Apparatus and method for movement-based dynamic filtering of search results in a graphical user interface
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
a memory coupled to the at least one processor;
search results residing in the memory; and
a movement-based filtering mechanism residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor, the movement-based filtering mechanism displaying a graphical representation of a plurality of attributes of the search results and dynamically filtering the search results according to movement of a pointer by a user of the apparatus on the graphical representation to generate therefrom filtered search results.
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Abstract
A movement-based filtering mechanism in a graphical user interface allows a user to filter search results by simply moving a pointer, such as a mouse. One or more attributes are displayed to the user in a graphical format. By selecting the pointer (such as clicking on a mouse button), the user may dynamically filter the search results according to the attribute(s) under the pointer. Weighting of multiple attributes may be performed according to the time the pointer spends in each attribute area in the display, or according to a path length of the pointer in each attribute area in the display. In addition, the speed of the dynamic filtering may be directly controlled according to the speed of the movement of the pointer. A timeline may also be displayed that allows the user to go back to any suitable point in time in the filtering process.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor;
a memory coupled to the at least one processor;
search results residing in the memory; and
a movement-based filtering mechanism residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor, the movement-based filtering mechanism displaying a graphical representation of a plurality of attributes of the search results and dynamically filtering the search results according to movement of a pointer by a user of the apparatus on the graphical representation to generate therefrom filtered search results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for dynamically filtering search results, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a plurality of attributes in the search results;
displaying a graphical representation of at least one of the plurality of attributes; and
dynamically filtering the search results according to movement of the pointer on the graphical representation by a user to generate therefrom filtered search results. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable program product comprising:
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a movement-based filtering mechanism that displays a graphical representation of a plurality of attributes of the search results and dynamically filters the search results according to movement of a pointer by a user on the graphical representation to generate therefrom filtered search results; and
computer-readable signal bearing media bearing the movement-based filtering mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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