Information Retrieval System User Interface
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- displaying an output region on a display and specifying an active region around at least part of the output region;
identifying one or more movable user interface items located within the active region and identifying a spatial relationship of the movable user interface items and the output region;
for each identified user interface item accessing a stored query associated with that user interface item;
using the accessed queries and information about the spatial relationship to retrieve at least one document from a database comprising a plurality of documents;
displaying information related to the retrieved document in the output region.
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Abstract
A user interface for an information retrieval system is described. In an embodiment an output region for showing retrieved documents is displayed on an interactive surface. One or more movable user interface items, such as digital buttons or tangible objects, may be positioned in an active region. Each movable user interface item has a stored query associated with it and for example, the queries may be words or images. In an embodiment a user interface controller apparatus identifies any movable user interface items in the active region and identifies a spatial relationship between those items and the output region. In an embodiment, a query is accessed for each of the user interface items in the active region and those queries and the information about the spatial relationship are used to retrieve documents from a document database.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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displaying an output region on a display and specifying an active region around at least part of the output region; identifying one or more movable user interface items located within the active region and identifying a spatial relationship of the movable user interface items and the output region; for each identified user interface item accessing a stored query associated with that user interface item; using the accessed queries and information about the spatial relationship to retrieve at least one document from a database comprising a plurality of documents; displaying information related to the retrieved document in the output region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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displaying an output region on a display and specifying an active region around at least part of the output region; identifying one or more movable user interface items located within the active region; for each of the identified user interface items, determining a distance of that item from the output region; for each identified user interface item accessing a stored query associated with that user interface item; using the accessed queries and determined distances to retrieve at least one document from a database comprising a plurality of documents; displaying information related to the retrieved document in the output region. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. One or more device-readable media with device-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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displaying an output region on a display and specifying an active region around at least part of the output region; identifying one or more movable user interface items located within the active region and identifying a spatial relationship of the movable user interface items and the output region; for each identified user interface item, accessing a stored query associated with that user interface item; using the accessed queries and information about the spatial relationship to retrieve at least one document from a database comprising a plurality of documents; displaying information related to the retrieved document in the output region. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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