Virtual address bar user interface control
First Claim
1. One or more computer storage devices having embodied thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of selecting content for display on a display device according to a virtual address bar, the method comprising:
- displaying a virtual address bar operable to simultaneously include a plurality of interactive address segments and a plurality of conventional address segments;
(1) each interactive address segment corresponding to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on at least one storage device, the predefined filters of the plurality of interactive address segments representing a virtual address, selection of one or more of the plurality of interactive address segments navigating a user to a display comprising content located at the selected virtual address, the content displayed satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected plurality of interactive address segments in the virtual address bar, and(2) each conventional address segment referencing content at the content'"'"'s particular location on the at least one storage device, selection of one or more of the plurality of conventional address segments navigating the user to a display comprising content located at the content'"'"'s particular location.
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Abstract
A virtual address bar user interface control is presented. The virtual address bar comprises one or more interactive address segments and one or more conventional address segments. Each interactive address segment corresponds to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on a storage device. Selection of the one or more interactive address segments navigates a user to content satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected interactive address segments. Each conventional address segment references content at the content'"'"'s particular location on the storage device. Selection of the one or more conventional address segments navigates the user to content at the content'"'"'s particular location.
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1. One or more computer storage devices having embodied thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of selecting content for display on a display device according to a virtual address bar, the method comprising:
displaying a virtual address bar operable to simultaneously include a plurality of interactive address segments and a plurality of conventional address segments; (1) each interactive address segment corresponding to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on at least one storage device, the predefined filters of the plurality of interactive address segments representing a virtual address, selection of one or more of the plurality of interactive address segments navigating a user to a display comprising content located at the selected virtual address, the content displayed satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected plurality of interactive address segments in the virtual address bar, and (2) each conventional address segment referencing content at the content'"'"'s particular location on the at least one storage device, selection of one or more of the plurality of conventional address segments navigating the user to a display comprising content located at the content'"'"'s particular location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computerized method carried out by a computing device for selecting content for display on a display device according to a virtual address bar, the method comprising:
displaying, using the computing device, a virtual address bar operable to simultaneously include a plurality of interactive address segments and a plurality of conventional address segments; (1) each interactive address segment corresponding to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on at least one storage device, the predefined filters of the plurality of interactive address segments representing a virtual address, selection of one or more of the plurality of interactive address segments navigating a user to a display comprising content located at the selected virtual address, the content displayed satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected plurality of interactive address segments in the virtual address bar, and (2) each conventional address segment referencing content at the content'"'"'s particular location on the at least one storage device, selection of one or more of the plurality of conventional address segments navigating the user to a display comprising content located at the content'"'"'s particular location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing device having stored thereon computer-useable instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to perform operations for selecting content for display on a display device according to a virtual address bar, the operations comprising:
displaying a virtual address bar operable to simultaneously include a plurality of interactive address segments and a plurality of conventional address segments; (1) each interactive address segment corresponding to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on at least one storage device, the predefined filters of the plurality of interactive address segments representing a virtual address, selection of one or more of the plurality of interactive address segments navigating a user to a display comprising content located at the selected virtual address, the content displayed satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected plurality of interactive address segments in the virtual address bar, and (2) each conventional address segment referencing content at the content'"'"'s particular location on the at least one storage device, selection of one or more of the plurality of conventional address segments navigating the user to a display comprising content located at the content'"'"'s particular location. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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