Apparatus and method for display navigation
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1. A method for facilitating window navigation on an electronic display, comprising the steps of:
- rendering simultaneously at least three overlapping windows, including a foreground window and two background windows, wherein said foreground window overlaps at least one or more background windows;
rendering at least one elongated strip on each one of two opposing edges of the foreground window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through a user interface device;
associating one strip of the foreground window with one background window and associating the other strip of the foreground window with the other background window;
in a single operation, operating the user interface to select one of the strips on one of the edges of the foreground window to immediately transition the background window associated with the selected strip to the forefront of the electronic display; and
displaying the background window associated with the selected strip on the forefront of the electronic display and displaying the foreground window associated with the selected strip in the background of the electronic display.
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Abstract
A method for facilitating window navigation on an electronic display including the steps of rendering at least one elongated strip on opposing sides of a first window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through a user interface device, associating at least one strip with a second window and at least one strip with a third window wherein the strips are each configured to transition one of the second and third windows to the forefront of the electronic display upon selection of the respective strip by the user through the user interface device.
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1. A method for facilitating window navigation on an electronic display, comprising the steps of:
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rendering simultaneously at least three overlapping windows, including a foreground window and two background windows, wherein said foreground window overlaps at least one or more background windows; rendering at least one elongated strip on each one of two opposing edges of the foreground window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through a user interface device; associating one strip of the foreground window with one background window and associating the other strip of the foreground window with the other background window; in a single operation, operating the user interface to select one of the strips on one of the edges of the foreground window to immediately transition the background window associated with the selected strip to the forefront of the electronic display; and displaying the background window associated with the selected strip on the forefront of the electronic display and displaying the foreground window associated with the selected strip in the background of the electronic display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for facilitating window navigation on an electronic device, comprising:
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a user interface device; an electronic display device including a screen; a control device including at least one processor wherein the control device is configured to communicate with the electronic display device and the user input interface device; data storage means for storing program instructions that, when implemented by the control device, operate said control device to; render simultaneously on the screen a plurality of overlapping windows including at least a narrative window, a reference window, and a glossary window, wherein one of said windows is in the foreground of the electronic display and the other windows are in the background of the electronic display; render on the screen a pair of elongated strips on opposing sides of the narrative window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through the user interface device; associate one strip of the pair of strips of the narrative window with the reference window and the other strip of the pair of strips of the narrative window with the glossary window and in a single operation of the user interface device to select one of the strips, immediately transition to the foreground the reference or glossary window associated with the strip operated on by the user interface device and display the window associated with the selected strip on the foreground of the electronic display and move the narrative window to the background of the electronic display; render on the screen a pair of elongated strips on opposing sides of the reference window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through a user interface device; associate one strip of the pair of strips of the reference window with the narrative window and the other strip of the pair of strips of the reference window with the glossary window and in a single operation of the user interface device to select one of the strips, immediately transition to the foreground the reference or glossary window associated with the strip operated on by the user interface device and display the window associated with the selected strip on the foreground of the electronic display and move the reference window to the background of the electronic display; render on the screen a pair of elongated strips on opposing sides of the glossary window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through a user interface device; and associate one strip of the pair of strips of the glossary window with the narrative window and the other strip of the pair of strips of the glossary window with the reference window and in a single operation of the user interface device to select one of the strips, immediately transition to the foreground the narrative or reference window associated with the strip operated on by the user interface device and display the narrative or reference window associated with the selected strip in the foreground of the electronic display and move the glossary window to the background of the electronic display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for facilitating window navigation on an electronic display, comprising the steps of:
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rendering simultaneously and displaying simultaneously on an electronic display two or more overlapping windows including a presentation page in the foreground of the electronic display and one or more flanking pages in the background of the electronic display, each flanking page at least partially overlapped by another page; rendering one or more strips on the edges of each page including the presentation page and the one or more flanking pages; associating each strip of each edge of the presentation page with one of said one or more flanking pages; in response to a single operation, operating a user interface device to select a strip on the presentation page to immediately transition the selected background window to the foreground of the electronic display; and in response to the selection of the strip on the presentation page, displaying on the electronic display the selected background window associated with the selected strip of the presentation page on the foreground of the electronic display and the presentation page with the selected strip on the background of the electronic display. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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