Method of displaying axes in an axis-based interface
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of displaying on a display, for selective viewing by a user, axes of computer-readable elements associated with an interaction tool, the method comprising:
- (a) displaying on a display of a computer system, for view by a user, an interaction tool comprising a plurality of GUI elements each representing an axis of computer-readable elements; and
(b) upon receiving user input representing a selection of one of the plurality of displayed GUI elements for displaying an axis of computer-readable elements associated with the selected GUI element, further displaying, in an area of the display located adjacent and in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction along which the ordered GUI elements are displayed for abutting the selected GUI element, wherein the computer-readable elements associated with the selected GUI element and displayed on the axis of computer-readable elements are chronologically ordered along a timeline,wherein the timeline can use a linear timescale, displaying computer-readable elements where units of time are graphically represented using a similar length along the axis of computer-readable elements, and a non-linear timescale, displaying computer-readable elements where units of time are graphically represented using non-similar lengths along the axis of computer-readable elements.
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Abstract
A method, device, interface and systems thereof is hereby presented to facilitate interactions between sets of attributes and axes of computer-readable elements with corresponding graphical arrangements of associated documents. Interactions are generally facilitated through an interaction tool having input and output capabilities. Documents can be classified by associating documents with an interaction element from the interaction tool. Conversely, selecting an interaction element is used as a basis to display documents corresponding to the attributes associated with the selected interaction element.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of displaying on a display, for selective viewing by a user, axes of computer-readable elements associated with an interaction tool, the method comprising:
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(a) displaying on a display of a computer system, for view by a user, an interaction tool comprising a plurality of GUI elements each representing an axis of computer-readable elements; and (b) upon receiving user input representing a selection of one of the plurality of displayed GUI elements for displaying an axis of computer-readable elements associated with the selected GUI element, further displaying, in an area of the display located adjacent and in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction along which the ordered GUI elements are displayed for abutting the selected GUI element, wherein the computer-readable elements associated with the selected GUI element and displayed on the axis of computer-readable elements are chronologically ordered along a timeline, wherein the timeline can use a linear timescale, displaying computer-readable elements where units of time are graphically represented using a similar length along the axis of computer-readable elements, and a non-linear timescale, displaying computer-readable elements where units of time are graphically represented using non-similar lengths along the axis of computer-readable elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, then executed by a processor of a computer system, provide a computer-implemented method of displaying on a display, for selective viewing by a user, axes of computer-readable elements associated with an interaction tool, the method comprising:
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(a) displaying on a display of a computer system, for view by a user, an interaction tool comprising a plurality of GUI elements each representing an axis of computer-readable elements; and (b) upon receiving user input representing a selection of one of the plurality of displayed GUI elements for displaying an axis of computer-readable elements associated with the selected GUI element, further displaying, in an area of the display located adjacent and in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction along which the ordered GUI elements are displayed for abutting the selected GUI element, wherein the computer-readable elements associated with the selected GUI element and displayed on the axis of computer-readable elements are chronologically ordered along a timeline, wherein the timeline can use a linear timescale, displaying computer-readable elements where units of time are graphically represented using a similar length along the axis of computer-readable elements, and a non-linear timescale, displaying computer-readable elements where units of time are graphically represented using non-similar lengths along the axis of computer-readable elements. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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