USER INTERFACE FOR GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF AND INTERACTION WITH ELECTRONIC MESSAGES
First Claim
1. A method of managing electronic data items, the method comprising:
- using at least one software module that when executed on a computing device allows organizing groups of electronic data items, based on at least one data item characteristic, into a horizon view configured to allow viewing and manipulating large numbers of electronic data items simultaneously; and
utilizing at least one type of zoom operation to show multiple levels of detailed information about the electronic data items.
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Abstract
A method and a device are disclosed including a user interface configured to display and manage grouped graphical representations of electronic data and messages, such as files and emails, that can be zoomed in to access different types of information and details about one or a group of messages. The user interface further allows searching for, dispositioning, and taking various actions on one or a group of messages. In various embodiments, the graphical representation includes grids of grids or tiles, and in other embodiments, it includes fractal representations such as quadratic fractals. At least four types of zoom operations are disclosed including digital zoom to enlarge images, context-zoom to show different information types about messages like folders, categories, collections, etc. depending on context; semantic-zoom to show different data depending on level of detail; and metadata-zoom to show metadata about a message such as timestamp, existence of attachments, and the like.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of managing electronic data items, the method comprising:
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using at least one software module that when executed on a computing device allows organizing groups of electronic data items, based on at least one data item characteristic, into a horizon view configured to allow viewing and manipulating large numbers of electronic data items simultaneously; and utilizing at least one type of zoom operation to show multiple levels of detailed information about the electronic data items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for managing electronic data items, the system comprising:
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a horizon view software module that when executed on a computing device causes the computing device to categorize electronic data items, based on at least one data item characteristic, into a horizon view of multiple categories configured to allow viewing and manipulating large numbers of electronic data items simultaneously; and a zoom software module that when executed on the computing device causes the computing device to allow at least one type of zoom operation by a user to show multiple levels of detailed information about the electronic data items. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of viewing electronic data items, the method comprising:
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organizing groups of electronic data items, based at least on one data item characteristic, into a horizon view configured to allow viewing and manipulating large numbers of electronic data items simultaneously; and utilizing at least one type of zoom operation to show multiple levels of detailed information about the electronic data items. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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