Methods and apparatus to preview content
First Claim
1. A method for previewing a visual representation of content, the method comprising:
- in a first allocated portion of a display screen, displaying multiple selected content items wherein the multiple selected content items represent respective multi-page documents;
while displaying the multiple selected content items in the first allocated portion of the display screen, displaying thumbnail images of pages of each of the multi-page documents represented by the corresponding selected content items in a second allocated portion of the display screen wherein the thumbnail images are displayed side-by-side in a non-overlapping manner that allow preview of pages of each of the multi-page documents individually and concurrently;
displaying multiple visual boundaries in the second allocated portion of the display screen to indicate multiple groupings of the thumbnail images to identify which grouping corresponds to which of the multiple selected content items;
supporting at least one of;
i) an operation of dragging and dropping a thumbnail image, in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify contents of the first content item and the second content item, so that changes appear in the respective original multi-page document files associated with the first content item and the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the first content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the first content item as arranged in the first grouping, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping; and
ii) an operation of copying a thumbnail image in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify content of the second content item, so that changes appear in the original multi-page document file associated with the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping.
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Abstract
A display application herein allocates a first region of a display screen for displaying a list of content items such as documents or files. A respective viewer of the display screen can select multiple content items from the list. The display application highlights selected content items. For each of multiple selected content items, the display application displays a preview of corresponding sub-content such as a respective set of thumbnail images associated with a respective content item in an allocated second region of the display screen. The second region of the display screen includes one or more visual boundaries so that a user can identify groupings of related thumbnails associated with selected content items.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for previewing a visual representation of content, the method comprising:
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in a first allocated portion of a display screen, displaying multiple selected content items wherein the multiple selected content items represent respective multi-page documents; while displaying the multiple selected content items in the first allocated portion of the display screen, displaying thumbnail images of pages of each of the multi-page documents represented by the corresponding selected content items in a second allocated portion of the display screen wherein the thumbnail images are displayed side-by-side in a non-overlapping manner that allow preview of pages of each of the multi-page documents individually and concurrently; displaying multiple visual boundaries in the second allocated portion of the display screen to indicate multiple groupings of the thumbnail images to identify which grouping corresponds to which of the multiple selected content items; supporting at least one of; i) an operation of dragging and dropping a thumbnail image, in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify contents of the first content item and the second content item, so that changes appear in the respective original multi-page document files associated with the first content item and the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the first content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the first content item as arranged in the first grouping, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping; and ii) an operation of copying a thumbnail image in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify content of the second content item, so that changes appear in the original multi-page document file associated with the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26)
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17. A computer program product including a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for processing data information, such that the instructions, when carried out by a processing device, enable the processing device to perform the operations of:
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in a first allocated portion of a display screen, displaying multiple selected content items wherein the multiple selected content items represent respective multi-page documents; while displaying the multiple selected content items in the first allocated portion of the display screen, displaying thumbnail images of pages of each of the multi-page documents represented by the corresponding selected content items in a second allocated portion of the display screen wherein the thumbnail images are displayed side-by-side in a non-overlapping manner that allow preview of pages of each of the multi-page documents individually and concurrently; displaying multiple visual boundaries in the second allocated portion of the display screen to indicate multiple groupings of the thumbnail images to identify which grouping corresponds to which of the multiple selected content items; supporting at least one of; i) an operation of dragging and dropping a thumbnail image, in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify contents of the first content item and the second content item, so that changes appear in the respective original multi-page document files associated with the first content item and the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the first content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the first content item as arranged in the first grouping, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping; and ii) an operation of copying a thumbnail image in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify content of the second content item, so that changes appear in the original multi-page document file associated with the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer system for previewing content, the computer system comprising:
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a processor; a memory unit that stores instructions associated with an application executed by the processor; and an interconnect coupling the processor and the memory unit, enabling the computer system to execute the application and perform operations of; in a first allocated portion of a display screen, displaying multiple selected content items wherein the multiple selected content items represent respective multi-page documents; while displaying the multiple selected content items in the first allocated portion of the display screen, displaying thumbnail images of pages of each of the multi-page documents represented by the corresponding selected content items in a second allocated portion of the display screen wherein the thumbnail images are displayed side-by-side in a non-overlapping manner that allow preview of pages of each of the multi-page documents individually and concurrently; displaying multiple visual boundaries in the second allocated portion of the display screen to indicate multiple groupings of the thumbnail images to identify which grouping corresponds to which of the multiple selected content items; supporting at least one of; i) an operation of dragging and dropping a thumbnail image, in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify contents of the first content item and the second content item, so that changes appear in the respective original multi-page document files associated with the first content item and the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the first content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the first content item as arranged in the first grouping, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping; and ii) an operation of copying a thumbnail image in a first grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a first content item of the selected content items to a second grouping of the groupings of thumbnail images corresponding to a second content item of the selected content items in the second allocated portion of the display screen to modify content of the second content item, so that changes appear in the original multi-page document file associated with the second content item when opened in a corresponding native application, the modified content of the multi-page document file associated with the second content item corresponding to the modified content associated with the second content item as arranged in the second grouping. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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