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User interface with software lensing for very long lists of content

  • US 9,024,864 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2007
  • Issued: 05/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory; and

    a program, wherein the program, when stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, includes instructions for;

    a user interface module to display an index list, a software lens list, and an aperture box, wherein the index list represents a list of available options that represent search results returned by a search performed on the basis of search criteria provided by a user, and wherein the software lens list lists a set of available items that are collectively represented by one or more options enclosed by the aperture box on the index list; and

    a media lensing module to increase a size of an item in the software lens list to a first size when a pointer coincides with the item, and to increase the size of adjacent items to a second size that is less than the first size,wherein the list of available options in the index list includes letters of the alphabet, where each listed letter represents a plurality of search results that are a plurality of items starting with that letter, and wherein each letter representing one or more search results but less than a predetermined number of search results is omitted from the index list,wherein an option in the index list representing a longer software lens list occupies a proportionally larger area than an option representing a shorter software lens list and the aperture box varies in size according to the number of items in the software lens list corresponding to the one or more options enclosed by the aperture box, andwherein, when the aperture box encloses an area in the index list in which a letter was omitted from the index list, the user interface module displays one or more items which are the one or more search results, respectively, for the omitted letter in the index list.

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