Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Accessing operating system elements via a tag cloud
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Application No.: US12816234Application Date: 2010-06-15
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Publication No.: US09772861B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Lisa Seacat DeLuca
- Applicant: Lisa Seacat DeLuca
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Fabian VanCott
- Agent Steven L. Nichols
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F9/44 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Providing access to an element in an operating system executed by a processor includes: with the processor, tracking behavior of a user with respect to multiple elements managed by the operating system; displaying a tag cloud to the user with a display device, the tag cloud having multiple objects, each of the objects representing one of the elements managed by the operating system and having a size based on the tracked behavior of the user with respect to the element managed by the operating system; and allowing, with the processor, the user to access at least one of the elements using the tag cloud.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110307792A1 ACCESSING ELEMENTS IN AN OPERATING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-12-15
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