US Patent:
20080256563, Oct 16, 2008
Inventors:
Cheng HAN - Lexington MA, US
International Classification:
G06F 9/46
G06F 15/00
Abstract:
Lightweight application components are provided which can be displayed in a number of unaffiliated application windows and allow a user to insert media content into the application windows. In some embodiments, the present invention may comprise a lodestone application which allows a user to insert media files and/or links to media files in e-mails, instant messages, and other communications. In one embodiment, a method for displaying a lodestone includes: receiving, via an operating system, a window event; determining the window event indicates activation of an application window; determining the application window corresponds to an application window for which a lodestone is configured; identifying, in response to the determinations, display configuration information for the lodestone, the display configuration information corresponding to the application window; and displaying, according to the display configuration information, the lodestone in the application window.