Method And System For Navigation Of Web Sites And Applications
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1. A computer readable memory tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations directed to displaying a navigation map for an application, the operations comprising:
- displaying a selected page of a software application; and
displaying over the selected page a navigation map that comprises;
a plurality of elements of the application, where the plurality of elements includes an element corresponding to the selected page,relationships between the plurality of elements, anda highlighted path that passes through at least one of the plurality of elements that was transited to arrive at the selected element.
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Abstract
A method and system to aid in the navigation of a website or computer program having a plurality of resources by displaying a single navigation window having a visual display of all of the resources of the website or program and their hierarchal structure in which at least some of the resources are linked and can be directly accessed from within the window. The window also shows a history of the resources accessed and the paths taken to obtain access.
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1. A computer readable memory tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations directed to displaying a navigation map for an application, the operations comprising:
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displaying a selected page of a software application; and displaying over the selected page a navigation map that comprises; a plurality of elements of the application, where the plurality of elements includes an element corresponding to the selected page, relationships between the plurality of elements, and a highlighted path that passes through at least one of the plurality of elements that was transited to arrive at the selected element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. At least one server device comprising a processor and a memory configured to respond to a request from a user device for a home page by sending an applet towards the user device that provides for the display of a navigation map at the user device, the navigation map displaying simultaneously:
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a plurality of elements corresponding to individual ones of a set of pages that include the home page and other pages that are linked through the home page; relationships between the plurality of elements, and a highlighted path through each of the plurality of elements that corresponds to the pages that were displayed at the user device prior to a currently displayed page of the set of pages. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user device for a home page; responsive to the request, sending an applet towards the user device that provides for the display of a navigation map at the user device, the navigation map displaying simultaneously; a plurality of elements corresponding to individual ones of a set of pages that include the home page and other pages that are linked through the home page; relationships between the plurality of elements, and a highlighted path through each of the plurality of elements that corresponds to the pages that were displayed at the user device prior to a currently displayed page of the set of pages. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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