Systems and methods for providing a user interface with grid view

• US 9,842,173 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Knox, Derek
• Primary Examiner(s): Ries, Laurie
• Application Number:
  US14/573,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/016 After-sales

Abstract

A tool (systems, apparatus, methodology, application, user interface, etc.) for accessing content, such as webpages hosted over a network such as the internet, and more particularly, a tool for accessing the content of a webpage and further displaying a grid view superimposed over the content of the webpage.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a browser module, implemented by one or more processors, configured to display content via a user interface of a client terminal; and

a grid control module, implemented by the one or more processors, configured to;

generate and display an overlay via the user interface of the client terminal, the overlay being superimposed over the content, the overlay including one or more cells;

receive a user selection of a user interface element displayed via the user interface, the selected user interface element being associated with a first cell of the overlay; and

modify a transparency factor of one or more of the cells of the overlay, responsive to the user selection of the user interface element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the grid control module is further configured to modify a transparency factor of the first cell of the overlay.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the grid control module is further configured to modify a transparency factor of each cell of the overlay other than the first cell of the overlay.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the overlay includes plural horizontal lines and plural vertical lines, at least one of the cells being bounded by at least two of the lines.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the overlay corresponds to a grid.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the overlay includes plural horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and plural vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis, the horizontal and vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the selected user interface element corresponds to one of the indicia.

8. A method comprising:

displaying content via a user interface of a client terminal;

generating and displaying an overlay via the user interface of the client terminal, the overlay being superimposed over the content, the overlay including one or more cells;

receiving a user selection of a user interface element displayed via the user interface, the selected user interface element being associated with a first cell of the overlay; and

modifying, using one or more processors, a transparency factor of one or more of the cells of the overlay, responsive to the user selection of the user interface element.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the modifying further comprises:

changing a transparency factor of the first cell of the overlay.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the modifying further comprises:

changing a transparency factor of each cell of the overlay other than the first cell of the overlay.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the overlay includes plural horizontal lines and plural vertical lines, at least one of the cells being bounded by at least two of the lines.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the overlay corresponds to a grid.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the overlay includes plural horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and plural vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis, the horizontal and vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the selected user interface element corresponds to one of the indicia.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

displaying content via a user interface of a client terminal;

generating and displaying an overlay via the user interface of the client terminal, the overlay being superimposed over the content, the overlay including one or more cells;

receiving a user selection of a user interface element displayed via the user interface, the selected user interface element being associated with a first cell of the overlay; and

modifying, using one or more processors, a transparency factor of one or more of the cells of the overlay, responsive to the user selection of the user interface element.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the modifying further comprises:

changing a transparency factor of the firm cell of the overlay.

17. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the modifying further comprises:

changing a transparency factor of each cell of the overlay other than the first cell of the overlay.

18. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the overlay includes plural horizontal lines and plural vertical lines, at least one of the cells being bounded by at least two of the lines.

19. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the overlay corresponds to a grid.

20. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the overlay includes plural horizontal lines connected to a vertical axis and plural vertical lines connected to a horizontal axis, the horizontal and vertical axes including plural alphanumeric indicia that each identify a cell of the overlay bounded by at least two of the lines.