System and method for simultaneous display of multiple information sources

摘要

A computerized method of presenting information from a variety of sources on a display device. Specifically the present invention describes a graphical user interface for organizing the simultaneous display of information from a multitude of information sources. In particular, the present invention comprises a graphical user interface which organizes content from a variety of information sources into a grid of tiles, each of which can refresh its content independently of the others. The grid functionality manages the refresh rates of the multiple information sources. The present invention is intended to operate in a platform independent manner.

主权项

1. An electronic readable memory to direct an electronic device to function in a specified manner, the memory comprising:
a first set of instructions to partition at least a portion of a visual display of a client device into an array of tiles, a first tile in the array of tiles being associated with a first information source, the first information source being located on a first server device; a second set of instructions for the client device to assign a first update rate to the first tile; a third set of instructions to, at a first update time in accordance with the first update rate, send a conditional request from the client device to the first server device for an update of information in the first tile if the information from the first information source currently displayed in the first tile has not changed since a last update; a fourth set of instructions for the client device to receive a response to the conditional request from the first server device; and a fifth set of instructions for determining whether the client device updates the first tile in accordance with the response from the first server device.