Autonomous gadget management system

摘要

Techniques are described for outputting web page components, or gadgets, on a web page or other graphical user interface. A gadget automatically conforms to particular styles based on the styles of the other gadgets and of controlling relationships to the other gadgets that are determined from page analysis and other policies.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a plurality of gadgets on a web page, comprising:
determining priority levels for the plurality of gadgets according to one or more hierarchy policies for the web page, wherein the gadgets are arranged in a grid on the web page; generating master-slave relationships between a first one of the gadgets and one or more other gadgets having at least one priority level lower than a priority level of the first one of the gadgets, wherein the master-slave relationships are generated based on at least a proximity of the one or more other gadgets to the first one of the gadgets; determining one or more style policies that specify a modification of the one or more other gadgets according to the master-slave relationships, wherein the modification to at least one of the one or more gadgets is a change in style, but not a change in content, that conforms to a style of the first one of the gadgets that has a higher priority level; and outputting the one or more other gadgets according to the style policies.