SEMANTICALLY RICH WAY OF NAVIGATING ON A USER DEVICE

• US 20090007011A1
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: McAniff, Richard J., Johnson, Bruce, Gupta, Anoop, Czerwinski, Mary P.
• Application Number:
  US11/770,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20090007011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71

Abstract

Information can be presented to a user as high-level content that is dynamically presented to a user based on a request, a user role, extrinsic information and so forth. As the user navigates the high level content, lower level information that was masked can be selectively revealed or exposed. Upon request, the user can be automatically transitioned back to the high level content. Different versions of a document can be maintained within a master document and, upon request, one of the versions can be displayed as a function of a rendering device.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates navigation on a user device, comprising:

a receiver component that receives a request for information;

a navigation component that directs a user from a high-level overview of the information to full details of the information; and

a rendering component that present a subset of the detailed information as a function of a rendering device.

2. The system of claim 1, the navigation component transitions from the high-level overview to the full details based on a user request.

3. The system of claim 1, the navigation component transitions from the full details to the high-level overview based on a user request

4. The system of claim 1, further comprises a relevance component that analyzes content and determines a significance of the content to a user.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprises a role selection module that provides a user with a selection based on a role in which the user is functioning.

6. The system of claim 4, further comprises an observation component that selectively determines a user role based on a current time.

7. The system of claim 4, further comprises an observation component that infers a role based on extrinsic evidence.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a content generation component that creates at least two versions of a document; and

a classification component that categorizes various sections of the document, the rendering component displays one of the at least two versions of the document as a function of a rendering device.

9. The system of claim 8, the content generation component maintains a master version of the document and one or more different versions of the document.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a search module that automatically performs a search for data based on a user request; and

a verification module that confirms if discovered data matches the requested data.

11. The system of claim 10, the verification module presents two or more alternatives to the discovered data.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprises a resize module that reconfigures at least one subset of the detailed information based on a screen size.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprises a partition module that subdivides a display area to present the subsets of the detailed information in different areas of the display.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprises a machine learning component that automates one or more system components.

15. A method for selectively presenting a subset of data to a user, comprising:

displaying a high level overview of requested content;

presenting links to lower level content;

receiving a request to transition from the high level overview to the lower level content; and

selectively presenting the lower level content as a function of a rendering device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

masking portions of the lower level content; and

exposing the lower level content when the request is received.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving at least two alternative versions of a document; and

selecting one of the at least two alternative versions to present as lower level content.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request to expose the high level overview; and

selectively masking the low level content.

19. A computer-implemented system for providing semantic navigation on a user device, comprising:

means for receiving a request to view content;

means for presenting the content as a function of a user device; and

means for selectively masking or exposing content based on a user request, a user role, or combinations thereof.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprises means for displaying at least one version of a document as a function of the rendering device.