Virtual business desktop for arrangement of objects

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9280589-B2
Application number	US-201213531314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2012
Priority date	Jun 22, 2012
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for user interfaces. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include generating a virtual desktop including a plurality of objects organized in accordance with at least one of a theme and a structure; providing a navigation pane on the virtual desktop to navigate through the plurality of objects; and providing a controller to enable a multi-level zoom on at least one of the plurality of objects on the virtual desktop. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
generating a virtual desktop including a plurality of icons representative of a plurality of objects organized in accordance with at least one theme corresponding to a workflow configurable by a user, wherein a first portion of the plurality of icons are presented as a first view configured for a multi-level zoom via a viewable portion of the virtual desktop, wherein a second portion of the plurality of icons are not included in the viewable portion of the virtual desktop, wherein the first portion represents a first set of tasks of the workflow and the second portion represents a second set of tasks of the workflow;
providing a navigation pane on or adjacent to the virtual desktop, wherein the navigation pane provides a spatial overview of the plurality of icons including the first portion and the second portion to enable navigation from the first portion to the second portion to enable the second portion to be included in the viewable portion of the virtual desktop;
providing a controller to enable the multi-level zoom on at least one icon contained in the first portion of the plurality of icons on the virtual desktop; and
generating, based on the multi-level zoom, a second view representative of the at least one icon, and a third view representative of the at least one icon, wherein the second view provides a second zoom level that is more zoomed-in on the at least one icon when compared to the first view, and the second view provides, in comparison to the first view and based on the second zoom level, additional descriptive information of the at least one icon, wherein the third view provides a third zoom level that is more zoomed-in on the at least one icon when compared to the second view, and the third view provides, in comparison to the second view and based on the third zoom level, additional descriptive information of the at least one icon, and wherein at least one of the plurality of icons allows selection and execution of an application.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the theme comprises at least one of a project, a role of a user, and a work flow.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of icons comprise a link to an action on a business object in an enterprise resource planning system.

4. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including containing instructions to configure the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
generating a virtual desktop including a plurality of icons representative of a plurality of objects organized in accordance with at least one theme corresponding to a workflow configurable by a user, wherein a first portion of the plurality of icons are presented as a first view configured for a multi-level zoom via a viewable portion of the virtual desktop, wherein a second portion of the plurality of icons are not included in the viewable portion of the virtual desktop, wherein the first portion represents a first set of tasks of the workflow and the second portion represents a second set of tasks of the workflow;
providing a navigation pane on or adjacent to the virtual desktop, wherein the navigation pane provides a spatial overview of the plurality of icons including the first portion and the second portion to enable navigation from the first portion to the second portion to enable the second portion to be included in the viewable portion of the virtual desktop;
providing a controller to enable the multi-level zoom on at least one of the first portion of the plurality of icons on the virtual desktop; and
generating, based on the multi-level zoom, a second view representative of the at least one icon, and a third view representative of the at least one icon, wherein the second view provides a second zoom level that is more zoomed-in on the at least one icon when compared to the first view, and the second view provides, in comparison to the first view and based on the second zoom level, additional descriptive information of the at least one icon, wherein the third view provides a third zoom level that is more zoomed-in on the at least one icon when compared to the second view, and the third view provides, in comparison to the second view and based on the third zoom level, additional descriptive information of the at least one icon, and wherein at least one of the plurality of icons allows selection and execution of an application.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the theme comprises at least one of a project, a role of a user, and a work flow.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the plurality of icons comprise a link to an action on a business object in an enterprise resource planning system.

7. A method comprising:
generating a virtual desktop including a plurality of icons representative of a plurality of objects organized in accordance with at least one theme corresponding to a workflow configurable by a user, wherein a first portion of the plurality of icons are presented as a first view configured for a multi-level zoom via a viewable portion of the virtual desktop, wherein a second portion of the plurality of icons are not included in the viewable portion of the virtual desktop, wherein the first portion represents a first set of tasks of the workflow and the second portion represents a second set of tasks of the workflow;
providing a navigation pane on or adjacent to the virtual desktop, wherein the navigation pane provides a spatial overview of the plurality of icons including the first portion and the second portion to enable navigation from the first portion to the second portion to enable the second portion to be included in the viewable portion of the virtual desktop;
providing a controller to enable the multi-level zoom on at least one of the first portion of the plurality of icons on the virtual desktop; and
generating, based on the multi-level zoom, a second view representative of the at least one icon, and a third view representative of the at least one icon, wherein the second view provides a second zoom level that is more zoomed-in on the at least one icon when compared to the first view, and the second view provides, in comparison to the first view and based on the second zoom level, additional descriptive information of the at least one icon, wherein the third view provides a third zoom level that is more zoomed-in on the at least one icon when compared to the second view, and the third view provides, in comparison to the second view and based on the third zoom level, additional descriptive information of the at least one icon, and wherein at least one of the plurality of icons allows selection and execution of an application.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the theme comprises at least one of a project, a role of a user, and a work flow.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of icons comprise a link to an action on a business object in an enterprise resource planning system.

Assignees

• Arend Udo
• Mueller Vanessa
• Sap Se

Inventors

• Arend Udo
• Mueller Vanessa

Classifications

• G06F16/26 Primary

  Visual data mining; Browsing structured data · CPC title

• G06F17/30572 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic