Patent ID: 8117542
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a contextually relevant user interface, the method comprising: upon receiving a selection of a first object for editing within a document, displaying the contextually relevant user interface adjacent to the selected first object; displaying, in the user interface, a first context identification control for identifying a first context of the user interface based on at least one first attribute of the selected first object; displaying, in the user interface, a second context changing control for changing the first context of the user interface to a second context of the user interface based on at least one second attribute of a second object within the document, the second control being operative to provide a plurality of available contexts simultaneously, each of the plurality of available contexts being associated with an attribute of an unselected object within the document; and displaying, in the user interface, at least one selectable control representing a first subset of a plurality of functionalities, wherein the first subset of the plurality of functionalities comprises at least a first functionality that is at least substantially used in editing objects of a same type as the selected first object.