MULTI-DIMENSIONAL BROWSING OF CONTENT

• US 20140059479A1
• Filed: 08/22/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Hamburg, Mark C., Scouten, Eric A., Poley, Eleanor G.
• Granted Patent: US 9,514,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

Multi-dimensional content browsing may include assigning images from a plurality of images into a plurality of groups. An interface that includes first and second dimensions may be displayed. The interface may allow browsing in the first dimension among the plurality of groups and may also allow browsing in the second dimension among one or more images of one of the groups. A request to prefetch image data in at least one of the dimensions may be generated based on an anticipation to display the image data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

assigning images from a plurality of images into a plurality of groups, wherein each group includes at least one of the images; and

displaying an interface that includes first and second dimensions in a same window to display the images, wherein the interface allows browsing in the first dimension among the plurality of groups and also allows browsing in the second dimension among one or more images of one of the groups, wherein during browsing in the second dimension among the one or more images of the one group, one or more images of another one of the groups remain displayed in the same window.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a request to prefetch image data in at least one of the first or second dimensions based on an anticipation to display the image data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the anticipation to display the image data is based on a speed of browsing.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the anticipation to display the image data is based on a direction of browsing.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising canceling the request to prefetch the image data based on a determination that prefetching the image data has not been initiated and that displaying the image data is no longer anticipated.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising locally storing previously prefetched image data.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising prefetching the image data and updating said displaying with the prefetched image data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein each group is defined by a tag, wherein the respective at least one or more images of a respective group include a same tag.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the images are displayed as variable width thumbnails.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an update to the plurality of images; and

updating said assigning based on the update to the plurality of images.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the update includes an updated version of one image of the plurality of images, wherein the updated plurality of images includes both the updated version of the one image and an original version of the one image.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement:

assigning images from a plurality of images into a plurality of groups, wherein each group includes at least one of the images;

displaying an interface that includes first and second dimensions in a same window to display the images, wherein the interface allows browsing in the first dimension among the plurality of groups and also allows browsing in the second dimension among one or more images of one of the groups, wherein during browsing in the second dimension among the one or more images of the one group, one or more images of another one of the groups remain displayed in the same window; and

generating a request to prefetch image data in at least one of the first or second dimensions based on an anticipation to display the image data.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the anticipation to display the image data is based on at least one of a speed or a direction of browsing.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the program instructions are further computer-executable to implement canceling the request to prefetch the image data based on a determination that prefetching the image data has not been initiated and that displaying the image data is no longer anticipated.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the program instructions are further computer-executable to implement locally storing previously prefetched image data.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the program instructions are further computer-executable to implement prefetching the image data and updating said displaying with the prefetched image data.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the program instructions are further computer-executable to implement:

receiving an update to the plurality of images; and

updating said assigning based on the update to the plurality of images.

18. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the at least one processor to;

assign images from a plurality of images into a plurality of groups, wherein each group includes at least one of the images;

display an interface that includes first and second dimensions in a same window to display the images, wherein the interface allows browsing in the first dimension among the plurality of groups and also allows browsing in the second dimension among one or more images of one of the groups, wherein during browsing in the second dimension among the one or more images of the one group, one or more images of another one of the groups remain displayed in the same window; and

generate a request to prefetch image data in at least one of the first or second dimensions based on an anticipation to display the image data.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cancel the request to prefetch the image data based on a determination that prefetching the image data has not been initiated and that displaying the image data is no longer anticipated.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to locally store previously prefetched image data.