Patent ID: 8924869

Claim:
A widget service system for defining and delivering a user modifiable visual element, the system comprising: a data storage system comprising a computer processor configured to store visual element defining data in a data storage, the data comprising: image data including a base image component and other image components; user-defined data including alphanumeric data representing information to be conveyed in the defined visual elements; and real-time data indicative of current conditions; a client definition interface configured to receive input from a client computing device indicative of a user selection of at least some of the image data, the user-defined data, and the real-time data to be associated with the visual element; a generation module configured to generate the visual element based on the user-selected visual element defining data; and a network interface module configured to receive requests from the client computing device related to the generated visual element, and send the generated visual element that is responsive to the request, wherein the system is operative to define and deliver to the client computing device independent of the operating system of the client computing device making the requests.