System and method for providing dynamic user information in an interactive display
First Claim
1. A method in a computing system for a user interaction scheme, comprising:
- hosting a first group of tiles within a sidebar;
providing for the addition of one or more tiles to or from said side bar, resulting in a second group of tiles; and
shrinking said second group of tiles to fit within said sidebar.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment to present and provide access to information that a user cares about. A scheme is provided for presenting frequently used controls and information in tiles within a sidebar. Tiles are hosted individually or in groups, within a sidebar, for interaction by a user. Tiles can be added or removed from the sidebar automatically or by user request. The present invention is further directed to a method for providing a scaleable and useable preview of tiles within a sidebar. Further still, the present invention is directed to maintaining an overflow area of icons for tiles that would not fit within the sidebar. The sidebar has content that dynamically adjusts in response to the addition, expansion, squishing or removal of tiles. Even Further, a user can customize the sidebar of the present invention.
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60 Claims
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1. A method in a computing system for a user interaction scheme, comprising:
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hosting a first group of tiles within a sidebar;
providing for the addition of one or more tiles to or from said side bar, resulting in a second group of tiles; and
shrinking said second group of tiles to fit within said sidebar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method in a computing environment for providing information to a user, comprising:
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providing a plurality of tiles in a sidebar;
providing an overflow area; and
populating said overflow are with icons that represent one or more tiles that have been bumped from said sidebar. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method in a computing system for a user interaction scheme, comprising:
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hosting a first group of tiles within a sidebar;
providing for the addition or removal of one or more tiles to or from said side bar, resulting in a second group of tiles; and
shrinking said second group of tiles to fit within said sidebar. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53)
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52. A system for providing user access to a variety of informational items, comprising:
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a sidebar;
a plurality of tiles; and
an overflow area;
wherein said sidebar contains said plurality of tiles and said overflow area;
wherein one or more icons are placed in said overflow area to represent one or more tiles, when there is more viewable area needed to display said plurality of tiles than what is available within the sidebar; and
wherein said plurality of tiles and icons are accessible to a user. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A computing system having computer executable instructions for performing, a method for a user interaction scheme, the method comprising:
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hosting a first group of tiles within a sidebar;
providing for the addition or removal of one or more tiles to or from said side bar, resulting in a second group of tiles; and
shrinking said second group of tiles to fit within said sidebar.
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59. A user interface embodied on a computer readable medium and executable on a computer, comprising:
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a sidebar area displaying one or more tiles; and
an overflow area for icons representing tiles that have been removed from said sidebar area.
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60. A computer-implemented method for execution in a graphical user interface environment for user interaction, comprising:
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presenting on the graphical user interface a first group of tiles within a sidebar;
providing for the addition of one or more tiles to said sidebar, resulting in a second group of tiles;
shrinking said second group of tiles to fit within said sidebar if there is insufficient display area within said sidebar for default sized tiles;
presenting on the graphical user interface an overflow area for icons that represent tiles that have been moved out of said sidebar.
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