Method for navigating between sections on a display space
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for navigating between sections in a display space is furnished. The sections in the display space are each assigned to a particular location of the display space, and representatives are provided which are each assigned to a particular section in the display space using an unambiguous relation. The method for navigating includes the following steps: selecting at least one representative that is assigned to a particular section in the display space with the aid of the unambiguous relation; and navigating to the particular section in the display space with the aid of the unambiguous relation with the particular section in the display space.
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Citations
48 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A method comprising:
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assigning a representative to a second section on a surface of a sphere, wherein the second section surrounds a second location on the surface of the sphere and a first section surrounds a first location on the surface of the sphere, wherein a locational relation exists between the first location and the second location, wherein the first section is displayed in an enlarged view on a screen, and wherein the second section is not displayed on the screen; and actuating the representative to navigate from the first location to the second location, wherein the actuating causes the enlarged view of the first section to be reduced in a non-abrupt manner until both the first section and the second section are displayed on the screen, and then the second section to be enlarged in a non-abrupt manner until the first section is no longer displayed on the screen, and wherein the locational relation is maintained between the first location and the second location as the first section is reduced and the second section is enlarged. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method comprising:
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actuating a representative of a second section on a surface of a sphere, wherein a first section of the surface of the sphere is visible on a screen and the second section is not visible on the screen, wherein the first section surrounds a first location on the surface of the sphere, and wherein the second section surrounds a second location on the surface of the sphere; and navigating from the first section to the second section by reducing the first section on the screen in a non-abrupt manner until both the first section and the second section are visible on the screen and then enlarging the second section in a non-abrupt manner until the first section is no longer visible on the screen, wherein a locational relation on the surface of the sphere is maintained between the first location and the second location as the first section is reduced and the second section is enlarged. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method comprising:
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triggering a navigation to a second section on a surface of a sphere, wherein a first section on the surface of the sphere is visible on a screen and the second section is not visible on the screen, wherein the first section surrounds a first location on the surface of the sphere, and wherein the second section surrounds a second location on the surface of the sphere; and navigating from the first location to the second location by reducing the first section on the screen in a non-abrupt manner until both the first section and the second section are visible on the screen and then enlarging the second section in a non-abrupt manner until the first section is no longer visible on the screen, wherein a locational relation on the surface of the sphere is maintained between the first location and the second location as the first section is reduced and the second section is enlarged. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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