INTEGRATION OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC DATA FOR DATABASE ENTITIES AND THE UNIFIED PRESENTATION THEREOF

• US 20090210441A1
• Filed: 02/19/2008
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Prasad, Srikiran, Thomas, Ralph, Mercer, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 8,266,187 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A method is disclosed for presenting static and dynamic data corresponding to an entity within an application on a mobile device. An entity object is created as part of a data model within the application such that the entity object has a plurality of fields with the plurality of fields having static data corresponding to the entity. Based on the static data corresponding to the entity, dynamic data corresponding to the entity is received into the entity object from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device. The static and dynamic data from the entity object corresponding to the entity is displayed simultaneously within a user interface of the application in a single presentation view.

Claims

1. A method of presenting static and dynamic data corresponding to an entity within an application on a mobile device, the method comprising:

creating an entity object within the application, the entity object having a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields having static data corresponding to the entity;

receiving, based on the static data corresponding to the entity, dynamic data into the entity object from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity; and

displaying simultaneously, within a user interface of the application, the static and dynamic data from the entity object corresponding to the entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications comprises a service on a data network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one service on the data network comprises one of an instant messenger service, a telephone service, a maps service, a weather service, a blogging service, and a location-based service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising one of data from a network service related to maps corresponding to a location of the entity, traffic corresponding to the location of the entity, and weather corresponding to the location of the entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising data from a network service related to presence of the entity.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising data from a network service related to chat conversations of the entity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising data from a network service related to photos of interest to the entity.

8. A system for presenting static and dynamic data corresponding to an entity within an application on a mobile device, the system comprising a processor operably linked to:

a data entity manager configured to create an entity object within an application, the entity object having a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields having static data corresponding to the entity; and

a dynamic data manager configured to receive, based on the static data corresponding to the entity, dynamic data into the entity object from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the data entity manager is further configured to display simultaneously within a user interface of the application the static and dynamic data from the entity object corresponding to the entity.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising one of data from a network service related to maps corresponding to a location of the entity, traffic corresponding to the location of the entity, and weather corresponding to the location of the entity.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising data from a network service related to presence of the entity.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising data from a network service related to chat conversations of the entity.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the dynamic data comprises data from a source external to the entity, the dynamic data corresponding to the entity comprising data from a network service related to photos of interest to the entity.

14. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to generate a user interface on a mobile device for displaying static and dynamic data corresponding to an entity within an application on the mobile device, the user interface comprising:

an entity details area comprising a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields having static data corresponding to the entity;

a dynamic content area comprising dynamic data corresponding to the entity from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device, the dynamic data based on the static data corresponding to the entity; and

a dynamic content selection area comprising a plurality of tabs, each of the plurality of tabs corresponding to the dynamic data from each of the plurality of applications.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of tabs in the dynamic content selection area is inferred from at least one of the static data and the dynamic data.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to generate within the dynamic content area of the user interface a set of panels, each panel related to at least one of the fields in the static display area.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to move a panel in response to receiving an input from a user, the input comprising a signal corresponding to an interaction between the user and a screen of the device.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the interaction comprises one of a gesture and a touch received from the screen of the device.

19. A method of streaming dynamic information into a contact-centric application on a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving from a user a selection of a contact from a contact list stored on the mobile device;

retrieving, from a storage device, static data corresponding to the contact;

creating a data model corresponding to the contact, the data model comprising an entity object within the application, the entity object having a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields having the static data corresponding to the contact;

receiving, based on the static data corresponding to the contact, dynamic data into the data model from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device, the dynamic data corresponding to the contact comprising data from one or more network services; and

rendering a user interface generated on the device by the application based on the data model corresponding to the contact, the user interface displaying simultaneously the static data and the dynamic data from the data model corresponding to the contact.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising executing at least one of the plurality of applications independent of the contact-centric application.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein displaying simultaneously the static data and the dynamic data from the data model corresponding to the contact comprises integrating the static data and the dynamic data within a single presentation view of the contact.