Mobile widget dashboard
AssigneeSnac, Inc.
InventorsMark Caron, Tony Costa
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for the display of information on a mobile device that overcomes the difficulties such as the small screen size. The information is displayed via widgets having multiple levels of display and interaction. At a first dashboard level the widgets may be represented by live icons that have an information display area capable of displaying a first level of information relevant to said widget while remaining in iconic form. User interaction with the widget may result in multiple levels of data being aggregated and displayed by the widget in multiple levels of screens. The widgets may also display advertising, that may be targeted, in, for instance, a banner.
Claims30
A method of displaying information, comprising:
- displaying a dashboard layer on a mobile device, said dashboard layer comprising at least one live icon, said live icon being indicative of a widget and having an information display area;
- aggregating a first level of information relevant to said widget;
- and,
- configuring said information display area of said live icon to display at least some of said aggregated first level of information.
A system comprising:
- means for displaying a dashboard layer on a mobile device, said dashboard layer comprising at least one live icon, said live icon being indicative of a widget and having an information display area;
- means for aggregating a first level of information relevant to said widget;
- and,
- means for configuring said information display area of said live icon to display at least some of said aggregated first level of information.
A computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for:
- displaying a dashboard layer on a mobile device, said dashboard layer comprising at least one live icon, said live icon being indicative of a widget and having an information display area;
- aggregating a first level of information relevant to said widget;
- and,
- configuring said information display area of said live icon to display at least some of said aggregated first level of information.
A computing device comprising:
- a computer-readable medium comprising instructions for:
- displaying a dashboard layer on a mobile device, said dashboard layer comprising at least one live icon, said live icon being indicative of a widget and having an information display area;
- aggregating a first level of information relevant to said widget;
- and,
- configuring said information display area of said live icon to display at least some of said aggregated first level of information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.