Active element

• US 9,058,093 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2011
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc., Maya-Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc.
• Inventors: Audet, Mathieu, Cassistat, Francois, Maziade, Eric, Roy, Madeleine
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D
• Application Number:
  US13/244,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20120198385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,360 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method for managing information elements on axes is provided, the method comprising providing a plurality of axes of information elements adapted to display information elements thereon in a substantially rectilinear fashion, displaying at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of axes of information elements with information elements respectively displayed thereon, at least some of the information elements displayed being adapted to be selectable, to enable a first group of actions thereon, and adapted to be activated, to enable a second group of actions thereon. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for enabling logical functions on a basis of a plurality of axes of information elements adapted to be displayed on a display. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for navigating among axes of information elements identifying directions where movements of the active information element are allowed.

Claims

1. A method for managing information elements on axes thereof, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of axes of information elements adapted to display information elements thereon in a substantially rectilinear fashion; and

displaying, for each of a first axis of information elements and a second axis of information elements, at least a portion thereof with information elements respectively displayed thereon, at least some of the displayed information elements being adapted to be selectable, to enable a first group of actions thereon when selected, and adapted to be activated, to enable a second group of actions thereon when activated, at least one action being different from between the first group of actions and the second group of actions, the at least one action comprising navigation of focus between the at least some of the displayed information elements that are both adapted to be selectable and adapted to be activated;

wherein said displaying comprises visually discriminating between each of the group of a displayed information element that is selected, a displayed information element that is activated, and a displayed information element that is neither selected nor activated; and

wherein said displaying further comprises, when the first axis of information elements and the second axis of information elements are populated with information elements, and in response to a selection of a particular information element displayed on the first axis of information elements, graphically distinguishing at the time of selection any other instance of the particular information element being displayed on the second axis from any other information elements being displayed on the second axis.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the information elements are documents.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling an active information element for each axis of information elements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of axes of information elements collectively includes a single active information element adapted to move along the axes of information elements and between the axes of information elements.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a selection of the particular information element on the first axis of information elements further causes the simultaneous selection of any other instance of the particular information element that is displayed on the second axis of information elements.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting an axis of information elements among the plurality of axes of information elements.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an axis of information elements at a non-zero angle in respect with at least one of the plurality of axes of information elements.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations for managing information elements on axes thereof, the operations comprising:

providing a plurality of axes of information elements adapted to display information elements thereon in a substantially rectilinear fashion; and

displaying, for each of a first axis of information elements and a second axis of information elements, at least a portion thereof with information elements respectively displayed thereon, at least some of the displayed information elements being adapted to be selectable, to enable a first group of actions thereon when selected, and adapted to be activated, to enable a second group of actions thereon when activated, at least one action being different from between the first group of actions and the second group of actions, the at least one action comprising navigation of focus between the at least some of the displayed information elements that are both adapted to be selectable and adapted to be activated;

wherein said displaying comprises visually discriminating between each of the group of a displayed information element that is selected, a displayed information element that is activated, and a displayed information element that is neither selected nor activated, and

wherein said displaying further comprises, when the first axis of information elements and the second axis of information elements are populated with information elements, and in response to a selection of a particular information element displayed on the first axis of information elements, graphically distinguishing at the time of selection any other instance of the particular information element being displayed on the second axis from any other information elements being displayed on the second axis.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein at least some of the information elements are documents.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising simultaneously selecting information elements displayed on more than one axes of information elements.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, further enabling an active information element for each axis of information elements.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality of axes of information elements collectively includes a single active information element adapted to move along the axes of information elements and between the axes of information elements.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein a selection of the particular information element on the first axis of information elements further causes the simultaneous selection of any other instance of the particular information element that is displayed on the second axis of information elements.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising selecting an axis of information elements among the plurality of axes of information elements.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying an axis of information elements at a non-zero angle in respect with at least one of the displayed at least one of the plurality of axes of information elements.

16. A computerized system configured to read computer-executable instructions adapted to enable a program enabling an interface adapted to order and display computer-readable files, the computerized system comprising:

a processing unit configured to process the computer executable instructions;

a display configured to display the interface;

the program, when executed, being operative to;

provide a plurality of axes of information elements adapted to display information elements thereon in a substantially rectilinear fashion; and

display, for each of a first axis of information elements and a second axis of information elements, at least a portion thereof with information elements respectively displayed thereon, at least some of the displayed information elements being adapted to be selectable, to enable a first group of actions thereon when selected, and adapted to be activated, to enable a second group of actions thereon when activated, at least one action being different from between the first group of actions and the second group of actions, the at least one action comprising navigation of focus between the at least some of the displayed information elements that are both adapted to be selectable and adapted to be activated;

wherein said display comprises visually discriminating between each of the group of a displayed information element that is selected, a displayed information element that is activated, and a displayed information element that is neither selected nor activated; and

wherein said display further comprises, when the first axis of information elements and the second axis of information elements are populated with information elements, and in response to a selection of a particular information element displayed on the first axis of information elements, graphically distinguishing at the time of selection any other instance of the particular information element being displayed on the second axis from any other information elements being displayed on the second axis.

17. The computerized system of claim 16, further comprising simultaneously selecting information elements displayed on more than one axes of information elements.

18. The computerized system of claim 16, wherein the plurality of axes of information elements collectively includes a single active information element adapted to move along the axes of information elements and between the axes of information elements.

19. The computerized system of claim 16, wherein a selection of the particular information element on the first axis of information elements further causes the simultaneous selection of any other instance of the particular information element that is displayed on the second axis of information elements.