Systems and methods for providing a user interface with grid view

• US 10,678,882 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2019
• Issued: 06/09/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Knox, Derek
• Primary Examiner(s): Ries, Laurie A
• Application Number:
  US16/370,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20190278824A1
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales

Abstract

A tool (systems, apparatus, methodology, application, user interface, etc.) for accessing content, such as webpages hosted over a network such as the internet, and more particularly, a tool for accessing the content of a webpage and further displaying a grid view superimposed over the content of the webpage.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

causing the display of content via a user interface of a client terminal in communication with the system;

causing the display of an overlay via the user interface of the client terminal, the overlay being superimposed over the content, wherein the overlay includes a plurality of horizontal lines and a plurality of vertical lines that define a plurality of cells of the overlay;

receiving, via the user interface, a selection of a settings option for the overlay; and

modifying a first displayed distance between each of the plurality of horizontal lines and a second displayed distance between each of the plurality of vertical lines of the overlay to adjust a displayed size of each cell of the plurality of cells within the overlay based at least in part on the settings option.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the overlay comprises a horizontal axis indicia and a vertical axis indicia.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein when the displayed content changes, the overlay is configured to persist is place over the displayed content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the overlay includes the plurality of horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and the plurality of vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the horizontal and the vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each of the cells comprises transparent indicia selected from the alphanumeric indicia.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the overlay includes the plurality of horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and the plurality of vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis, the horizontal and the vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines;

and

wherein causing the display of the overlay comprises receiving a selection of one of the alphanumeric indicia and in response to the selection, displaying only the cell corresponding to the selected alphanumeric indicia.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein causing the display of the overlay includes:

receiving the selection of the settings option for the overlay via the user interface; and

in response to the selection of the settings option, modifying the first displayed distance between each of the plurality of horizontal lines of the plurality of cells in the overlay, and the second displayed distance between each of the plurality of vertical lines of the plurality of cells in the overlay, to adjust the displayed size of each of the plurality of cells within the overlay to a uniform size.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein causing the display of the overlay includes:

receiving a selection of a transparency settings option for the overlay via the user interface; and

in response to the selection of the transparency setting, modifying one or more of;

a transparency factor of a selected cell, a color of a selected cell, a width of the horizontal lines, a width of the vertical lines, a style of the horizontal lines, and a style of the vertical lines.

10. A method comprising:

causing the display of content via a user interface of a client terminal in communication with the system;

causing the display of an overlay via the user interface of the client terminal, the overlay being superimposed over the content, wherein the overlay includes a plurality of horizontal lines and a plurality of vertical lines that define a plurality of cells of the overlay;

receiving, via the user interface, a selection of a settings option for the overlay; and

modifying a first displayed distance between each of the plurality of horizontal lines and a second displayed distance between each of the plurality of vertical lines of the overlay to adjust a displayed size of each cell of the plurality of cells within the overlay based at least in part on the settings option.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein when the displayed content changes, the overlay is configured to persist is place over the displayed content.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the overlay includes the plurality of horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and the plurality of vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the horizontal and the vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the cells comprises transparent indicia selected from the alphanumeric indicia.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the overlay includes the plurality of horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and the plurality of vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis, the horizontal and the vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines;

and

wherein causing the display of the overlay comprises receiving a selection of one of the alphanumeric indicia and in response to the selection, displaying only the cell corresponding to the selected alphanumeric indicia.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

causing the display of content via a user interface of a client terminal in communication with the system;

causing the display of an overlay via the user interface of the client terminal, the overlay being superimposed over the content, wherein the overlay includes a plurality of horizontal lines and a plurality of vertical lines that define a plurality of cells of the overlay;

receiving, via the user interface, a selection of a settings option for the overlay; and

modifying a first displayed distance between each of the plurality of horizontal lines and a second displayed distance between each of the plurality of vertical lines of the overlay to adjust a displayed size of each cell of the plurality of cells within the overlay based at least in part on the settings option.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein when the displayed content changes, the overlay is configured to persist is place over the displayed content.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the overlay includes the plurality of horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and the plurality of vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the horizontal and the vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines.

20. The system of claim 16 wherein the overlay includes the plurality of horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and the plurality of vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis, the horizontal and the vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines;

and

wherein causing the display of the overlay comprises receiving a selection of one of the alphanumeric indicia and in response to the selection, displaying only the cell corresponding to the selected alphanumeric indicia.