Patent ID: 7783990

Claim:
In a computer system, a method of displaying to a user an association between display elements, said display elements responsive to user interaction, comprising: displaying a first display element on a display wherein the first display element is a gadget providing up-to-date information in real-time; triggering, upon said displaying the first display element and without any interaction of the user with the first display element, a command of the first display element to display a second display element wherein the second display element is subordinate to the first display element and the second display element is a gadget providing up-to-date information in real-time; and responsive to the command, displaying the second display element and providing a visual association between the second display element and the first display element and permitting the user to interact with the second display element and allow real-time updating of the second display element, said displaying the second display element further comprising not responding to user interaction with the associated first display element during existence of the second display element and further comprising preventing real time updating of the up-to-date information on the first display element during existence of the second display element, wherein providing the visual association comprises animating, responsive to the received command, the first display element and the second display element, said animating comprising changing the size of the first display element from a first size to a second size and changing the size of the second display element from a third size to a fourth size.