Method of expanding stacked elements
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Abstract
The present invention provides solutions to the potential undesirable effects the insertion and removal of information elements and documents may have on axes of elements using a collation function and collation units and further allows for displaying the elements with a first layout until the number of elements to be displayed in the collation unit exceeds a maximum number of elements displayable with the first layout, the elements displayed in the collation unit being displayed with a second layout when the number of elements to be displayed in the collation unit exceeds the number of elements displayable with the first layout. The invention can be effectuated as a method, a device and an apparatus carrying out the method described herein.
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40 Claims
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21. A computer-implemented method of displaying a plurality of elements on an axis of elements on a display area of a user'"'"'s device, the method comprising:
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assigning a collation function to the axis of elements, the collation function including a time-based order; receiving a plurality of elements from another user, the plurality of elements being transmitted through a network, the elements including a timestamp respectively associated thereto; associating the plurality of elements with respective collation positions on the axis of elements; displaying the plurality of elements in a substantially rectilinear and vertical orientation on the display in a stacked configuration of elements on the axis of elements; and displaying a notification in association with the plurality of elements including an identity of the another user providing the plurality of elements, wherein the plurality of stacked elements is unstacked and elements are distinctly displayed on the axis on a basis of an action performed by the user on the display area. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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