Patent ID: 9645705
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: executing, by a user computing device, one of a plurality of software applications included in a suite of software applications developed by a single service provider and installed on the user computing device, the suite of software applications comprising a destination software application, an additional destination software application, and an umbrella software application that provides links to the destination software application and the additional destination software application, the one of the plurality of software applications including an application menu hierarchy that comprises a primary menu level, a secondary menu level, and a tertiary menu level; providing, by the user computing device to display as directed by the one of the plurality of software applications, a graphical user interface window view that includes detecting, by the user computing device and within the footer bar, a user selection of a menu option included in the first set of menu options included in the first application menu associated with the primary menu level; providing, by the user computer device to display within the header bar and in response to the detecting of the user selection of the menu option, a second set of graphics that represent a second set of menu options included in a second application menu associated with the secondary menu level; detecting, by the user computing device, a user selection of the persistent link in the fixed segment of the footer bar; linking, by the computing device in response to the user selection of the persistent link and when the one of the plurality of software applications executing is the destination software application, the destination software application to the umbrella software application by launching the umbrella software application included in the suite of software applications; and providing, by the user computing device to display within the third navigation control section and in response to the detecting of the user selection of the persistent link, the graphical user interface window view that includes a first row of graphics representing a plurality of menu options associated with the destination software application included in the suite of software applications and a second row of graphics representing a plurality of menu options associated with the additional destination software application included in the suite of software applications.