Address bar user interface control

• US 9,910,569 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Miner, Patrice L., Odins-Lucas, Zeke, De Vorchik, David G., Cummins, Charles, Gusmorino, Paul A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/928,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20130298075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,713 Days
• Field of Search: 715841, 715853, 715738, 715811, 715855, 715739, 715737, 715778, 715751, 715763-765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

An address bar user interface control includes one or more interactive segments. A segment may include one or more filters or selection criteria for selecting content from physical and/or virtual locations. In some instances, a segment may include two or more filters or selection criteria which are logically combined for selecting content.

Claims

1. One or more computer readable storage devices storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

providing an address bar for display, the address bar having a conventional segment in a first initial position on the address bar and an interactive segment in a second subsequent position on the address bar, the conventional segment referencing content at a particular location within a hierarchical file system structure, and the interactive segment including at least one selection criteria independent of the hierarchical file system structure for selecting content for display.

2. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 1, wherein the at least one selection criteria comprises two or more selection criteria logically combined for selecting content.

3. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 2, wherein the two or more selection criteria are logically combined according to a logical AND operation.

4. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 2, wherein the two or more selection criteria are logically combined according to a logical OR operation.

5. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 1, wherein the at least one selection criteria includes selection criteria for selecting content stored in a virtual location.

6. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing content for display that satisfies the at least one selection criteria in response to a user selection of the interactive segment.

7. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing content for display that is stored at the particular location referenced by the conventional segment in response to a user selection of the conventional segment.

8. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 1, wherein the at least one selection criteria of the interactive segment further restricts content selected for display from the content at the particular location referenced by the conventional segment.

9. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise removing the interactive segment from the address bar in response to user interaction with the conventional segment.

10. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 1, wherein the address bar further includes a second interactive segment including at least one additional selection criteria.

11. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 10, wherein the second interactive segment precedes the interactive segment and the at least one selection criteria of the interactive segment further restricts content selected by the at least one additional selection criteria of the second interactive segment.

12. One or more computer readable storage devices storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication of at least two content selection criteria independent of a file system hierarchy;

generating a single interactive segment that includes the at least two content selection criteria logically combined for selecting content for display;

providing an address bar for display, the address bar having a conventional segment in a first initial position on the address bar and the interactive segment in a second subsequent position on the address bar, the conventional segment referencing content at a particular location within the file system hierarchy; and

providing content for display, the content selected in accordance with the at least two content selection criteria.

13. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 12, wherein the content selected in accordance with the at least two content selection criteria is provided in response to a user selection of the interactive segment in the address bar.

14. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 12, wherein the at least two selection criteria are logically combined according to a logical AND operation.

15. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise providing content stored at the particular location referenced by the convention segment in response to a user selection of the conventional segment.

16. The one or more computer readable storage devices of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise removing the interactive segment from the address bar in response to user interaction with the conventional segment.

17. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer readable media storing computer-useable instructions for providing an address bar for display, the address bar including a conventional segment in a first initial position on the address bar and an interactive segment in a second subsequent position on the address bar, the conventional segment referencing content at a particular location, and the interactive segment including at least one selection criteria independent of any particular location for selecting content for display.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the at least one selection criteria comprises two or more selection criteria logically combined for selecting content.

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the instructions cause a selection of content to be provided for display, the selection of content comprising content stored at the particular location referenced by the conventional segment that satisfies the at least one selection criteria of the interactive segment.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the instructions cause a selection of content to be provided for display, the selection of content comprising content that satisfies the at least one selection criteria in response to a user selection of the interactive segment.