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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Gary Clayton, Daly City, CA (US);
Victor Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Athellina Athsani, San Jose, CA (US);
Ron Martinez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gary Clayton, Daly City, CA (US);
Victor Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Athellina Athsani, San Jose, CA (US);
Ron Martinez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus enabling inter-widget communication and control uses a central server to receive selected widgets and settings associated with at least one widget, wherein the received settings are used to at least partly determine the settings of the other selected widgets according to a pre-defined relationship between or among the widgets.