SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A CONTEXTUAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENT

• US 20140372867A1
• Filed: 06/14/2013
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CWT Digital Limited
• Original Assignee: Worldmate Incorporated
• Inventors: TIDHAR, Alon, Carmi, Eilon
• Granted Patent: US 9,639,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing a contextual user interface element are provided. A described system includes a user device configured to receive, from a remote server, itinerary-specific data relating to a particular travel itinerary and information for accessing a travel website for performing a travel-related action. The user device is configured to present the itinerary-specific data in a contextual user interface element on the user device concurrently with a web page of the travel website for performing the travel-related action. The itinerary-specific data are presented as selectable data elements within the contextual user interface element. The user device is configured to receive a user selection of a selectable data element and to execute instructions for copying the itinerary-specific data from the contextual user interface element to a form field of the travel website in response to the user selection.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating interactions between a travel website and a user device, the system comprising:

a user device configured to receive, from a remote server, itinerary-specific data relating to a particular travel itinerary and information for accessing a travel website for performing a travel-related action;

wherein the user device is configured to present the itinerary-specific data in a contextual user interface element on the user device concurrently with a web page of the travel website for performing the travel-related action, wherein the itinerary-specific data are presented as selectable data elements within the contextual user interface element;

wherein the user device is configured to receive a user selection of a selectable data element and to execute instructions for copying the itinerary-specific data from the contextual user interface element to a form field of the travel website in response to the user selection.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is configured to receive a user input requesting performance of a travel-related action by the user device;

wherein the user device is further configured to send a request for instructions for performing the travel-related action to a remote server, the request including an indication of a particular travel itinerary.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is configured to receive instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element from the remote server;

wherein the itinerary-specific data are presented in the contextual user interface element according to the instructions received from the remote server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is a mobile device configured to present the webpage of the travel website using a web browser embedded in an application running on the user device;

wherein the application is configured to generate the contextual user interface element and present the contextual user interface element concurrently with the webpage of the travel website.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the device is a mobile device and the application is a mobile application running on the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is configured to determine which of a plurality of itinerary-specific data elements to present in the contextual user interface element based on content of the web page presented concurrently with the contextual user interface element.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is configured to:

load a first webpage of the travel website in a web browser running on the user device;

present a subset of the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element concurrently with the first webpage;

navigate from the first webpage of the travel website to a second webpage of the travel website using the web browser;

adjust the subset of itinerary-specific data elements presented in the contextual user interface element in response to navigating from the first webpage to the second webpage; and

present the adjusted subset of itinerary-specific data elements in the contextual user interface element concurrently with the second webpage.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the user device is further configured to:

select one or more of a plurality of itinerary-specific data elements for inclusion in the subset of itinerary-specific data presented concurrently with the first webpage based on content of the first webpage; and

select one or more of the plurality of itinerary-specific data elements for inclusion in the adjusted subset of itinerary-specific data presented concurrently with the second webpage based on content of the second webpage.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a remote server configured to generate instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element and provide the instructions to the user device;

wherein the itinerary-specific data are presented in the contextual user interface element by the user device according to the instructions received from the remote server.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element on the user device include instructions for determining which of a plurality of itinerary-specific data elements to present in the contextual user interface element.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions are JavaScript®

instructions.

12. A method for facilitating interactions between a travel website and a user device, the method comprising:

initiating, at a remote server, synchronization of itinerary-specific data and instructions for performing a travel-related action with a user device;

retrieving itinerary-specific data relating to the particular travel itinerary from an itinerary database;

identifying, by the remote server, information for accessing a travel website for performing the travel-related action;

generating, by the remote server, instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in a contextual user interface element on the user device, the instructions including instructions for presenting the contextual user interface element concurrently with a webpage of the travel website for performing the travel-related action; and

providing the itinerary-specific data, the information for accessing the travel website, and the instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element to the user device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element on the user device include instructions for copying the itinerary-specific data from the contextual user interface element to a form field of the travel website.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element on the user device include instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data as selectable data elements in the contextual user interface element;

wherein the instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element further include instructions for copying the itinerary-specific data from the contextual user interface element to a form field of the travel website in response to a user selection of a selectable data element.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element on the user device include instructions for determining which of a plurality of itinerary-specific data elements to present in the contextual user interface element.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the instructions for determining which of the plurality of itinerary-specific data elements to present in the contextual user interface element include logic for determining which of the plurality of itinerary-specific data elements to present in the contextual user interface element based on content of a webpage presented concurrently with the contextual user interface element.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the instructions are JavaScript®

instructions.

18. A method for facilitating interactions between a travel website and a user device, the method comprising:

receiving, at a user device, itinerary-specific data relating to a particular travel itinerary, information for accessing a travel website for performing the travel-related action, instructions for presenting the itinerary-specific data in a contextual user interface element;

receiving, via a user interface element of the user device, an input requesting performance of a travel-related action by the user device; and

presenting the itinerary-specific data in a contextual user interface element on the user device, wherein the contextual user interface element is presented concurrently with a webpage of the travel website for performing the travel-related action.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

loading a webpage of the travel website for performing the travel-related action in a web browser running on the user device; and

copying the itinerary-specific data from the contextual user interface element to a form field of the travel website for performing the travel-related action.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the itinerary-specific data are presented as selectable data elements within the contextual user interface element, the method further comprising:

receiving a user selection of a selectable data element;

wherein the itinerary-specific data are copied from the contextual user interface element to a form field of the travel website in response to the user selection.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the itinerary-specific data are presented as movable icons within the contextual user interface element, the method further comprising:

receiving a user input moving a movable icon into a space occupied by a form field of the travel website;

wherein the itinerary-specific data are copied from the contextual user interface element to the form field of the travel website in response to the user input.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the contextual user interface element is presented as a variable-transparency user interface element and the itinerary-specific data are presented as movable icons within the variable-transparency user interface element, the method further comprising:

adjusting a transparency of the contextual user interface element in response to a user input moving a movable icon out of the contextual user interface element.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

determining which of a plurality of itinerary-specific data elements to present in the contextual user interface element based on content of the webpage presented concurrently with the contextual user interface element.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

loading a first webpage of the travel website for performing the travel-related action in a web browser running on the user device;

presenting a subset of the itinerary-specific data in the contextual user interface element concurrently with the first webpage;

navigating from the first webpage of the travel website to a second webpage of the travel website;

adjusting the subset of itinerary-specific data elements presented in the contextual user interface element in response to navigating from the first webpage to the second webpage; and

presenting the adjusted subset of itinerary-specific data elements in the contextual user interface element concurrently with the second webpage.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

selecting one or more of a plurality of itinerary-specific data elements for inclusion in the subset of itinerary-specific data presented concurrently with the first webpage based on content of the first webpage; and

selecting one or more of the plurality of itinerary-specific data elements for inclusion in the adjusted subset of itinerary-specific data presented concurrently with the second webpage based on content of the second webpage.