Searchable task-based interface to control panel functionality
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAndrew McGlinchey, Brett Waldbaum, Matthew Goldberg, Randall Winjum, Mark Ligameri
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method is for enabling a user to efficiently navigate to a portion of a user interface configured to support performance of a particular task. The method includes receiving from the user an input that includes a description of the particular task. A result set is returned to the user and includes a plurality of candidate tasks that correspond to the description. The candidate tasks are displayed relative to an indication of at least one corresponding applet.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for enabling a user to efficiently navigate to a portion of a user interface configured to support performance of a particular task, the method comprising:
- receiving from the user an input that includes a description of the particular task;
- and
- returning to the user a result set that includes a plurality of candidate tasks that correspond to said description, the plurality of candidate tasks being displayed relative to an indication of at least one corresponding applet.
In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display, a method of providing a menu on the display, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a set of candidate tasks bearing a predetermined association with an indication of a particular task;
- and
- displaying each candidate task form said set in association with an indication of a corresponding applet.
A display device having rendered thereon a set of search results produced in response to input including a description of a particular task, the set of search results comprising:
- a first grouping of at least one candidate task;
- an indication of a first applet that corresponds to the first grouping, the first grouping appearing, at least in terms of relative proximity, as related to the first applet;
- a second grouping of at least one candidate task;
- and
- an indication of a second applet that corresponds to the second grouping, the second grouping appearing, at least in terms of relative proximity, as related to the second applet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.