Permitted assignment user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10748097-B2
Application number	US-201715625736-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2017
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for displaying a visual task board comprising a permitted assignment user interface are disclosed. Displaying a permitted assignment user interface may comprise generating a first card representing a first record, wherein the first record comprises an information element that has a first value of a visualization metric, generating an output for display, the output comprising a first lane representing the first value of the visualization metric and comprising the first card, and, in response to operator input indicating a primary context and on a condition that an association between the primary context and the first record is prohibited, updating the output by generating an updated first card representing the first record and indicating that the association between the first record and the primary context is prohibited, and generating an updated output for display omitting the first card and comprising the updated first card.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for overlaying an indicator in a graphical user interface, comprising:
a processor;
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
generating a plurality of lane display regions in the graphical user interface structured as lanes;
generating a first card display region in the graphical user interface including a first card of a plurality of cards, wherein the first card represents a first record from a plurality of records, wherein the first record comprises at least one information element of a plurality of information elements, and wherein the first card display region overlaps a first lane display region of the plurality of lane display regions;
adjusting a size of the first card to fit in the first card display region;
identifying a subset of a plurality of information elements to be included in the first card of the plurality of cards, wherein each information element of the subset of the plurality of information elements is associated with a display rank indicating a priority for including a respective information element in the first card
selecting one or more information elements from the subset of the plurality of information elements to be displayed on the first card by identifying at least one information element of the subset of information elements using a respective display rank and space available in the first card; and
rendering the graphical user interface for display.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the operations comprising:
generating a plurality of avatars displayed on respective cards of the plurality of cards, wherein each avatar from the plurality of avatars represents a respective user from a plurality of users for a visual task board information set;
generating a user identifier that identifies a first user of the plurality of users as a primary context in response to an operator input; and
rendering the plurality of avatars and the user identifier in the display.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , the operations comprising:
generating a plurality of updated avatars each representing a respective user of the plurality of users for the visual task board information set when the operator input comprises dragging a first avatar to the first card display region or an updated first card display region; and
generating a prohibition indicator overlaid on at least one of the avatars of the plurality of avatars which indicates an association between the first record and a respective user is prohibited when the association between the first record and the respective user is prohibited.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , the operations comprising:
generating a second card display region in the first lane display region, wherein the second card display region includes a second card representing a second record of the plurality of records; and
generating an updated first lane display region replacing the second card display region with an updated second card display region.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the
first card display region comprises a background having a first background color or an updated first card display region having a second background color that differs from the first background color.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , the operations comprising:
identifying a plurality of permission records for a visual task board information set; and
determining that a permission record of the plurality of permission records indicates that an association between a user and the first record is prohibited.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , the operations comprising:
identifying a plurality of permission records for a visual task board information set; and
determining that the plurality of permission records omits a permission record that indicates that an association between a user and the first record is allowed.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , the operations comprising:
generating a message to be displayed on the graphical user interface indicating that an assignment of the first card to a second lane display region of the plurality of lane display regions is prohibited in response to the operator input comprising dragging the first card from the first lane display region to the second lane display region.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , the operations comprising:
generating a second message indicating which an association of a second user with the second lane display region is permitted.

10. An apparatus for overlaying an indicator in a window region of a graphical user interface, comprising:
a processor;
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying a visual task board information set that comprises a plurality of records, wherein each record comprises information elements;
identifying one of the information elements as a visualization metric;
generating a plurality of lanes of the graphical user interface, wherein each lane of the plurality of lanes is associated with a respective value of the visualization metric;
generating a plurality of cards positioned in the plurality of lanes, wherein each card from the plurality of cards represents a respective record from the plurality of records;
adjusting a size of a card to fit in a card display region of a lane of the plurality of lanes;
selecting one or more information elements to be displayed on each of the cards of the plurality of cards based on a respective display rank of the information elements and a space available in the respective card; and
rendering the graphical user interface for display.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , the operations comprising:
identifying a plurality of avatars each representing a respective user from a plurality of users for the visual task board information set; and
identifying a first user of the plurality of users in response to an operator input, wherein the operator input comprises dragging a first avatar representing the first user of the plurality of avatars.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , the operations comprising:
on a condition that the operator input comprises dragging the first avatar to a first card of the plurality of cards or a first updated card from a plurality of updated cards, generating a plurality of updated avatars each representing a respective user of the plurality of users for the visual task board information set, and,
on a condition that an association between a first respective user and the first card is prohibited, generating a first updated avatar of the plurality of updated avatars representing the first respective user indicating that the association between the first respective user and the first card is prohibited.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , the operations comprising:
generating the plurality of cards such that each card of the plurality of cards comprises a respective background having a first background color; and
generating a plurality of updated cards such that, each updated card of the plurality of updated cards comprises a respective background having a second background color that differs from the first background color.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , the operations comprising:
identify a plurality of permission records for the visual task board information set;
identify a primary context based on an operator input; and
determine that a permission record of the plurality of permission records indicates that an association between a user corresponding to the primary context and the selected one or more information elements is prohibited.

Assignees

• Servicenow Inc

Inventors

• Azmoon Troy

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06Q10/06316 Primary

  Sequencing of tasks or work · CPC title

• G06Q10/103

  Workflow collaboration or project management · CPC title

• G06Q10/06311

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title

• G06Q10/06

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title