Method and apparatus for incrementally browsing levels of stories
First Claim
1. A method of displaying information in a computer system, said computer system including a processor coupled to a memory, said computer system including a display coupled to said processor, said memory storing a plurality of stories, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of first levels of information corresponding to said plurality of stories in a first area of said display;
displaying a first level of information of a first story of said plurality of stories in a first subarea of said first area;
detecting a selector within said first subarea;
displaying a second level of information of said first story within said first subarea responsive to said detecting said selector within said first subarea;
detecting a selection within said first subarea; and
displaying a third level of information of said first story within said first area.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying information in a computer system. The computer system includes a processor coupled to a memory. The computer system includes a display coupled to the processor. The memory stores a plurality of stories. The method comprises the following steps. One step involves displaying a plurality of first levels of information corresponding to the plurality of stories in a first area of the display. Another step includes displaying a first level of information of a first story of the plurality of stories in a first subarea of the first area. Another step includes detecting a selector within the first subarea and displaying a second level of information of the first story within the first subarea responsive to the detecting the selector within the first subarea. Another step is a step of detecting a selection within the first subarea and displaying a third level of information of the first story within said first area.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of displaying information in a computer system, said computer system including a processor coupled to a memory, said computer system including a display coupled to said processor, said memory storing a plurality of stories, said method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a plurality of first levels of information corresponding to said plurality of stories in a first area of said display; displaying a first level of information of a first story of said plurality of stories in a first subarea of said first area; detecting a selector within said first subarea; displaying a second level of information of said first story within said first subarea responsive to said detecting said selector within said first subarea; detecting a selection within said first subarea; and displaying a third level of information of said first story within said first area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying a first story and a second story on a display device, said display device being coupled to a processor and a memory, said method comprising the steps of:
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accessing an issue from said memory, said issue defining a format for displaying said first story and said second story; displaying a first title of said first story in a first area on said display device, said first area being defined by said issue; displaying a second title of said second story in a second area on said display device, said second area being defined by said issue, said first area being different from said second area; communicating a first part of said first story in response to detecting a first signal corresponding to a selector being in said first area at a first time; communicating a first part of said second story in response to detecting a second signal corresponding to said selector being in said second area at a second time; communicating a second part of said first story in response to detecting a third signal corresponding to a first selection within said first area, said second part of said first story being larger than said first part of said first story; and communicating a second part of said second story in response to detecting a fourth signal corresponding to a second selection within said second area, said second part of said second story being larger than said first part of said first story. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system for displaying information corresponding to a story, said computer system comprising:
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a display device; an input device; a memory, said memory including a first story and instructions; and a processor being coupled to receive said instructions and to generate signals for said display device, said processor being coupled to receive signals from said input device, said instructions defining a first area on said display device, said instructions defining a first subarea of said first area, said instructions causing a first level of information corresponding to said first story to be displayed in said first subarea at a first time, said instructions causing a second level of information corresponding to said first story to be displayed in said first subarea at a second time and in response to receiving a first signal from said input device, said first signal corresponding to a first selector being within said first area, said instructions causing a third level of information corresponding to said first story to be displayed in said first area at a third time and in response to receiving a second signal from said input device, said second signal corresponding to a first selection within said first area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification