CELLULAR USER INTERFACE

• US 20110283208A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ip Ot Sub Ulc
• Original Assignee: Open Text Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Gallo, Anthony Carmen
• Granted Patent: US 9,304,837 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

Configurations for a cellular user interface are provided. In one embodiment, a client configuration includes a viewer and a content development kit. A content server distributes cellularized content among several client viewers. Connectors in a scheduled configuration regularly acquire updated content from data sources. An integration server interfaces between the connectors and the content server for distributing content. A monitoring agent assists with content updating upon detecting source changes. A registration server enables cell content update in client viewers through the content server. Cells in the cellularized environment include a visual proxy component and a metadata component. The visual proxy component can be configured for displaying different content at various levels of detail. The metadata component enables intelligent organization and display of content through queries, channels, and data updates. In addition, procedural geometry in the cellularized environment automates the content presentation and provides a flexible arrangement of the cells.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface for interfacing with an operating system to display a plurality of graphical representations of data content from a plurality of content sources, the graphical user interface comprising:

a plurality of display cells arranged in a predetermined geometrical environment, each display cell further comprising;

a visual proxy component configured to display a graphical representation of content from one or more content sources, the content being associated with the cell; and

a metadata component for associating the content with the cell and for providing information related to the content,

wherein for a first display cell, the content associated with the first display cell is programmatically responsive to the content associated with a second display cell.