User interface for accessing presentations
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method performed by an application, comprising:
- accessing a first document presentation other than a default initial document presentation;
automatically recognizing the first document presentation being a search result generated by a remote search facility in response to a search request originated from the application, the first document presentation having a plurality of links, each corresponding to a document found by the search facility, wherein the first document is automatically recognized as a search result locally by the application based on domain information extracted from an address from which the first document presentation has been retrieved;
automatically recording a first location of the first document presentation if the first document presentation is recognized as a search result, wherein the first document is automatically recognized and the first location is automatically recorded without user interaction with content presented by the first document;
accessing a sequence of one or more additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation; and
in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of document presentations, directly retrieving the first document presentation from the first location, wherein the first input is received within the same instance of the application.
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Abstract
A user interface and methods for accessing document presentations are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method of the invention allows a user to directly snapback to a previous accessed document presentation without having to select from a menu of items or go through the intermediate pages. In this method, when a first document presentation is accessed, a first location of the first document presentation is recorded, automatically or manually. Subsequently, when a sequence of additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation is accessed, in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of items, the first document presentation is directly retrieved from a recorded first location and displayed in a window. In one particular embodiment, a second document presentation is accessed and a second location of the second document presentation is recorded, where the recordation of the second location resets or supercedes the recordation of the first location. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method performed by an application, comprising:
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accessing a first document presentation other than a default initial document presentation; automatically recognizing the first document presentation being a search result generated by a remote search facility in response to a search request originated from the application, the first document presentation having a plurality of links, each corresponding to a document found by the search facility, wherein the first document is automatically recognized as a search result locally by the application based on domain information extracted from an address from which the first document presentation has been retrieved; automatically recording a first location of the first document presentation if the first document presentation is recognized as a search result, wherein the first document is automatically recognized and the first location is automatically recorded without user interaction with content presented by the first document; accessing a sequence of one or more additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation; and in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of document presentations, directly retrieving the first document presentation from the first location, wherein the first input is received within the same instance of the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer program code stored which causes a computer to perform a method of an application, the method comprising:
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accessing a first document presentation other than a default initial document presentation; automatically recognizing the first document presentation being a search result generated by a remote search facility in response to a search request originated from the application, the first document presentation having a plurality of links, each corresponding to a document found by the search facility, wherein the first document is automatically recognized as a search result locally by the application based on domain information extracted from an address from which the first document presentation has been retrieved; automatically recording a first location of the first document presentation if the first document presentation is recognized as a search result, wherein the first document is automatically recognized and the first location is automatically recorded without user interaction with content presented by the first document; accessing a sequence of one or more additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation; and in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of document presentations, directly retrieving the first document presentation from the first location, wherein the first input is received by the same instance of the application. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A data processing system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory for storing computer instructions, which when executed from the memory, cause the processor to perform a method of an application, the method including accessing a first document presentation other than a default initial document presentation, automatically recognizing the first document presentation being a search result generated by a remote search facility in response to a search request originated from the application, the first document presentation having a plurality of links, each corresponding to a document found by the search facility, wherein the first document is automatically recognized as a search result locally by the application based on domain information extracted from an address from which the first document presentation has been retrieved, automatically recording a first location of the first document presentation if the first document presentation is recognized as a search result, wherein the first document is automatically recognized and the first location is automatically recorded without user interaction with content presented by the first document, accessing a sequence of one or more additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation, and in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of document presentations, directly retrieving the first document presentation from the first location, wherein the first input is received by the same instance of the application.
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22. An apparatus in a computer controlled display system, the apparatus comprising:
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means for accessing a first document presentation other than a default initial document presentation; means for automatically recognizing the first document presentation being a search result generated by a remote search facility in response to a search request originated from the application, the first document presentation having a plurality of links, each corresponding to a document found by the search facility, wherein the first document is automatically recognized as a search result locally by the application based on domain information extracted from an address from which the first document presentation has been retrieved; means for automatically recording a first location of the first document presentation if the first document presentation is recognized as a search result, wherein the first document is automatically recognized and the first location is automatically recorded without user interaction with content presented by the first document; means for accessing a sequence of one or more additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation; and in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of document presentations, means for directly retrieving the first document presentation from the first location, wherein the first input is received within the same instance of the application.
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