MULTI-LAYER GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
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Abstract
A multi-layer graphical user interface provides multiple types of information in at least two layers of a common display space, such as a window. In one implementation, a shared network folder includes two layers of display objects to separately represent files contained in the folder and users with whom the folder is shared. The first or top layer may represent the files with conventional words, icons or other symbols. The second or lower level may represent the users with whom the folder is shared with words, icons or other symbols that are dimmed, blurred, or otherwise de-emphasized relative to the top layer.
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21. A multi-layer graphical user interface, comprising:
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a type control bar that includes a plurality of controls for selecting graphical displays of object types in a computer space, each of the plurality of controls corresponds to an object type; and
,a component that graphically renders the object type in an emphasized manner or a de-emphasized manner on the user interface based on a user selecting and de-selecting one of the plurality of controls corresponding to the object type. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A multi-layer graphical user interface method, comprising:
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providing a plurality of controls in a type control bar for activating graphical displays of object types in a computer space, each of the plurality of controls corresponds to an object type; and
,bringing the object type to a top layer and a lower layer of the user interface based on a user activating or de-activating one of the plurality of controls corresponding to the object type. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A multi-layer graphical user interface, comprising:
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a primary display component that identifies one or more objects of a top level information type and brings the one or more objects of the top level information type to a top layer of the user interface; and
,a secondary display component that identifies one or more objects of a lower level information type and brings the one or more objects of the lower level information type with de-emphasis relative to the top layer of the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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Specification