CROSS TAXONOMY NAVIGATION FROM A BREAD CRUMB IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A method for providing access to electronic resources, comprising:
- receiving an indication to a first crumb through a user interface, wherein the first crumb indicates a category of a taxonomy of electronic resources and wherein the first crumb is linked to a first electronic resource in the taxonomy of electronic resources;
providing to the user interface a second crumb in response to receiving the indication to the first crumb, wherein the second crumb is linked to a second electronic resource in the taxonomy of electronic resource, wherein the second electronic resource is in the same category of the taxonomy as the first electronic resource;
receiving an indication of selection of the second crumb through the user interface;
accessing the second electronic resource in response to selection of the second crumb.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to navigate to a web page or other resource in a taxonomy of resources using a crumb provided in a user interface. The crumb is associated with a category of web pages in the taxonomy. When a user indicates the crumb, such as hovering over the crumb, additional crumbs are displayed, so that the user may directly navigate to another web page in the taxonomy. The additional crumbs may be in the same, or a different category. The user can select a crumb from any category to navigate forward and backward in the taxonomy. The taxonomy may be independent of a storage structure for the web pages. The crumbs may be in a toolbar, script, or other module that interfaces with a local or remote taxonomy processor to access and dynamically manage the taxonomy of web pages.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing access to electronic resources, comprising:
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receiving an indication to a first crumb through a user interface, wherein the first crumb indicates a category of a taxonomy of electronic resources and wherein the first crumb is linked to a first electronic resource in the taxonomy of electronic resources; providing to the user interface a second crumb in response to receiving the indication to the first crumb, wherein the second crumb is linked to a second electronic resource in the taxonomy of electronic resource, wherein the second electronic resource is in the same category of the taxonomy as the first electronic resource; receiving an indication of selection of the second crumb through the user interface; accessing the second electronic resource in response to selection of the second crumb. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A network device for providing access to electronic resources, comprising:
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a processor; a communication interface in communication with the processor and with a network; a memory in communication with the processor and storing data and instructions that cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations, including; receiving an indication to a first crumb through a user interface, wherein the first crumb indicates a level of a taxonomy of electronic resources and wherein the first crumb is linked to a first electronic resource in the taxonomy of electronic resources; providing to the user interface a second crumb in response to receiving the indication to the first crumb, wherein the second crumb is linked to a second electronic resource in the taxonomy of electronic resource, wherein the second electronic resource is at the same level of the taxonomy as the first electronic resource; receiving an indication of selection of the second crumb through the user interface; accessing the second electronic resource in response to selection of the second crumb. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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