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Graphical user interface with customized navigation

  • US 9,069,439 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2011
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of creating a multi-dimensional icon on a client device, comprising:

  • displaying a current panel in a multi-dimensional icon that includes a first plurality of panels linked together in a user-configurable structure, wherein the first plurality of panels are on a main level of a hierarchical structure;

    receiving user input to display a next panel of the multi-dimensional icon;

    displaying the next panel in the multi-dimensional icon in accordance with the user-configurable structure;

    receiving user input to select the next panel; and

    upon receiving the user input, displaying a sub-level, which is a level below the main level in the hierarchical structure and which is associated with the next panel, the sub-level having a second plurality of panels that are associated with the next panel, different than the first plurality of panels, the sub-level of panels being displayed as the multi-dimensional icon so that, while the sub-level is being viewed, the first plurality of panels are no longer accessible without returning to the main level of the hierarchical structure.

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