Master navigation controller for a web-based conference collaboration tool

• US 9,524,491 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2012
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Inventors: Desai, Sajal, Bower, Ross, Trinh, Phuc, Weller, Jedidiah
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T
• Application Number:
  US13/675,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20130239013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,498 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

A conference collaboration system has a server connected to a network and configured to generate a page view requested by a client device over the network and provide dynamic content associated with the requested page view for display on the device; and a database configured to store the dynamic content, update the dynamic content in response to commands from the server, and provide the dynamic content to the server in response to requests from the server, wherein the dynamic content is associated with a plurality of services, each shown in a page view, and the dynamic content and the services are associated with a conference. The server can determine an authorization level of a user interacting with the client device and provide a page view and dynamic content in response to the authorization level, and the dynamic content is updated or created in response to or for actions during the conference.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of generating a navigation interface for a conference collaboration tool, the method comprising:

determining, by a server, a type of a client device requesting a page view associated with a conference and a dynamic content associated with the conference from the server, in response to receiving from the client device a request requesting from a database storing a record of the conference, the record containing the page view and the dynamic content;

determining, by the server, an authorization level of a user interacting with the client device in response to evaluation of user credentials stored in the database;

retrieving, by the server, a plurality of services associated with the conference identified in the record of the conference;

formatting, by the server, a navigation table that contains interactive links to the plurality of services according to the record of the conference and based on the type of the client device and the authorization level of the user interacting with the client device, wherein the record of the conference contains one or more page views associated with one or more types of client devices;

determining, by the server, whether a navigation bar and a menu button are to be displayed on the client device concurrently with the navigation table according to the type of client device, Wherein the navigation bar comprises the menu button;

determining, by the server, whether a service page view is to be displayed with the navigation table on a screen of the client device according to the type of the client device, wherein the service page view is an area of the screen for displaying the dynamic content associated with one of the services, links to the services, or interactive buttons for interacting with a service of the services depending on which of the services is being displayed by the service page view; and

formatting, by the server, the service page view positioned next to the navigation table on the screen of the client device according to the type of the client device if the server determines that the service page view is to be displayed, wherein the type of the client device is selected from the group consisting of;

a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smartphone device, and a tablet computing device.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the server, a type of a browser the client device is implementing to request the page views and the dynamic content from the server.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the server, a type of an operating system the client device is running while requesting the page views and the dynamic content from the server.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the server determines Whether the smart phone device, the laptop computer, or the tablet computing device is requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the navigation table is displayed with the service page view if the server determines that the client device is the tablet computing device.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4, where in the navigation table and the service page view are displayed on an entire screen of the client device if the server determines that the client device is the smartphone device.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server determines a manufacturer and a model of the client device requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server includes a main menu button when the server determines that the client device is the smartphone device and the main menu button requests the navigation table from the server.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server includes a back button as part of the navigation bar when the server determines that the client device is the smartphone device and the back button requests a previous viewed page view from the server.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the navigation interface is generated when the client device first logs in into the server, when a new service page view is loaded by the server into the client device, when a sub-view is loaded by the server into the client device, when the main menu button is pressed via the client device, or when a back button is pressed via the client device, wherein the main menu button and the back button are components of the navigation bar.

11. A system for generating a navigation interface for a conference collaboration tool, the system comprising:

a database storing one or more records of one or more conferences, wherein each of the one or more records contains one or more page views and a dynamic content;

a master navigation controller configured to;

determine a type of a client device requesting a page view of the one or more page views associated with a conference of the one or more conferences and the dynamic content associated with the conference from a server, in response to receiving from the client device a request requesting the page view and the dynamic content;

determine an authorization level of a user interacting with the client device in response to evaluation of user credentials stored in the database;

retrieve a plurality of services associated with the conference in accordance with a record of the conference stored in the database;

format a navigation table that contains interactive links to the plurality of services according to the type of the client device and the authorization level of the user interacting with the client device;

determine Whether a navigation bar and a menu button are to be displayed on the client device concurrently with the navigation table according to the record and based on the type of the client device, wherein the navigation bar comprises the menu button;

determine whether a service page view is to he displayed with the navigation table on a screen of the client device according to the type of the client device, Wherein the service page view is an area of the screen for displaying the dynamic content associated with one of the services, links to the services, or interactive buttons for interacting with a service of the services depending on which of the services is being displayed by the service page view; and

format the service page view positioned next to the navigation table on the screen of the client device according to the type of the client device responsive to the master navigation controller determining that the service page view is to be displayed, wherein the type of the client device is selected from the group consisting of;

a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smartphone device, and a tablet computing device.

12. system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine a type of a browser the client device is implementing to request the page views and the dynamic content from the server.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine a type of an operating system the client device is running while requesting the page views and the dynamic content from the server.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine whether the smartphone device, the laptop computer, or the tablet computing device is requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the navigation table is displayed with the service page view if the master navigation controller determines that the client device is the tablet computing device.

16. The system of claim 14, where in the navigation table and the service page view are displayed on an entire screen of the client device if the master navigation controller determines that the client device is the smartphone device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller is further configured to determine a manufacturer and a model of the client device requesting the page views and the dynamic content.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller includes a main menu when the master navigation controller determines that the client device is the smartphone device and the main menu button requests the navigation table from the server.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the master navigation controller includes a back button as part of the navigation bar when the master navigation controller determines that the client device is the smartphone device and the back button requests a previous viewed page view from the server.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the navigation interface is generated when the client device first logs in into the server, when a new service page view is loaded by the server into the client device, when a sub-view is loaded by the server into the client device, when the main menu button is pressed via the client device, or when a back button is pressed via the client device, wherein the main menu button and the back button are components of the navigation bar.