Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100036832 | SEARCHING BY OBJECT CATEGORY FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform receives a login that identifies a user as a user allowed access to an account maintained by the platform. The platform displays a toolbar having a textbox that allows the user to search for data relating to all accounts to which the user has access. The platform displays a first page of initial search results after the user enters an initial search term in the textbox and launches a search. The first page includes a list of data objects relevant to the initial search term grouped by object category and a list box that allows the user to select an object category. The platform displays a second page after the user selects an object category from the list box. The second page includes an entry box that is related to the selected object category and that facilitates subsequent search. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037163 | FACILITATED SEARCH FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform receives a login that identifies a user as a user allowed access to an account maintained by the platform. The platform displays a toolbar having a textbox that allows the user to search for data relating to all accounts to which the user has access. The platform displays a combo box after the user enters a fixed number of characters in the textbox. The combo box includes a list of descriptions of each data object that is accessible and that is relevant to the fixed number of characters. The platform locates the combo box contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order. The platform displays a data object, rather than a page of search results, after the user clicks a description of a data object from the combo box. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037171 | UTILITY TOOLBAR FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform maintains an account that includes data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the platform. When the platform receives a login that identifies a user as having access rights to the account, the platform displays a view that includes a window displaying data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window. The toolbar includes a tab that displays a count of each informational message (e.g., alert or tip) which relates to the displayed data and which has not been dismissed by the current user. When the user clicks on the tab, the platform displays a tabbed window that includes a list of the informational messages, regardless of whether an informational message on the list has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037305 | WINDOW OVERLAY FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION PLATFORM - In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform maintains an account that includes data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the platform. When the platform receives a login that identifies a user as having access rights to the account, the platform displays a view that includes a window displaying data relating to the order and a toolbar in a standardized location relative to the window. The toolbar includes a tab. When the user clicks on the tab, the platform displays a tabbed window that includes a list of the informational messages, regardless of whether an informational message on the list has been read or dismissed by another user allowed access to the account. The platform locates the window contiguous to the toolbar over some but not all of the view displaying the data relating to the order. | 02-11-2010 |
20130124342 | LIVE ADVERTISEMENT PREVIEW DISPLAY AND DISTRIBUTION - A live advertisement (“ad”) preview may be used by an advertiser and/or publisher to ensure that an ad is displayed correctly and to maximize user interaction with the ad. The live ad preview may be provided before the general public has access to the ad. The live ad preview may include a display of the ad within a real-time version of a destination web page. The live ad preview of the ad in the destination web page may be distributed with a universal resource locator (“URL”) that may be distributed externally. | 05-16-2013 |