Patent ID: 8881052
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for handling a widget that provides functionality to a displayable and executable mini-application, the widget including a plurality of widget attributes, the system comprising: a memory device; and a processor display device coupled to the memory device, the processor display device for generating and displaying a user interface (UI), the UI including: a dock tile defined to display selected ones of the plurality of widget attributes of the widget, wherein the dock tile displays a predefined tile behavior that defines which of the selected ones of the plurality of widget attributes of the widget will be displayed during a cycle of time, wherein the selected attributes are less in number compared to the attributes of the widget, wherein the dock tile includes a portion of the executable mini-application; and a widget dock to display and contain a plurality of the dock tiles on a display screen of the processor display device, and the dock tile being linked by a functional association to the widget, the widget dock displaying the selected ones of the plurality of widget attributes of the widget during the cycle of time, the cycle of time during which the displaying occurs is continuous when the dock tile is active and is contained in the widget dock, wherein the plurality of said dock tiles are displayed in the widget dock and each is arranged in a row only along a perimeter edge of the display screen, wherein each of said docket tiles being of a same size; widget dock controls arranged adjacent to the dock tile contained in the widget dock, the dock tile being an outermost dock tile of the plurality of dock tiles, and the widget dock controls, being arranged adjacent to the dock tile, remains in the row; activate or inactivate control indicators for display over the dock tile of the plurality of dock tiles when a pointer is detected to be placed over the dock tile; wherein the widget dock provides access to launch the widget when selection of the dock tile is detected so as to provide full interface with the plurality of widget attributes of the widget; wherein the dock tile and the widget dock are each executed by a processor.