Patent ID: 8407576
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for creating a situational dashboard web pages, the method comprising: creating a plurality of web-page embeddable components from multiple disparate information sources, using a standard web browser, without the need of a desktop application and not tiered to a specific web browser, by selecting a region of a web page of interest by dragging-and-dropping a re-sizable selection box over an auto generated semitransparent layer overlaid on top of any existing web page, without the need to use any other desktop application or any web browser add-on or plug-in; saving meta-data to a centralized network-based server database via a web server associated server-side application logic; aggregating, using a computer-based web server and retrieving the meta-data stored in the centralized server database, the plurality of components into Web-based dashboard pages each with a unique URL, wherein the meta data is for the dashboard web pages as well as the web-page embeddable components; and enabling a user to view and interact with multiple information components from said multiple disparate information sources, using the web browser, and to access the dashboard web pages via the unique URL.