Patent ID: 8527891
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to enable user interactions between user interface components, the apparatus comprising: an initial event module configured to detect an initial user input event to a graphical user interface (“GUI”), the initial user input event associated with a user interaction between a source user interface component displayed in the GUI and a target user interface component displayed in the GUI, the source user interface component and the target user interface component occupying separate event domains; a transparent component module configured to place a transparent user interface component over the target user interface component in response to the initial user input event, the transparent user interface component occupying the same event domain as the source user interface component; an interaction event module configured to detect an interaction user input event to the transparent user interface component, the interaction user input event continuing the user interaction between the source user interface component and the target user interface component; and an interaction communication module configured to communicate information of the user interaction to the target user interface component using a communications channel supported by the target user interface component, wherein at least a portion of the initial event module, the transparent component module, the interaction event module, and the interaction communication module comprise one or more of hardware and executable code, the computer readable program code stored on one or more computer readable non-transitory storage media.