Interface for displaying and exploring hierarchical information
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Abstract
A user interface is animated and configurable to optimize, facilitate and simplify displaying on a display device and exploring via user input a hierarchy of information accessible by an electronic device.
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38 Claims
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1. A user interface system comprising:
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a plurality of nodes organized into a hierarchy of information wherein at least one node is a focus and nodes contained inside the focus forming a sub-hierarchy, an aggregator mechanism for associating at least one visual cue to a node in the view and where the visual cue may suggest the contents of said at least one node to a user interacting with the system, a means for rendering nodes in the view - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A user interface system comprising:
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a plurality of nodes organized into a hierarchy of information wherein at least one node is a focus and nodes contained inside the focus forming a sub-hierarchy, an aggregator means for associating at least one visual cue to a node in the view and where the visual cue may suggest the contents of said at least one node to a user interacting with the system, a means for rendering nodes in the view according to their associated visual cue, wherein the system may allow a user to change focus to a destination node in the hierarchy, - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A user interface system comprising:
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means for organizing a plurality of nodes into a hierarchy of information wherein at least one node is a focus and the nodes contained inside the focus forming a sub-hierarchy, an aggregator means for associating at least one visual cue to a node in the view and where the visual cue may suggest the contents of said at least one node to a user interacting with the system, a means for rendering nodes in the view according to the visual cue applied by the aggregator mechanism, at least one adjustable parameter to facilitate exploration wherein the adjustable parameter may result in a change to the number of nodes displayed or the visual cues applied by the aggregator mechanism. wherein the system may allow a user to change focus to a destination node in the hierarchy.
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