Display method and apparatus for facilitating interaction with Web sites
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1. A method of browsing the World Wide Web comprising the steps of:
- (1) relating Web pages on said World Wide Web to each other consistent with a spatial organization;
(2) simultaneously displaying multiple Web pages in multiple panels of a display in a manner consistent with said spatial organization;
(3) allowing a user surfing the World Wide Web to move a Web page between said panels of said display;
(4) designating at least one of said Web pages as an always there page;
(5) responsive to a user moving a Web page between panels, automatically moving others of said Web pages, except said always there page and any page that, responsive to said movement would otherwise appear in said panel occupied by said always there page, between said panels in a manner that is consistent with their spatial organization; and
(6) causing said always there Web page to remain in a particular panel of said display regardless of movement of other Web pages.
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Abstract
The invention is a computer-implemented method and apparatus for organizing Web pages and other computer files relative to each other in a manner analogous to a three or four dimensional spatial relationship and displaying multiple Web pages simultaneously in multiple panels of a computer monitor in accordance with said spatial organization, whereby despite the organization, at least one of the Web pages or files can be made to stay in the same panel of the display while the user navigates through the virtual multidimensional space.
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1. A method of browsing the World Wide Web comprising the steps of:
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(1) relating Web pages on said World Wide Web to each other consistent with a spatial organization;
(2) simultaneously displaying multiple Web pages in multiple panels of a display in a manner consistent with said spatial organization;
(3) allowing a user surfing the World Wide Web to move a Web page between said panels of said display;
(4) designating at least one of said Web pages as an always there page;
(5) responsive to a user moving a Web page between panels, automatically moving others of said Web pages, except said always there page and any page that, responsive to said movement would otherwise appear in said panel occupied by said always there page, between said panels in a manner that is consistent with their spatial organization; and
(6) causing said always there Web page to remain in a particular panel of said display regardless of movement of other Web pages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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12. A computer implemented method of organizing and displaying data on a computer display, said data comprised of separate computer files comprising data for display, said method comprising the steps of:
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(1) relating said files to each other consistent with a spatial organization;
(2) simultaneously displaying multiple files in multiple panels of a display in a manner visually consistent with said spatial organization;
(3) allowing a user to move said files between said panels of said display;
(4) designating at least one of said files as an always there file;
(5) responsive to a user moving a file between panels, automatically moving other of said files, except said always there file, and any page that, responsive to said movement would otherwise appear in said panel occupied by said always there page, between said panels in a manner that is consistent with their spatial organization; and
(6) causing said always there file to remain in a particular panel of said display regardless of movement of other Web pages.
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22. A computer implemented Web browser comprising:
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a first program for relating Web pages on said World Wide Web to each other consistent with a spatial organization;
a second program for simultaneously displaying multiple Web pages in multiple panels of a display in a manner visually consistent with said spatial organization;
a third program for allowing a user to move a Web page between said panels of said display;
a fourth program for designating at least one of said Web pages as an always there page;
a fifth program, responsive to a user moving a Web page between panels, for automatically moving others of said Web pages, except said always there page and any page that, responsive to said movement would otherwise appear in said panel occupied by said always there page, between said panels in a manner that is consistent with their spatial organization; and
a sixth program for causing said always there Web page to remain in a particular panel of said display regardless of movement of other Web pages. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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