Mobile device toolbar architecture

摘要

A toolbar is integrated within an application or provided as a standalone component that interfaces with an existing application. The toolbar detects events corresponding to the application and generates a toolbar display corresponding to the event. On loading of a particular webpage in a browser, the toolbar may generate a toolbar display comprising a set of functions to be made available to the user for that webpage. The toolbar may generate different displays for different webpages and different events such as a page load event or a tab change event. Additionally, when provided as a standalone component, the toolbar may generate different displays for different applications. User experience at the toolbar may be controlled through a remote server without extensive modification of the application.

主权项

1. A method for generating a toolbar display on a mobile device overlaying an application comprising:
detecting through a toolbar executing on the mobile device, a first event corresponding to the application visibly appearing on the screen; loading, through the toolbar in response to detecting the first event corresponding to the application visibly appearing on the screen, a toolbar configuration defining at least one period to generate the toolbar display responsive to a second event corresponding to a user activity within the application; detecting on the mobile device, through the toolbar, the second event corresponding to the user activity within the application; transmitting, through the toolbar in response to detecting the second event corresponding to the user activity within the application, information describing the second event; receiving, through the toolbar, an extension configuration specific to the second detected event and specifying a set of extensions to provide in the toolbar display, each extension having a corresponding function, icon, and display area for the icon within the toolbar display; creating, through the toolbar for an extension in the set, a button at the corresponding display area within the toolbar display; and generating, through the toolbar, the toolbar display on the mobile device overlaying the application and detecting through the toolbar a user activity within the toolbar display.