismissed by the user, regardless of whether the informational message has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account; and

locating the tabbed window contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order so that the user can see both the tabbed window and the view at the same time wherein each operation of the method is executed by one or more processors.