System and Method for Enabling at Least One Independent Data Navigation and Interaction Activity Within a Document
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a user of an interactive data processing application to engage in a first content interaction activity, within a content structure presented by the application to the user, and to contemporaneously engage in at least one content navigation activity, within at least one of the application and the content structure, independently of the first content interaction activity, comprising the steps of:
- (a) defining at least one independent content navigation interface within at least one of;
an application content presentation region occupied by the content structure, and an application region outside said application content presentation region;
(b) generating, in said at least one independent content navigation interface, at least one content interaction region for interaction therewith by the user; and
(c) generating, in said at least one independent content navigation interface, and proximal to said at least one content interaction region, at least one proximal content navigation control selectively operable, when presented with a plurality of discrete content elements within said at least one content interaction region, to enable selective navigation between said plural discrete content elements in said at least one content interaction region, without interfering with the first content interaction activity, wherein said selective navigation at least comprises selectively utilizing said at least one content navigation control to return to at least one previously visited plural discrete content element.
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Abstract
The inventive system and method are directed to novel embodiments of various tools and infrastructures that enable a user of a document viewed on a data processing system using a document handling application, to engage in at least one additional concurrent data navigation/interaction activity in the document, and/or in the application handling the document, without affecting the user'"'"'s document interaction activities. In the preferred embodiment of the invention the inventive system and method are implemented by enabling the handling application to present the document along with at least one Independent Data Interaction/Navigation Element (IDINE), that includes a display component for displaying and optionally enabling interaction with any data (content) provided thereto, and a control component for navigating the provided content. Advantageously, the novel system and method ensure that utilizing any particular IDINE to navigate content provided thereto, does not affect the user'"'"'s ability to navigate or interact with content in the document, or in other IDINEs (if any are present). The system and method of the present invention also provide a number of novel techniques for implementing and modifying IDINEs, and also provide multiple advantageous IDINE-related infrastructures, having additional benefits to parties involved in IDINE use, implementation, and content provision thereto.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a user of an interactive data processing application to engage in a first content interaction activity, within a content structure presented by the application to the user, and to contemporaneously engage in at least one content navigation activity, within at least one of the application and the content structure, independently of the first content interaction activity, comprising the steps of:
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(a) defining at least one independent content navigation interface within at least one of;
an application content presentation region occupied by the content structure, and an application region outside said application content presentation region;
(b) generating, in said at least one independent content navigation interface, at least one content interaction region for interaction therewith by the user; and
(c) generating, in said at least one independent content navigation interface, and proximal to said at least one content interaction region, at least one proximal content navigation control selectively operable, when presented with a plurality of discrete content elements within said at least one content interaction region, to enable selective navigation between said plural discrete content elements in said at least one content interaction region, without interfering with the first content interaction activity, wherein said selective navigation at least comprises selectively utilizing said at least one content navigation control to return to at least one previously visited plural discrete content element. - 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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