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US 10,241,643 B2Granted
Navigating content hierarchies and persisting content item collections
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsErez Kikin-Gil, Mark Eugene Pearson, Vignesh Sachidanandam, Doreen Grieb, Patrick Malatack
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Abstract
Navigation of multiple information item hierarchies within a same application display pane or view is provided. Information items may be displayed in a customized collection of information items, for example, a “favorites” collection, that may be assembled from a variety of content sources and that may be persisted across a variety of information item views.
Claims16
A method of navigating related information items, the method comprising:
- providing a graphical representation of a collection of files and folders within a single display view of an electronic display, the electronic display having a touch interface, including displaying:
- a graphical representation of a first folder and a graphical representation of a second folder;
- a graphical representation of a first file within the graphical representation of the first folder and a graphical representation of a second file within the graphical representation of the second folder;
- and
- a first graphical file indicator presenting a value indicating a number of unrepresented files within the graphical representation of the first folder;
- receiving a touch selection of the first graphical file indicator;
- and
- when the touch selection of the first graphical filed indicator is received:
- displaying for each one of the number of unrepresented files in the first folder a graphical representation of the unrepresented files within the graphical representation of the first folder,
- wherein the graphical representation of each of the unrepresented files is displayed in a left-to-right/right-to-left in-line display configuration, without deleting or moving off screen of the single display view the graphical representation of the first folder,
- wherein the single display view accommodates the space required for the in-line display configuration of each of the graphical representations of the unrepresented files of the first folder by moving the graphical representation of the second folder and the graphical representation of the second file within in the graphical representation of the second folder off-screen of the single display view,
- wherein the graphical representation of the second folder and the graphical representation of the second file within in the graphical representation of the second folder are moved off-screen in a left or right motion, and wherein the off-screen items are redisplayed on-screen in the single display view in response to left or right touch scrolling of the single display view.
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A system for navigating a customized collection of files and folders, the system comprising:
- a memory storage;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operable to:
- assemble a collection of a plurality of files and folders from a variety of content sources;
- provide a graphical representation of the collection of files and folders within a single display view of an electronic display, the electronic displaying having a touch interface, including displaying:
- a graphical representation of a first folder and a graphical representation of a second folder;
- a graphical representation of a first file as being within the graphical representation of the first folder and a graphical representation of a second file as being within the graphical representation of the second folder;
- and
- a first graphical file indicator, wherein the first graphical file indicator is within the graphical representation of the first folder, the first graphical file indicator presenting a value indicating a number of unrepresented files within the graphical representation of the first folder;
- receive a touch selection of the first graphical file indicator;
- and
- when the touch selection of the first graphical filed indicator is received:
- display, in an in-line display configuration, without deleting or moving off-screen of the single display view the graphical representation of the first folder, for each one of the number of unrepresented files, a graphical representation of the unrepresented files as being within the graphical representation of the first folder,
- wherein the graphical representation of each of the unrepresented files is displayed in a left-to-right/right-to-left in-line display configuration, without deleting or moving off screen of the single display view the graphical representation of the first folder,
- wherein the single display view accommodates the space required for the in-line display configuration of each of the graphical representations of the unrepresented files by moving the graphical representation of the second folder and the graphical and the graphical representation of the second file within the second folder off-screen of the single display view,
- wherein the graphical representation of the second folder and the graphical and the graphical representation of the second file within the second folder are moved off-screen in a left or right motion, and wherein the off-screen items are redisplayed on-screen in the single display view in response to left or right touch scrolling of the single display view.
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An article manufacture in the form of computer storage media, the computer storage media storing instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform in association with an electronic display having a touch interface:
- displaying within a single display view:
- a graphical representation of a first folder and a graphical representation of a second folder;
- a graphical representation of a first file within the graphical representation of the first folder and a graphical representation of a second file within the graphical representation of the second folder;
- and
- a first graphical file indicator presenting a value indicating a number of unrepresented files within the graphical representation of the first folder;
- receiving a touch selection of the first graphical file indicator;
- and
- when the touch selection of the first graphical filed indicator is received:
- displaying for each one of the number of unrepresented files in the first folder a graphical representation of the unrepresented files within the graphical representation of the first folder,
- wherein the graphical representation of each of the unrepresented files is displayed in a left-to-right/right-to-left in-line display configuration, without deleting or moving off screen of the single display view of the graphical representation of the first folder,
- wherein the single display view accommodates the space required for the in-line display configuration of each of the graphical representations of the unrepresented files of the first folder by moving the graphical representation of the second folder and the graphical representation of the second file within in the graphical representation of the second folder off-screen of the single display view,
- wherein the graphical representation of the second folder and the graphical representation of the second file within in the graphical representation of the second folder are moved off-screen in a left or right motion, and wherein the off-screen items are redisplayed on-screen in the single display view in response to left or right touch scrolling of the single display view.
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