METHOD OF MANAGING ARRAYS OF DOCUMENTS

• US 20140181649A1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc., Maya-Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc.
• Inventors: AUDET, Mathieu
• Granted Patent: US 9,348,800 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/277
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

The present application provides a method and an information organizing system thereof for discriminating axes of documents on a display, the method comprising displaying, at a first time about an time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, whereby the first axis of documents and second axis of documents are concurrently displayed about the time-of-axis-display timeline in such a way as to graphically indicate to a viewer of the display that the first axis of documents was displayed chronologically before the second axis of documents is displayed.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations for discriminating axes of documents on a display, the operations comprising:

displaying, at a first time about a time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and

displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline,

whereby the first axis of documents and second axis of documents are concurrently displayed about the time-of-axis-display timeline in such a way as to graphically indicate to a viewer of the display that the first axis of documents was displayed chronologically before the second axis of documents is displayed.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second axis of documents is displayed in such a way as to at least partially overlap the first axis of documents.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents are displayed in such a way as to render a perspective representing a spatial relationship between the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents on the display representative of the sequential axes display order of the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the two consecutively displayed axes of documents are displayed in non-parallel relation to one another.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein an intersection area between the first axis of document and the second axis of documents is accentuated in the display thereof.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein a logical intersection between the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents is displayed in such a way as to indicate whether relative movement between the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents is locked.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, at a time subsequent to a time of display of a most recently displayed axis of documents, an additional axis of documents, the additional axis of documents being displayed at the subsequent time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view of the most recently displayed axis of documents first preceding the display of the additional axis of documents; and

ceasing displaying of the most recently displayed axis of documents based on a determination that a number of displayed axes of documents would exceed a predetermined number of axes of documents to be displayed at one time, wherein the remaining displayed axes of documents, after ceasing to display the first axis of documents, are displayed at the same time in such a way as to indicate the chronological order in which the remaining axes of documents were displayed along the time-of-axis-display timeline based on a respective depth of view of each of the axes of documents.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein ceasing displaying of the first axis of documents comprises rendering the first axis of documents invisible in such a manner that the first axis of documents may be redisplayed later.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving instructions adapted to perform a sequential navigation between displayed axes of documents,

wherein a displayed axis of documents is adapted to become invisible and an invisible axis of documents is adapted to become visible as a result of navigation between two displayed axes of documents so as not to display more than the predetermined number of axes of documents to be displayed at one time.

10. A method of discriminating axes of documents on a display, the method comprising:

displaying, at a first time about an time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and

displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline,

whereby the first axis of documents and second axis of documents are concurrently displayed about the time-of-axis-display timeline in such a way as to graphically indicate to a viewer of the display that the first axis of documents was displayed chronologically before the second axis of documents is displayed.

11. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 10, wherein the second axis of documents is displayed in such a way as to at least partially overlap the first axis of documents.

12. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 10, wherein the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents are displayed in such a way as to render a perspective representing a spatial relationship between the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents on the display representative of the sequential axes display order of the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents.

13. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 10, wherein the two consecutively displayed axes of documents are displayed in non-parallel relation to one another.

14. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 13, wherein an intersection area between the first axis of document and the second axis of documents is accentuated in the display thereof.

15. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 13, wherein a logical intersection between the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents is displayed in such a way as to indicate whether relative movement between the first axis of documents and the second axis of documents is locked.

16. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying, at a time subsequent to a time of display of a most recently displayed axis of documents, an additional axis of documents, the additional axis of documents being displayed at the subsequent time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view of the most recently displayed axis of documents first preceding the display of the additional axis of documents; and

ceasing displaying of the most recently displayed axis of documents based on a determination that a number of displayed axes of documents would exceed a predetermined number of axes of documents to be displayed at one time, wherein the remaining displayed axes of documents, after ceasing to display the first axis of documents, are displayed at the same time in such a way as to indicate the chronological order in which the remaining axes of documents were displayed along the time-of-axis-display timeline based on a respective depth of view of each of the axes of documents.

17. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 16, wherein ceasing displaying of the first axis of documents comprises rendering the first axis of documents invisible in such a manner that the first axis of documents may be redisplayed later.

18. The method of discriminating axes of documents on a display of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving instructions adapted to perform a sequential navigation between displayed axes of documents,

wherein a displayed axis of documents is adapted to become invisible and an invisible axis of documents is adapted to become visible as a result of navigation between two displayed axes of documents so as not to display more than the predetermined number of axes of documents to be displayed at one time.

19. An information organizing system, comprising:

a computing device having a (i) processor and (ii) non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for performing a method; and

a display operatively connected to the computing device for displaying a graphical user interface to a user during performance of the method when the computer-executable instructions are executed;

wherein the method includes the step of;

displaying, at a first time about an time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and

displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline,

whereby the first axis of documents and second axis of documents are concurrently displayed about the time-of-axis-display timeline in such a way as to graphically indicate to a viewer of the display that the first axis of documents was displayed chronologically before the second axis of documents is displayed.

20. The information organizing system of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying, at a time subsequent to a time of display of a most recently displayed axis of documents, an additional axis of documents, the additional axis of documents being displayed at the subsequent time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view of the most recently displayed axis of documents first preceding the display of the additional axis of documents; and

ceasing displaying of the most recently displayed axis of documents based on a determination that a number of displayed axes of documents would exceed a predetermined number of axes of documents to be displayed at one time, wherein the remaining displayed axes of documents, after ceasing to display the first axis of documents, are displayed at the same time in such a way as to indicate the chronological order in which the remaining axes of documents were displayed along the time-of-axis-display timeline based on a respective depth of view of each of the axes of documents.