Information map
First Claim
1. A method of generating a navigable outline for a title structure comprising a plurality of related nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) accessing the title structure;
(b) finding a node in the title structure;
(c) creating a navigation link to separate content associated with the node, wherein an initial node is at a selected starting level in the title structure; and
(d) recursively descending the title structure for steps (b) and (c), wherein the recursive descent stops at a selected maximum depth.
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Abstract
One of the controls on a page can call an information map at the time that the page which contains the control is being rendered. The information map interface provides access to the structure of both the title and the content within the title. The control can then display this structural information in any form it desires since it renders itself on the page at the customer computer. Navigation through the title is based on the customer'"'"'s interactions with the information map control, i.e., clicking on a navigation link causes the title to navigate to that location. The information map determines which piece of the title and content structure to show, and the visual form in which it is shown. Information maps may have other applications including the efficient creation and modification of timelines and geographic maps in multimedia encyclopedias (e.g., Microsoft Encarta), as well as virtual reality programs.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of generating a navigable outline for a title structure comprising a plurality of related nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) accessing the title structure; (b) finding a node in the title structure; (c) creating a navigation link to separate content associated with the node, wherein an initial node is at a selected starting level in the title structure; and (d) recursively descending the title structure for steps (b) and (c), wherein the recursive descent stops at a selected maximum depth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In an electronic publication system including a designer, a storage and a viewer, a method comprising the steps of:
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creating a title layout including at least one page object; creating a content object having a plurality of content values; releasing the title layout and the content object as a title to the storage; retrieving the title layout and the content object from the storage; composing an outline of navigational links to the content values on the displayable page representation of the page object, the outline representative of the title layout and the content values and configurable in starting and ending levels; and moving through the title to content values by activation of one of the navigational links. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method of displaying navigable links indicative of a title structure comprising sections with the sections containing stories and the stories having one or more content values, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) accessing the title structure; b) determining a selected depth for display of the navigable links; c) if the selected depth includes displaying section names, then c.1) displaying one of the section names and c.2) creating a navigation link indicative of the one section name wherein selection of the navigation link indicative of the one section name moves a viewing window to the content value of the section; d) if the selected depth includes displaying the content values of the stories, then d.1) locating a story in the title structure; d.2) creating a navigation link indicative of the story, wherein selection of the navigation link indicative of the story moves said viewing window to the content values of the story. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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