US 7,607,090 B2Granted

Frameless data presentation

AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

InventorsJames M. McGlennon, Paige Amato Beckum, Lisa K. Sims, Richard Omanson, Robert Schumacher, Jill Wene Cheeks

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for presenting data from a plurality of computer applications for display. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. A graphical interface control to launch execution of a plurality of computer applications is provided on the computer desktop. In addition, one embodiment of the system includes first logic configured to display a launched first computer application within a first graphical window on the desktop. The first graphical window is capable of being positioned on the desktop by a user, where the positioning of the first graphical window is independent from the positioning of the graphical interface control. In some embodiments, the plurality of computer applications includes call center applications.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A system for presenting data from a plurality of computer applications for display, comprising:

a graphical interface control for launching execution of at least one of the plurality of computer applications on a computer desktop of a user by opening at least a previously unopened one of the plurality of computer applications on the computer desktop, the at least one of the plurality of computer applications comprising a legacy application located on a remote mainframe computer;
first logic configured to display a launched first application within a first graphical window on the desktop, the first graphical window capable of being positioned on the desktop by the user, the positioning of the first graphical window being independent from the positioning of the graphical interface control;
and
a computer processor configured to execute and implement a framework for managing user-sessions and related computer applications, the framework comprising at least the graphical interface control and the first logic;
wherein:
closing of the framework of components on the computer desktop results in closing of individual applications that are part of the framework on the computer desktop;
the plurality of applications further includes a second application;
the first logic is further configured to display a launched second application within a second graphical window at a position on the desktop that is independent from the positioning of the first graphical window and the positioning of the graphical interface control, wherein the first logic is configured to share session data between the first application and the second application;
and
second logic is configured to associate a launched application with a user-session, wherein the first launched application is associated with a first session of the user and a second launched application is associated with the first session of the user, the second launched application being displayed in a second graphical window having a session identifier unique to the first session;
the second graphical window capable of being positioned independently of the positioning of the first graphical window and the positioning of the graphical interface control, wherein a third launched application is associated with a second session of the user, a graphical window of the third launched application capable of being positioned independently of a positioning of any application of the first session of the user, the graphical window of the third launched application having a session identifier unique to the second session.

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A method for presenting data from a plurality of computer applications for display, comprising:

establishing a graphical interface control on a computer desktop that provides access to the plurality of computer applications, the plurality of computer applications comprising a legacy application located on a remote mainframe computer;
receiving a first command via the graphical interface control to launch as part of a framework for managing user-sessions and related applications a previously unopened first computer application that performs a computer process;
in response to the received command, displaying a first representation of the first computer application in a first graphical window, the first graphical window capable of being positioned independently on the computer desktop in relation to positioning of the graphical interface control;
receiving a second command via the graphical interface control to launch as part of the framework a previously unopened second computer application that performs a computer process;
associating applications launched from the graphical user interface control with a user-session;
in response to the received second command, displaying a second representation of the second computer application in a second graphical window, the second graphical window capable of being positioned independently on the desktop in relation to positioning of the graphical interface control and the first graphical window, wherein session data is shared between the first computer application and the second computer application, wherein the first launched application is associated with a first session of a user and a second launched application is associated with the first session of the user, the second launched application being displayed in a second graphical window having a session identifier unique to the first session;
the second graphical window capable of being positioned independently of the positioning of the first graphical window having the session identifier unique to the first session and the positioning of the graphical interface control, wherein a third launched application being displayed in a third graphical window is associated with a second session of the user, the third graphical window having a session identifier unique to the second session capable of being positioned independently in relation to any other graphical window being displayed on the computer desktop;
and
closing of the framework of components on the computer desktop results in closing of individual applications that are part of the framework on the computer desktop.

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A computer readable storage medium having a program for presenting data from a plurality of computer applications for display, comprising:

establishing a graphical interface control on a computer desktop that provides access to the plurality of computer applications, the plurality of computer applications comprising a legacy application located on a remote mainframe computer;
receiving a first command via the graphical interface control to launch as part of a framework for managing user-sessions and related applications a previously unopened first computer application that performs a computer process;
in response to the received command, displaying a first representation of the first computer application in a first graphical window, the first graphical window capable of being positioned independently on the computer desktop in relation to positioning of the graphical interface control;
receiving a second command via the graphical interface control to launch as part of the framework a previously unopened second computer application that performs a computer process;
in response to the received second command, displaying a second representation of the second computer application in a second graphical window, the second graphical window capable of being positioned independently on the desktop in relation to positioning of the graphical interface control and the first graphical window;
associating applications launched from the graphical interface control with a user-session, wherein:
the first launched application is associated with a first session of a user;
the second launched application is associated with the first session of the user, and a third launched application is associated with a second session of the user;
the second launched application is displayed in a second graphical window having a session identifier unique to the first session, the second graphical window capable of being positioned independently of the positioning of the first graphical window having the session identifier unique to the first session and the positioning of the graphical interface control;
and
the third launched application is displayed in a third graphical window having a session identifier unique to the second session, the third graphical window capable of being positioned independently in relation to any other graphical window being displayed on the computer desktop, wherein session data is shared between the first launched application, the second launched application, and not the third launched application;
and
closing of the framework of components on the computer desktop results in closing of individual applications that are part of the framework on the computer desktop.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.