Structured document browser
OwnerRobert M. Schumacher, James E. Matthewsinventors
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Abstract
A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to correspond to a set of icons. When the icon is selected while browsing a document, the browser will display the section of the structure corresponding to the icon selected, while preserving the constant user interface.
Claims19
A method for displaying a section of a document, the method comprising:
- (a) displaying a user interface of a document viewer;
- (b) displaying a document with the document viewer, wherein the user interface of the document viewer displays a plurality of selectors automatically configured to correspond to a respective plurality of sections of the document regardless of what section of the document is being displayed;
- (c) receiving a selection of one of the plurality of selectors;
- (d) continuing to display the plurality of selectors after receiving the selection in (c);
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- (e) displaying a section of the document that corresponds to the selector selected in (c).
A method for displaying a section of a document, the method comprising:
- (a) displaying a user interface of a document viewer;
- (b) displaying a document with the document viewer, wherein the user interface of the document viewer automatically displays a plurality of selectors automatically configured to correspond to a respective plurality of sections of the document regardless of what section of the document is being displayed;
- (c) receiving a selection of one of the plurality of selectors;
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- (d) displaying a section of the document that corresponds to the selected selector.
A document viewer comprising:
- a display region;
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- a user interface displaying a plurality of selectors automatically configured to correspond to a respective plurality of sections of a document displayed in the display region regardless of what section of the document is being displayed in the display region;
- wherein the plurality of selectors are not part of the document displayed in the display region of the document viewer and continue to be displayed after one of the plurality of selectors is selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.