Content-descriptive user interface correlation for page navigation systems
First Claim
1. In a table data structure implementing a navigation system, the navigation system being displayed in a graphical user interface, a method for providing content descriptive correlations for the navigation system comprising:
- identifying a sort criteria being used to organize a table data structure;
identifying one or more page delineations in the table data structure;
identifying a data range corresponding to at least one page based on the sort criteria; and
displaying the data range corresponding to at least one page on the graphical user interface.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for navigation systems for table data structures, and methods for facilitating the locating of information in a table data structure. To generate the navigation system, a sort criteria being used to organize the table data structure is identified. After identifying page delineations in the table data structure, data ranges of each page are identified based on the sort criteria corresponding to each page. The data ranges corresponding to each page are displayed on a graphical user interface to indicate to the user the content of each page.
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26 Claims
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1. In a table data structure implementing a navigation system, the navigation system being displayed in a graphical user interface, a method for providing content descriptive correlations for the navigation system comprising:
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identifying a sort criteria being used to organize a table data structure;
identifying one or more page delineations in the table data structure;
identifying a data range corresponding to at least one page based on the sort criteria; and
displaying the data range corresponding to at least one page on the graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for assisting a computer user to identify a desired page within a table data structure having one or more pages, each page having a plurality of entries and configured to be displayed on a computer user interface, the method comprising:
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identifying a sort criteria used for sorting the table data structure;
identifying a first and last entry among the plurality of entries corresponding to each page;
identifying the sort criteria data fields in the first and last entry for each page; and
generating at least one content descriptor field based on content in the sort criteria data fields in the first and last entry for each page, the at least one content descriptor field describing the content of one of the pages of the table data structure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a computer, a computer program product for generating a navigation system for facilitating navigation of a table data structure, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, can cause the computer to perform the following:
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identifying a table data structure;
identifying a navigation menu corresponding to the table data structure;
identifying a sort criteria used for sorting the table;
identifying one or more page delineations in the table data structure;
identifying a data range corresponding to at least one page based on the sort criteria; and
modifying the user interface to enhance the navigation menu to display at least the data range for the at least one page on the graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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