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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2009
Michael I. Mills, Redwood City, CA (US);
Justin M. Glaeser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sharla K. Fullerton, Brisbane, CA (US);
Aline Baeck, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kumiko T. Toft, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Noah D. Shaffer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael I. Mills, Redwood City, CA (US);
Justin M. Glaeser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sharla K. Fullerton, Brisbane, CA (US);
Aline Baeck, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kumiko T. Toft, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Noah D. Shaffer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for creating a composite program module within a computing ecosystem. The ecosystem comprises physical and/or virtual computing resources of a company, department or other organization. When a user discovers a grouping of modules that is useful to him, the ecosystem or his workspace allows him to create a composite module that comprises the group of modules. He can then access their combined functionality by activating just the composite module, in which case all the modules are automatically opened, without having to activate each one individually. Further, the ecosystem may suggest complementary program modules to a user based on his pattern of activity with one or more other modules. A composite program module may be created to include a suggested complementary module, or just modules discovered independently by the user.