System and process for providing dynamic communication access and information awareness in an interactive peripheral display
First Claim
1. A computer executable method of displaying dynamic information in a peripheral awareness display area, said method comprising:
- displaying to a first user a thumbnail in the peripheral awareness display area on a display of a computing device, said thumbnail comprising a ticket representative of dynamic information and a viewer for displaying the dynamic information represented by the ticket, wherein the ticket is transferable between the first user and at least one additional user;
receiving the dynamic information represented by the ticket at the computing device;
displaying to the first user the received dynamic information represented by the ticket in the viewer of the thumbnail in the peripheral awareness display area on the display;
displaying to the first user in the peripheral awareness display area on the display of the computing device summary information associated with a user-selected portion of the dynamic information represented by the ticket; and
displaying to the first user in the peripheral awareness display area on the display of the computing device more detailed information associated with a user-selected portion of the summary information.
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Abstract
The system and method of the present invention provides peripheral awareness of information to a user. Once the information to be provided is determined or specified, it is automatically tracked or watched via at least one conventional communications interface for accessing one or more conventional communications sources. Current information is then automatically dynamically provided in an interactive peripheral display which minimizes any potential distraction to the user. The tickets are sharable among users, and may be copied, cut, pasted, saved, transmitted, dragged and dropped from web pages, etc., like any other electronic file using conventional techniques.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer executable method of displaying dynamic information in a peripheral awareness display area, said method comprising:
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displaying to a first user a thumbnail in the peripheral awareness display area on a display of a computing device, said thumbnail comprising a ticket representative of dynamic information and a viewer for displaying the dynamic information represented by the ticket, wherein the ticket is transferable between the first user and at least one additional user; receiving the dynamic information represented by the ticket at the computing device; displaying to the first user the received dynamic information represented by the ticket in the viewer of the thumbnail in the peripheral awareness display area on the display; displaying to the first user in the peripheral awareness display area on the display of the computing device summary information associated with a user-selected portion of the dynamic information represented by the ticket; and displaying to the first user in the peripheral awareness display area on the display of the computing device more detailed information associated with a user-selected portion of the summary information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16)
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9. A system for displaying dynamic information to a user in a peripheral awareness display area, said system comprising:
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a display device; and a computing device coupled to a data communication network, said computing device displaying dynamic information to the user in the peripheral awareness display via the display device, said computing device being configured to execute computer-executable instructions for; displaying to a first user a thumbnail in the peripheral awareness display area, said thumbnail comprising a ticket representative of dynamic information and a viewer for displaying the dynamic information represented by the ticket, wherein the ticket is transferable between the first user and at least one additional user; receiving the dynamic information represented by the ticket at the computing device via the data communication network; displaying to the first user the received dynamic information represented by the ticket in the viewer of the thumbnail in the peripheral awareness display area; displaying to the first user in the peripheral awareness display area summary information associated with a user-selected portion of the dynamic information represented by the ticket; and displaying to the first user in the peripheral awareness display area more detailed information associated with a user-selected portion of the summary information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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17. One or more computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable components for displaying dynamic information to a user in one or more thumbnails in a peripheral awareness display area, said dynamic information received via a data communication network from one or more communications sources, said components comprising:
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a user interface component displaying to a first user the one or more thumbnails in the peripheral awareness display area, each said thumbnail comprising a ticket representative of dynamic information and a viewer displaying the dynamic information represented by the ticket, wherein the ticket is transferable between the first user and at least one additional user, wherein the first user specifies particular information of the dynamic information; a ticket manager component creating particular tickets for the particular information of the dynamic information specified by the first user, modifying particular tickets, or sharing particular tickets between the first user and at least one additional user, said ticket manager component providing a library of defined tickets for creation, modification, or sharing, wherein the ticket manager component pairs each particular ticket with a corresponding viewer for display as a thumbnail; and an information and communication component dynamically accessing and interacting with one or more communications sources to dynamically provide dynamic information to the one or more thumbnails displayed in the peripheral awareness display area. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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