Method and system to improve usability of a web application by providing a zoom function
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1. An interface system for a portal application, the interface system including:
- a view generator to generate an aggregate view including a plurality of display areas, each display area of the plurality of display areas being associated with a respective service accessible via the portal application; and
an extractor to receive, from the user, a selection indicating a user-selected portion of the aggregate view;
wherein the view generator is to generate a zoom view corresponding to the user-selected portion of the aggregate view.
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Abstract
A method and system to improve usability of a web application by providing a zoom function are disclosed. In one embodiment, zoom functionality in an exemplary form of a zoom tool may be provided to allow a user to freely select a desired area of the portal screen area. The user-selected area may be utilized to indicate the portion of the portal screen to be zoomed in. In another embodiment, certain areas of the portal screen area may be zoomed in.
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1. An interface system for a portal application, the interface system including:
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a view generator to generate an aggregate view including a plurality of display areas, each display area of the plurality of display areas being associated with a respective service accessible via the portal application; and
an extractor to receive, from the user, a selection indicating a user-selected portion of the aggregate view;
wherein the view generator is to generate a zoom view corresponding to the user-selected portion of the aggregate view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 23)
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14. An method including:
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generating an aggregate view including a plurality of display areas, each display area of the plurality of display areas being associated with a respective service accessible via the portal application;
receiving, from the user, a selection indicating a user-selected portion of the aggregate view; and
generating a zoom view corresponding to the user-selected portion of the aggregate view. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A user interface including:
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a portal header to identify a web application;
a tool bar displayed within the portal header;
a portal screen area to display an aggregate view, the aggregate view representing a service offered by the web application;
a zoom in control button to enable a user to view a zoom view, the zoom view being a scaled presentation of information included the user-selected portion of the aggregate view; and
a zoom out control button to enable a user to switch from the zoom view to the aggregate view. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sets of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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generate an aggregate view including a plurality of display areas, each display area of the plurality of display areas being associated with a respective service accessible via the portal application; and
receive, from the user, a selection indicating a user-selected portion of the aggregate view, wherein the view generator is to generate a zoom view corresponding to the user-selected portion of the aggregate view.
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30. An method including:
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means for generating an aggregate view including a plurality of display areas, each display area of the plurality of display areas being associated with a respective service accessible via the portal application;
means for receiving, from the user, a selection indicating a user-selected portion of the aggregate view; and
means for generating a zoom view corresponding to the user-selected portion of the aggregate view.
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