System and method enabling visual filtering of content
First Claim
1. A method for use by a system for enabling visual filtering of content, the method comprising:
- filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract a subset of the plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user;
displaying the subset of the plurality of graphical representations as first active graphical representations selectable by the user; and
receiving a plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, wherein for each of said plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, the method further comprises;
providing a combination of each of said plurality of new search letters with any one or more of the plurality of search letters previously inputted by the user;
dynamically filtering the subset of the plurality of graphical representations to filter out one or more graphical representations based on said combination; and
altering, in response to the dynamically filtering, the first active graphical representations to exclude the one or more graphical representations from the subset of the active graphical representations to provide second active graphical representations selectable by the user;
wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are displayed as part of a visually de-emphasized background display overlaid by the second active graphical representations selectable by the user, and wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are not selectable by the user.
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Abstract
There is presented a system and method enabling visual filtering of content. The system comprises a server, a content database storing content units and accessible through the server, and a filtering and display application. The filtering and display application is configured to enable visual filtering of the content units by filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract a first plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user, displaying the first plurality of graphical representations as active graphical representations selectable by the user in a first featured display, and dynamically filtering the first plurality of graphical representations and replacing the first featured display with another featured display of a first subset of active graphical representations selectable by the user according to an input received from the user.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for use by a system for enabling visual filtering of content, the method comprising:
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filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract a subset of the plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user; displaying the subset of the plurality of graphical representations as first active graphical representations selectable by the user; and receiving a plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, wherein for each of said plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, the method further comprises; providing a combination of each of said plurality of new search letters with any one or more of the plurality of search letters previously inputted by the user; dynamically filtering the subset of the plurality of graphical representations to filter out one or more graphical representations based on said combination; and altering, in response to the dynamically filtering, the first active graphical representations to exclude the one or more graphical representations from the subset of the active graphical representations to provide second active graphical representations selectable by the user; wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are displayed as part of a visually de-emphasized background display overlaid by the second active graphical representations selectable by the user, and wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are not selectable by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system enabling visual filtering of content, the system comprising:
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a server having a non-transitory storage medium; a content database accessible through the server, the content database storing a plurality of content units; a filtering and display application stored in the non-transitory storage medium and configured to enable visual filtering of the plurality of content units, by; filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system to extract a subset of the plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user; displaying the subset of the plurality of graphical representations as first active graphical representations selectable by the user; and receiving a plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, wherein for each of said plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, the method further comprises; providing a combination of each of said plurality of new search letters with any one or more of the plurality of search letters previously inputted by the user; dynamically filtering the subset of the plurality of graphical representations to filter out one or more graphical representations based on said combination; and altering, in response to the dynamically filtering, the first active graphical representations to exclude the one or more graphical representations from the subset of the active graphical representations to provide second active graphical representations selectable by the user; wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are displayed as part of a visually de-emphasized background display overlaid by the second active graphical representations selectable by the user, and wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are not selectable by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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