Patent ID: 9134789
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: presenting an interface associated with an application on a computing device, the computing device comprising instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium which configure the computing device to display the interface, the interface comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer comprises first layer content and a transparent area, the first layer content comprising content from a first source external to the application, wherein the second layer comprises second layer content in a content area, the second layer content comprising another content from a second source external to the application and different from the first source, the content area corresponding to the transparent area with respect to shape, size, and position, and wherein the application is configured to provide one or more controls from the first layer content and associated with the first source to perform one or more operations on the another content of the second source in the second layer content; displaying a non-overlapping portion of the interface where the first layer and second layer do not overlap, the non-overlapping portion comprising at least the first layer content; displaying an overlapping portion of the interface where the transparent area of the first layer overlaps the content area of the second layer, the overlapping portion comprising at least the second layer content; in response to the first layer becoming active, changing the interface such that the first layer content is visible and, through the transparent area, the second layer content is visible; and in response to the second layer becoming active, changing the interface such that the second layer content is visible and obstructs a presentation of the transparent area at the interface, and such that the first layer content is visible in the non-overlapping portion of the interface.