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Controlled interaction with heterogeneous data

  • US 8,516,391 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2012
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing an extensible canvas for use in interfacing with heterogenic objects, the method comprising:

  • an act of formulating a two-dimensional canvas onto which may be positioned a plurality of heterogenic objects of a plurality of types, each of the plurality of types having associated therewith a set of one or more controls that are at least collectively distinct, wherein the two-dimensional canvas is fixed in a first dimension, but extensible in a second dimension, at least in a first direction in the second dimension, such that if an object is to be placed in the first direction in the second dimension beyond a boundary of the two-dimensional canvas, the boundary is extended in the first direction such that the two-dimensional canvas includes the object;

    an act of displaying a miniaturized version of the two-dimensional canvas along with a miniaturized representation of at least one of one or more heterogeneous objects that are contained within the at least a portion of the two-dimensional canvas; and

    an act of providing a selectable scroll control with the miniaturized version of the two-dimensional canvas which, when selected, causes scrolling of the miniaturized representation in the first direction.

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