System and method for interactive application preview

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016110322-A1
Application number	US-201514883946-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 15, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An interactive demonstration application can be used to test and experience the use of overlay elements (e.g., application add-ons, such as an interactive chat overlay) on a graphical interface (e.g., of a website or a computer application) before fully integrating the overlay elements into the graphical interface. The interactive demonstration application can also be used to demonstrate and update the live settings of a live overlay element used on a live webpage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
displaying, on a computing device, a graphical interface corresponding to a live website; determining an overlay element, wherein the overlay element is interactive, and wherein the overlay element demonstrates how the overlay element will look and act when incorporated into the graphical interface corresponding to the live website; and concurrently displaying the graphical interface with the overlay element, wherein the overlay element is incorporated into the graphical interface.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlay element is an interactive chat window running on the computing device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; and updating the overlay element based on the configurable settings, wherein updating includes changing the appearance or functionality of the overlay element.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; accessing live settings of a live overlay element, wherein the live overlay element is incorporated into the live website; and updating the configurable settings to match the live settings.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; and updating live settings of a live overlay element, wherein the live overlay element is incorporated into the live website, and wherein updating the live settings includes updating the live settings with the configurable settings.

6 . A system, comprising:
one or more data processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
displaying a graphical interface corresponding to a live website;
determining an overlay element, wherein the overlay element is interactive, and wherein the overlay element demonstrates how the overlay element will look and act when incorporated into the graphical interface corresponding to the live website; and
concurrently displaying the graphical interface with the overlay element, wherein the overlay element is incorporated into the graphical interface.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the overlay element is an interactive chat window running on the computing device.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; and updating the overlay element based on the configurable settings, wherein updating includes changing the appearance or functionality of the overlay element.

9 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; accessing live settings of a live overlay element, wherein the live overlay element is incorporated into the live website; and updating the configurable settings to match the live settings.

10 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; and updating live settings of a live overlay element, wherein the live overlay element is incorporated into the live website, and wherein updating the live settings includes updating the live settings with the configurable settings.

11 . A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:
display a graphical interface corresponding to a live website; determine an overlay element, wherein the overlay element is interactive, and wherein the overlay element demonstrates how the overlay element will look and act when incorporated into the graphical interface corresponding to the live website; and concurrently display the graphical interface with the overlay element, wherein the overlay element is incorporated into the graphical interface.

12 . The computer-program product of claim 11 , wherein the overlay element is an interactive chat window running on the computing device.

13 . The computer-program product of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the data processing apparatus to:
present configurable settings of the overlay element; and update the overlay element based on the configurable settings, wherein updating includes changing the appearance or functionality of the overlay element.

14 . The computer-program product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the data processing apparatus to:
present configurable settings of the overlay element; access live settings of a live overlay element, wherein the live overlay element is incorporated into the live website; and update the configurable settings to match the live settings.

15 . The computer-program product of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the data processing apparatus to:
present configurable settings of the overlay element; and update live settings of a live overlay element, wherein the live overlay element is incorporated into the live website, and wherein updating the live settings includes updating the live settings with the configurable settings.

16 . A method, system, or computer-program product for performing actions, comprising:
displaying, on a computing device, a graphical representation of a native application; determining an overlay element, wherein the overlay element is interactive, and wherein the overlay element demonstrates how the overlay element will look and act when incorporated into the native application; and concurrently displaying the graphical representation with the overlay element, wherein the overlay element is incorporated into the graphical representation.

17 . The system, method, or computer-program product of claim 16 , wherein the overlay element is an interactive chat window running on the computing device.

18 . The system, method, or computer-program product of claim 16 , further comprising:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; and updating the overlay element based on the configurable settings, wherein updating includes changing the appearance or functionality of the overlay element.

19 . The system, method, or computer-program product of claim 16 , wherein the graphical representation is an image of a graphical interface corresponding to the native application.

20 . The system, method, or computer-program product of claim 16 , wherein the graphical representation is a video of a graphical interface corresponding to the native application.

21 . The system, method, or computer-program product of claim 16 , further comprising:
accessing an application store to obtain the graphical representation.

22 . The system, method, or computer-program product of claim 16 , further comprising:
presenting configurable settings of the overlay element; and generating a file corresponding to the configurable settings of the overlay element, wherein the file can be incorporated into the native application.

23 . A method, system, or computer-program product for performing actions, comprising:

Assignees

• Liveperson Inc

Inventors

• Miller Grant Lawrence
• Campbell Marc

Classifications

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F9/453

  Help systems · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L41/082

  the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality · CPC title