Methods and systems for providing time and date specific software user interfaces
Assigneesalesforce.com, inc.
InventorJay Tanaka
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Abstract
Computer systems, methods and software for responding to remote clients with content selected based on when the request is made. The method may include selecting one or more interface components based on the time of day and/or date of the request, and returning a response including the selected interface components. The method may include adjusting the time for a time zone for the remote client and/or user. Interface components may be fully embedded in the response, or may be references to external components. Interface components may include data relating to a user task associated with the date and/or time of day, formatting information for displaying the task data to the user of the remote client, instructions for user interaction with the task data, etc.
Claims20
A method in a computer processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a remote client;
- determining a time of day for said request;
- selecting one or more interface components based on said time of day;
- and
- returning a response to said client, said response comprising said one or more selected interface components.
A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, said instructions implementing a method comprising:
- receiving a request from a remote client;
- determining a time of day for said request;
- selecting one or more interface components based on said time of day;
- and
- returning a response to said client, said response comprising said selected interface components.
A computer processing system configured to execute instructions, said instructions implementing a method comprising:
- receiving a request from a remote client;
- determining a time of day for said request;
- selecting one or more interface components based on said time of day;
- and
- returning a response to said client, said response comprising said selected interface components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.