Systems and/or methods for paging control including selective paging element display according to a binary subdivision and/or a serial progressive display approach
First Claim
1. A paging control method enabling a user to navigate through a plurality of data elements displayed on a display of a computer of the user, a subset of the plurality of data elements being displayable in each of a plurality of pages, the plurality of pages including at least a first page and a last page, the method comprising:
- (a) designating paging control elements for the first and last pages;
(b) receiving information identifying a currently selected page;
(c) when the currently selected page is either the first page or the last page;
determining whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, anddesignating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approach chosen in the determining;
(d) when the currently selected page is between the first and last pages;
determining, for a first sub-range corresponding to a range between the first page and the currently selected page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements,determining, for a second sub-range corresponding to a range between the currently selected page and the last page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, anddesignating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approaches chosen for the first and second sub-ranges in the determining; and
(e) formatting the currently selected page for display on the display of the user such that it includes all designated paging control elements.
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein relate to paging systems and methods that help users navigate through large or small datasets. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, paging control elements are provided according to either a binary subdivision approach or a serial progressive approach. Paging control elements are displayed according to either the binary subdivision approach or the serial progressive approach in dependence on a determination as to which approach is more advantageous based at least in part on factors such as, for example, total number of pages, current page location, distance to end points, screen size, etc.
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20 Claims
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1. A paging control method enabling a user to navigate through a plurality of data elements displayed on a display of a computer of the user, a subset of the plurality of data elements being displayable in each of a plurality of pages, the plurality of pages including at least a first page and a last page, the method comprising:
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(a) designating paging control elements for the first and last pages; (b) receiving information identifying a currently selected page; (c) when the currently selected page is either the first page or the last page; determining whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, and designating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approach chosen in the determining; (d) when the currently selected page is between the first and last pages; determining, for a first sub-range corresponding to a range between the first page and the currently selected page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, determining, for a second sub-range corresponding to a range between the currently selected page and the last page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, and designating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approaches chosen for the first and second sub-ranges in the determining; and (e) formatting the currently selected page for display on the display of the user such that it includes all designated paging control elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
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8. A paging control method enabling a user to navigate through a plurality of data elements displayed on a display of a computer of the user, a subset of the plurality of data elements being displayable in each of a plurality of pages, the plurality of pages including at least a first page and a last page, the method comprising:
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(a) designating paging control elements for the first and last pages; (b) receiving information identifying a currently selected page; (c) when the currently selected page is either the first page or the last page; determining whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach, and designating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approach selected in the determining; (d) when the currently selected page is between the first and last pages; determining, for a first sub-range corresponding to a range between the first page and the currently selected page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach, determining, for a second sub-range corresponding to a range between the currently selected page and the last page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach, and designating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approaches selected for the first and second sub-ranges in the determining; and (e) formatting the currently selected page for display on the display of the user such that it includes all designated paging control elements, wherein the binary subdivision approach is not selected unless at least three subdivisions are possible.
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a paging control program for enabling a user to navigate through a plurality of data elements displayed on a display of a computer of the user, a subset of the plurality of data elements being displayable in each of a plurality of pages, the plurality of pages including at least a first page and a last page, wherein the program, when executed by the computer performs instructions comprising:
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(a) designating paging control elements for the first and last pages; (b) receiving information identifying a currently selected page; (c) when the currently selected page is either the first page or the last page; determining whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, and designating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approach chosen in the determining; (d) when the currently selected page is between the first and last pages; determining, for a first sub-range corresponding to a range between the first page and the currently selected page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, determining, for a second sub-range corresponding to a range between the currently selected page and the last page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choosing between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, and designating additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approaches chosen for the first and second sub-ranges in the determining; and (e) formatting the currently selected page for display on the display of the user such that it includes all designated paging control elements. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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12. The computer-readable storage medium 11, wherein:
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when the currently selected page is either the first page or the last page, the determining depends on a number of pages between the first page and the last page; and when the currently selected page is between the first and last pages, the determining for the first sub-range depends on a number of pages between the first page and the currently selected page, and the determining for the second sub-range depends on a number of pages between the currently selected page and the last page.
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17. A data visualization system, comprising:
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a computer having a display; and paging control program logic configured to enable a user to navigate through a plurality of data elements displayed on the display of the computer of the user, a subset of the plurality of data elements being displayable in each of a plurality of pages, the plurality of pages including at least a first page and a last page, wherein the paging control program logic is further configured to; (a) designate paging control elements for the first and last pages; (b) receive information identifying a currently selected page; (c) when the currently selected page is either the first page or the last page; determine whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choose between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, and designate additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approach chosen in the determining; (d) when the currently selected page is between the first and last pages; determine, for a first sub-range corresponding to a range between the first page and the currently selected page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choose between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, determine, for a second sub-range corresponding to a range between the currently selected page and the last page, whether additional paging control elements are to be displayed according to either a serial progressive approach or a binary subdivision approach and choose between these approaches for subsequent display of paging control elements, and designate additional paging control elements for display between the paging control elements for the first and last pages in accordance with the approaches chosen for the first and second sub-ranges in the determining; and (e) format the currently selected page for display on the display of the user such that it includes all designated paging control elements. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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