Identifying Content via Items of a Navigation System

• US 20110131532A1
• Filed: 08/25/2010
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Russell, Deborah C., Cho, Jonathan, Ligameri, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,782,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A navigation system which provides: a navigation front end which provides tiles that are easily identifiable and content-driven vs. context-driven; a navigation system that includes an expanded view/tile paradigm; and a navigation system that allows users to interact with the native operating system environment of the information handling system.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating navigation within an information handling system comprising:

presenting, via the information handling system, a navigation front end, the navigation front end comprising a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a respective item, the plurality of tiles providing a context driven dynamic interface to allow a user to directly access the item, the plurality of tiles being dynamically modifiable by the navigation front end;

enabling access to the item by actuation of one of the plurality of tiles; and

,

presenting an expanded tile representation upon access to the item, the expanded tile representation allowing a user to interact with a rich visual context menu and to access most recent accessed content relating to the item.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a tile is dynamically modified to represent content accessed by the user via the expanded tile representation.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein:

a tile is dynamically modified to represent most recently accessed content accessed by the user via the expanded tile representation.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

a plurality of tile actions may be performed by a user on each of the plurality of tiles.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the plurality of tile actions comprises a hover action, the hover action causing the navigation front end to accent a particular tile on which the hover action is being performed.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein:

upon performance of the hover action, the particular tile being accented is dynamically modified to provide a cyclic representation of content stored within the expanded tile corresponding to the particular tile.

7. An apparatus for facilitating navigation within an information handling system comprising:

means for presenting, via the information handling system, a navigation front end, the navigation front end comprising a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a respective item, the plurality of tiles providing a context driven dynamic interface to allow a user to directly access the item, the plurality of tiles being dynamically modifiable by the navigation front end;

means for enabling access to the item by actuation of one of the plurality of tiles; and

,

means for presenting an expanded tile representation upon access to the item, the expanded tile representation allowing a user to interact with a rich visual context menu and to access most recent accessed content relating to the item.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein:

a tile is dynamically modified to represent content accessed by the user via the expanded tile representation.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein:

a tile is dynamically modified to represent most recently accessed content accessed by the user via the expanded tile representation.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein:

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein:

the plurality of tile actions comprises a hover action, the hover action causing the navigation front end to accent a particular tile on which the hover action is being performed.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein:

upon performance of the hover action, the particular tile being accented is dynamically modified to provide a cyclic representation of content stored within the expanded tile corresponding to the particular tile.

13. An information handling system comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a system for facilitating navigation within an information handling system, the system comprising instructions executable by the processor for;

presenting, via the information handling system, a navigation front end, the navigation front end comprising a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a respective item, the plurality of tiles providing a context driven dynamic interface to allow a user to directly access the item, the plurality of tiles being dynamically modifiable by the navigation front end;

enabling access to the item by actuation of one of the plurality of tiles; and

,

presenting an expanded tile representation upon access to the item, the expanded tile representation allowing a user to interact with a rich visual context menu and to access most recent accessed content relating to the item.

14. The information handling system of claim 13 wherein:

a tile is dynamically modified to represent content accessed by the user via the expanded tile representation.

15. The information handling system of claim 14 wherein:

a tile is dynamically modified to represent most recently accessed content accessed by the user via the expanded tile representation.

16. The information handling system of claim 13 wherein:

a plurality of tile actions may be performed by a user on each of the plurality of tiles.

17. The information handling system of claim 16 wherein:

the plurality of tile actions comprises a hover action, the hover action causing the navigation front end to accent a particular tile on which the hover action is being performed.

18. The information handling system of claim 16 wherein:

upon performance of the hover action, the particular tile being accented is dynamically modified to provide a cyclic representation of content stored within the expanded tile corresponding to the particular tile.