Array of documents with past, present and future portions thereof
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, provide a method of displaying an array of user-selectable icons including a plurality of time portions thereof, the method comprising:
- (a) displaying the array of user-selectable icons, each user-selectable icon having a first attribute related to time and a second attribute associated with a selected commonality among the displayed user-selectable icons, wherein each respective user-selectable icon of the array of user-selectable icons is grouped into one of three different displayed portions of the array based on the first attribute of the respective user-selectable icon, the three different displayed portions comprising(i) a past portion adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a past term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a past time relative to a temporal reference point adapted to locate the past portion along a timeline;
(ii) a present portion adjacent to the past portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a short term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a present time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the present portion along the timeline; and
(iii) a future portion adjacent to the present portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with an expected future interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a future time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the future portion along the timeline;
(b) wherein, when each respective portion of the three portions of the array comprises at least one user-selectable icon, the displaying of the array of user-selectable icons comprises, for each respective portion,(i) displaying one or more user-selectable icons of the respective portion; and
(ii) when not all user-selectable icons of the respective portion are being displayed, changing the user-selectable icons of the respective portion that are being displayed in response to user input received via a navigation tool;
(iii) wherein the changing of user-selectable icons displayed in a portion of the array does not change any user-selectable icon displayed in each of the other two portions of the array,(c) wherein the three different displayed portions of the array are disposed in a substantially linear arrangement along a common axis of the timeline.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus practicing the method, a system and an interface for displaying an array of computer-readable files having time portions thereof is described. The time portions are configured to display computer-readable files associated with respective time periods to order the computer-readable files along a timeline. The time portions being configured to define at least one of a past portion adapted to display computer-readable files associated with a time before a present time, a present portion adapted to display computer-readable files associated with the present time, and a future portion adapted to display computer-readable files associated with a time past the present time.
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20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, provide a method of displaying an array of user-selectable icons including a plurality of time portions thereof, the method comprising:
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(a) displaying the array of user-selectable icons, each user-selectable icon having a first attribute related to time and a second attribute associated with a selected commonality among the displayed user-selectable icons, wherein each respective user-selectable icon of the array of user-selectable icons is grouped into one of three different displayed portions of the array based on the first attribute of the respective user-selectable icon, the three different displayed portions comprising (i) a past portion adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a past term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a past time relative to a temporal reference point adapted to locate the past portion along a timeline; (ii) a present portion adjacent to the past portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a short term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a present time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the present portion along the timeline; and (iii) a future portion adjacent to the present portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with an expected future interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a future time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the future portion along the timeline; (b) wherein, when each respective portion of the three portions of the array comprises at least one user-selectable icon, the displaying of the array of user-selectable icons comprises, for each respective portion, (i) displaying one or more user-selectable icons of the respective portion; and (ii) when not all user-selectable icons of the respective portion are being displayed, changing the user-selectable icons of the respective portion that are being displayed in response to user input received via a navigation tool; (iii) wherein the changing of user-selectable icons displayed in a portion of the array does not change any user-selectable icon displayed in each of the other two portions of the array, (c) wherein the three different displayed portions of the array are disposed in a substantially linear arrangement along a common axis of the timeline. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computerized system configured to display an array of user-selectable icons comprising:
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(a) a processing unit configured to execute computer-executable instructions; and (b) a display configured to display, in accordance with the computer-executable instructions when executed by the processing unit, the array of user-selectable icons each having a first attribute related to time and a second attribute associated with a selected commonality among the displayed user-selectable icons; (c) wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processing unit, provide a method of displaying the array of user-selectable icons comprising, (i) grouping each respective user-selectable icon of the array into one of three different displayed portions of the array based on the first attribute of the respective user-selectable icons, the three different displayed portions comprising (A) a past portion adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a past term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a past time relative to a temporal reference point adapted to locate the past portion along a timeline; (B) a present portion adjacent to the past portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a short term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a present time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the present portion along the timeline; and (C) a future portion adjacent to the present portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with an expected future interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a future time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the future portion along the timeline; (ii) wherein, when each respective portion of the three portions of the array comprises at least one user-selectable icon, the displaying of the array of user-selectable icons further comprises, for each respective portion, (A) displaying one or more user-selectable icons of the respective portion; and (B) when not all user-selectable icons of the respective portion are being displayed, changing the user-selectable icons of the respective portion that are being displayed in response to user input received via a navigation tool; (C) wherein the changing of user-selectable icons displayed in a portion of the array does not change any user-selectable icons displayed in each of the other two portions of the array, (iii) wherein the three different displayed portions of the array are disposed in a substantially linear arrangement along a common axis of the timeline. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of electronically displaying for view by a user an array of user-selectable icons each having a first attribute related to time and a second attribute associated with a selected commonality among the displayed user-selectable icons, the method comprising:
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(a) displaying the array of user-selectable icons on an electronic display, including grouping each respective user-selectable icon of the array of user-selectable icons into one of three different displayed portions of the array based on the first attribute of the respective user-selectable icon, the three different displayed portions comprising, (i) a past portion adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a past term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a past time relative to a temporal reference point adapted to locate the past portion along a timeline; (ii) a present portion adjacent to the past portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with a short term interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a present time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the present portion along the timeline; and (iii) a future portion adjacent to the present portion and adapted to display one or more user-selectable icons, generally associated with an expected future interaction, grouped therein, wherein the first attribute of each such user-selectable icon is associated with a future time relative to the temporal reference point adapted to locate the future portion along the timeline; (b) wherein, when each respective portion of the three portions of the array comprises at least one user-selectable icon, the displaying of the array of user-selectable element comprises for each respective portion, (i) displaying one or more user-selectable icons of the respective portion; and (ii) when not all user-selectable icons of the respective portion are being displayed, changing the user-selectable icons of the respective portion that are being displayed in response to user input received via a navigation tool; (iii) wherein the changing of user-selectable icons displayed in a portion of the array does not change any user-selectable icon displayed in each of the other two portions of the array; (c) wherein the three different displayed portions of the array are disposed in a substantially linear arrangement along a common axis of the timeline (d) wherein the method is performed by a processor executing computer-executable instructions. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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