Application-specific personalization for data display

• US 8,566,693 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2011
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Jackson, Tana Christine, Cosby, Kendall J., Beauchamp, Tim B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton, Jr., Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dasgupta, Soumya
• Application Number:
  US13/079,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20120060078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 932 Days
• Field of Search: 715/201, 715/274
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A method of optimizing a set of elements on a device display. The method includes positioning the set of elements on the device display, where the set of elements includes a first set of spatial indicia, and the device display further includes a first set of device characteristics. The method also includes generating a first set of workspace configuration indicia based, in part, on the first set of spatial indicia and the first set of device characteristics; and, if desired, re-positioning the set of elements on the device display, where the set of elements includes a second set of spatial indicia, and wherein the device display further includes a second set of device characteristics. The method further includes generating a second set of workspace configuration indicia based in part, on the second set of spatial indicia and the second set of device characteristics; wherein if the device display comprises the first set of device characteristics, positioning the set of elements according to the first set of workspace configuration indicia; else if, the display comprises the second set of device characteristics, positioning the set of elements according to the second set of workspace configuration indicia; else, positioning the set of elements according to a set of default workspace configuration indicia.

Claims

1. A method for presenting graphical elements on a display device comprising:

detecting a type of the display device, wherein the type of the display device includes a set of viewable dimensions available for displaying graphical information;

based on the set of viewable dimensions available for the display device, generating a set of workspace configurations configured for positioning one or more display elements;

applying the set of workspace configurations for positioning each display element;

receiving a selection of a print preview function to present a print preview interface, wherein the print preview interface includes a printable area that displays a selected portion of a plurality of frames, wherein each of the plurality of frames corresponds to a different portion of a report that comprises the display elements of the workspace; and

wherein the print preview interface allows a user to scroll and view selected portions of the report corresponding to one or more frames of the plurality of frames within the printable area of the print preview interface and print the selected portions of the report displayed in the printable area of the print preview interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of workspace configurations is stored on said display device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of workspace configurations is stored on a device other than said display device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device includes a set of device characteristics including at least one of:

a display device resolution or a display device orientation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the set of device characteristics further includes a current task.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical elements to be displayed on the display device includes at least one of a window or a menu bar.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device is a display on a mobile client device comprising one of an instant messaging (IM) client, a smart phone, a handheld computer, or a computing appliance.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a first visible row (FVR) and a last visible row (LVR) of the report shown in the printable area of the print preview interface;

hiding rows in any frame above the FVR and hiding any rows in any frame below the LVR, leaving visible rows of the report between the FVR and LVR shown in the printable area; and

printing the visible rows of the report.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the FVR and LVR are in the same frame.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the FVR and LVR are in different frames.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing computer-readable instructions, said computer readable instructions being configured to present graphical elements on a display device, the instructions comprising:

instructions for detecting a type of the display device, wherein the type of the display device includes a set of viewable dimensions available for displaying graphical information;

instructions for generating a set of workspace configurations configured for positioning one or more display elements based on the set of viewable dimensions available for the display device;

instructions for applying the set of workspace configurations for positioning each display element;

instructions for receiving a selection of a print preview function to present a print preview interface, wherein the print preview interface includes a printable area that displays a selected portion of a plurality of frames, wherein each of the plurality of frames corresponds to a different portion of a report that comprises the display elements of the workspace; and

wherein the print preview interface allows a user to scroll and view selected portions of the report corresponding to one or more frames of the plurality of frames within the printable area of the print preview interface and print the selected portions of the report displayed in the printable area of the print preview interface.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the set of workspace configurations is stored on said display device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the set of workspace configurations is stored on a device other than said display device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the device display includes a set of device characteristics including at least one of:

a display device resolution or a display device orientation.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the set of device characters further includes a current task.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the graphical elements to be displayed on the display device includes at least one of a window or a menu bar.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the display device is a display on a mobile client device including an instant messaging (IM) client, a smart phone, a handheld computer, or a computing appliance.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 further comprising:

instructions for determining a first visible row (FVR) and a last visible row (LVR) of the report shown in the printable area of the print preview interface;

instructions for hiding rows in any frame above the FVR and hiding any rows in any frame below the LVR, leaving visible rows of the report between the FVR and LVR shown in the printable area; and

instructions for printing the visible rows of the report.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the FVR and LVR are in the same frame.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the FVR and LVR are in different frames.