Web Workspace Project Containers for Browser Tab Organization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing web-based environments lack effective tools for managing projects and organizing activities, particularly in collaborative settings, as web apps are not conventionally integrated or managed, making it difficult to bundle related tasks and resources together.

Innovation Solution

An Information Handling System (IHS) assembles URLs from distinct web browser tabs into projects, allowing users to associate web apps, data sources, and team members, and manage permissions and storage services, with project identities and metadata, enabling native OS-like navigation and management in a web-based workspace.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If web apps are used in a web-based environment, then accessibility and integration are improved, but project management and organization capabilities deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveweb app integrationVSAvoidproject management

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple web browser tabs into a unified project container, merging scattered web apps and resources into an organized structure that provides both web app accessibility and project management capabilities through a single interface

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The project container serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a web app launcher, a resource organizer, a collaboration hub, and a navigation tool, making the system versatile enough to handle both web app integration and project management needs

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple web browser tabs are used for different resources, then resource accessibility is improved, but organization and bundling of related tasks deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource accessibilityVSAvoidtask organization

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the workspace into distinct project containers, each grouping related tabs and resources together. This segmentation organizes tasks by project context while maintaining easy access to individual resources within each segment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a nested structure where tabs are contained within projects, and projects are organized in a workspace hierarchy. This nesting allows resources to be accessed at multiple levels: individual tab level, project level, and workspace level

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Adaptability or versatility

If web apps are accessed individually, then flexibility is improved, but collaboration and team management capabilities deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess flexibilityVSAvoidcollaboration management

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges individual web app access with team collaboration features by combining them in the project container, which simultaneously manages app launching, resource organization, and team member coordination in a unified interface

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12530109B2Managing projects and organizing activities in a web-based workspace

Publication Date: 2026.01.20 DELL PROD LP

AI summary

Systems and methods for managing projects and organizing activities in a web-based workspace are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to, in response to a determination that a user has selected a project management control in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a web browser, assemble a plurality of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) open in distinct web browser tabs into a project.