Method and system for an integrated user interface that can effectively displays online data with limited browsing options

• US 20020186256A1
• Filed: 06/08/2001
• Published: 12/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tony Hong
• Original Assignee: Tony Hong
• Inventors: Hong, Tony
• Application Number:
  US09/876,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20020186256A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/817
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859

Abstract

This invention generally relates to a method for an integrated and interactive navigating user interface, and more particularly, to a method for reformatting available online data and selections into interactive navigational toolbar and fields of displays.

Claims

1. A computer controlled method of providing an integrated and interactive navigational user interface, said computer controlled method comprising the steps of:

generating a screen display, including a plurality of partitions, generating at least a first partition for presenting web page contents in formatted girds;

generating concurrently with the first partition at least a second partition for presenting a plurality of navigational selections, said navigational selections including a backward selection, a current selection, and a forward selection;

determining data of said first partition to be marked utilizing grid location provided by selected browser;

processing said determined data which corresponds to said grid;

routing said processed data to said second partition; and

displaying said processed data at second partition in accordance with said navigation selections,

wherein said processing step comprises the steps of;

searching data within said web page contents for directory characteristics in accordance with said grid location;

generating a list of directory identifiers from said data;

obtaining data in said web page contents which corresponds to said selected browser;

generating a list of enhancement identifiers from said data;

searching data within said web page contents for hypermedia links; and

generating a list of optional identifiers from said data.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step routing said processed data further comprising the steps of:

obtaining said list of directory identifiers;

processing said list of directory identifiers with an evolving reference directory; and

storing said processed data in a data buffer;

wherein said processing step comprises the steps of;

matching said list of directory identifiers to a list of reference directory identifiers in said list of reference directory;

generating a list of enhancements data from said reference directory;

routing said list of enhancements data to the current navigational selection;

generating a list of options data from said reference directory; and

routing said list of options data to the forward navigational selection.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said storing step further comprises the steps of:

invoking a directory area on display at the backward navigation selection;

invoking at least a user interactive HTML area on display at said current navigation selection; and

invoking an opinion selections area on display at said forward navigation selection.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting web page contents in formatted grids includes the step of reformatting page layout according to selectable fields of interests.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating identifiers includes correlating content with extensible markup language.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein said evolving reference directory includes drawing directory data from an operating system.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein said evolving reference directory involves accumulating general topics, categories, or fields of interests.

8. A computer system for providing an integrated and interactive navigational user interface, said computer system comprising:

means for generating a screen display, including a plurality of partitions;

means for generating at least a first partition for presenting web page contents in formatted grids;

means for generating concurrently with the first partition at least a second partition for presenting a plurality of navigational selections, said navigational selections including a backward selection, a current selection, and a forward selection;

means for determining data of said first partition to be marked utilizing grid location provided by selected browser;

means for processing said determined data which corresponds to said grid;

means for routing said processed data to said second partition; and

means for displaying said processed data at second partition in accordance with said navigation selections.

9. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the means for processing data further includes:

means for searching data within said web page contents for directory characteristics in accordance with said grid location;

means for generating a list of directory identifiers from said data;

means for obtaining data in said web page contents which corresponds to said selected browser;

means for generating a list of enhancement identifiers from said data;

means for searching data within said web page contents for hyperlinks; and

means for generating a list of optional identifiers from said data.

10. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the means for routing said processed data further includes:

means for obtaining said list of directory identifiers;

means for processing said list of directory identifiers with an evolving reference directory; and

means for storing said processed data in a data buffer.

11. The computer system of claim 10 wherein the means for processing identifiers further includes:

means for matching said list of directory identifiers to a list of reference directory identifiers in said list of reference directory;

means for generating a list of enhancement data from said reference directory;

means for routing said list of enhancements data to the current navigational selection;

means for generating a list of options data from said reference directory; and

means for routing said list of options data to said the forward navigation selection.

12. The computer system of claim 10 wherein the means for storing data further includes:

means for invoking a directory area on display at the backward navigation selection;

means for invoking at least a user interactive HTML area on display at said current navigation selection; and

means for invoking an opinions selections area on display at said forward navigation selection.

13. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said formatted grids are organized in accordance with selected fields of interests.

14. The computer system of claim 8 wherein said identifiers are extensible markup language data.

15. The computer system of claim 10 wherein said reference directory includes directory data in an operating system.

16. The computer system of claim 10 wherein said reference directory involves general topics, categories, or fields of interests.