Method and system for navigating through a repository of displays
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCarl O. Bennett JR., Flemming Boegelund, Bruce D. Chatman, Steven Earl Hicks
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCarl O. Bennett JR., Flemming Boegelund, Bruce D. Chatman, Steven Earl Hicks
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The present invention provides a method and system to enable a user to navigate through a repository of graphical displays and maintain the knowledge of the location of any display in the repository at any time. The purpose of the navigation activity could be to enable a user to create a slide presentation by searching, selecting, downloading and compiling slides from a central slide repository located on a computing network. In accordance with this invention, graphical displays are arranged in a repository in a grid-like configuration such that a list of groups of displayed in one direction and the specific displays within that group are listed in another direction (preferably, this second direction is perpendicular to the direction of the list of groups of displays). These groups of slides are arranged in set of directories and sub-directories that are linked to each directory. A hierarchy of the display repository displays the particular directory and sub-directory path taken by a user to retrieve any particular graphical display. With this invention, a user can easily navigate through the display repository and select displays and can easily determine their location in the display repository at any time during a search.
A method for navigating through a repository of graphical displays and maintain knowledge of the location of any display currently being viewed comprising the steps of:
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for navigating through a repository of graphical displays and maintain knowledge of the location of any display currently being viewed comprising:
A system for navigating through a repository of graphical displays and maintain knowledge of the location of any display currently being viewed comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.