Display of slides associated with display categories

• US 9,323,752 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2012
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bennett, Carl O. Jr., Boegelund, Flemming, Chatman, Bruce D., Hicks, Steven Earl
• Primary Examiner(s): Pillai, Namitha
• Application Number:
  US13/523,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• Field of Search: 715/206, 715/731, 715/739, 715/730
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A method and system for displaying slides associated with display categories. Display categories are simultaneously displayed, each display category including display sets, each display set including a set of slides. A first row of buttons is displayed for a selected display category. Each button in the first row of buttons corresponds to a different display set in the selected display category such that each display set is represented by a different button in the first row of buttons. A second row of buttons is displayed simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons. Each button in the second row of buttons corresponds to a different slide in the display set selected via selection of the first button in the first row of buttons. The slide corresponding to the selected second button is displayed simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons and the displayed second row of buttons.

Claims

1. A method for displaying slides associated with display categories, said method comprising:

simultaneously displaying display categories on a display screen, each display category comprising display sets, each display set including a set of slides;

responsive to selection of a display category of the simultaneously displayed display categories, displaying a first row of buttons in a viewing screen for the selected display category, wherein each button in the first row of buttons corresponds to a different display set of the display sets in the selected display category such that each display set is represented by a different button in the first row of buttons;

responsive to selection of a first button in the first row of buttons, displaying in the viewing screen a second row of buttons simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons, wherein each button in the second row of buttons corresponds to a different slide of the set of slides in the display set selected via selection of the first button in the first row of button;

responsive to selection of a second button in the second row of buttons corresponding to the selected first button, displaying in the viewing screen the slide corresponding to the selected second button simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons and the displayed second row of buttons.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a totality of rows of buttons displayed in the viewing screen only in response to said selection of the display category and said selection of the first button consists of the first row of buttons and the second row of buttons.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying the second row of buttons in response to said selection of the first button consists of displaying in the viewing screen only the second row of buttons in addition to what is displayed immediately before the first button is selected.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first row of buttons and the second row of buttons are oriented perpendicular to each other while being simultaneously displayed in the viewing screen.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each display category being displayed is identified as text consisting of a title of a corresponding subdirectory of a last subdirectory of a displayed sub directory path.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said simultaneously displaying the display categories is performed in response to selection of a directory of simultaneously displayed directories of a plurality of directories in the repository and to a navigation along the displayed subdirector path through a hierarchy of subdirectories to which the selected directory is linked such that the navigation ends with selection of the last subdirectory of the displayed subdirectory path.

7. The method of claim 6, said method further comprising:

prior to said simultaneously displaying the display categories, displaying on the display screen a main folder of the plurality of directories, the directories of the plurality of directories being simultaneously displayed as text that identifies each directory, each directory being linked to the hierarchy of subdirectories.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the buttons in the first row of buttons are contiguously distributed within the first row of buttons, and wherein the buttons in the second row of buttons are contiguously distributed within the second row of buttons.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said simultaneously displaying the display categories on the display screen is in response to selection of a directory on the display screen and to selection on the display screen of a last subdirectory of a subdirectory path that is linked to the selected directory.

10. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable physically tangible storage device having instructions stored therein, said instructions which upon being executed by a processor of a data processing system implement a method for displaying slides associated with display categories, said method comprising:

simultaneously displaying display categories on a display screen, each display category comprising display sets, each display set including a set of slides;

responsive to selection of a display category of the simultaneously displayed display categories, displaying a first row of buttons in a viewing screen for the selected display category, wherein each button in the first row of buttons corresponds to a different display set of the display sets in the selected display category such that each display set is represented by a different button in the first row of buttons;

responsive to selection of a first button in the first row of buttons, displaying in the viewing screen a second row of buttons simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons, wherein each button in the second row of buttons corresponds to a different slide of the set of slides in the display set selected via selection of the first button in the first row of button;

responsive to selection of a second button in the second row of buttons corresponding to the selected first button, displaying in the viewing screen the slide corresponding to the selected second button simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons and the displayed second row of buttons.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein a totality of rows of buttons displayed in the viewing screen only in response to said selection of the display category and said selection of the first button consists of the first row of buttons and the second row of buttons.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein said displaying the second row of buttons in response to said selection of the first button consists of displaying in the viewing screen only the second row of buttons in addition to what is displayed immediately before the first button is selected.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first row of buttons and the second row of buttons are oriented perpendicular to each other while being simultaneously displayed in the viewing screen.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the buttons in the first row of buttons are contiguously distributed within the first row of buttons, and wherein the buttons in the second row of buttons are contiguously distributed within the second row of buttons.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein said simultaneously displaying the display categories on the display screen is in response to selection of a directory on the display screen and to selection on the display screen of a last subdirectory of a subdirectory path that is linked to the selected directory.

16. A data processing system comprising a processor and a computer readable physically tangible storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing instructions which upon being executed by the processor implement a method for displaying slides associated with display categories, said method comprising:

simultaneously displaying display categories on a display screen, each display category comprising display sets, each display set including a set of slides;

responsive to selection of a display category of the simultaneously displayed display categories, displaying a first row of buttons in a viewing screen for the selected display category, wherein each button in the first row of buttons corresponds to a different display set of the display sets in the selected display category such that each display set is represented by a different button in the first row of buttons;

responsive to selection of a first button in the first row of buttons, displaying in the viewing screen a second row of buttons simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons, wherein each button in the second row of buttons corresponds to a different slide of the set of slides in the display set selected via selection of the first button in the first row of button;

responsive to selection of a second button in the second row of buttons corresponding to the selected first button, displaying in the viewing screen the slide corresponding to the selected second button simultaneous with the displayed first row of buttons and the displayed second row of buttons.

17. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein a totality of rows of buttons displayed in the viewing screen only in response to said selection of the display category and said selection of the first button consists of the first row of buttons and the second row of buttons.

18. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein said displaying the second row of buttons in response to said selection of the first button consists of displaying in the viewing screen only the second row of buttons in addition to what is displayed immediately before the first button is selected.

19. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein the buttons in the first row of buttons are contiguously distributed within the first row of buttons, and wherein the buttons in the second row of buttons are contiguously distributed within the second row of buttons.

20. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein said simultaneously displaying the display categories on the display screen is in response to selection of a directory on the display screen and to selection on the display screen of a last subdirectory of a subdirectory path that is linked to the selected directory.