Method of abutting multiple sets of elements along an axis thereof

• US 10,845,952 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2016
• Issued: 11/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc., Maya-Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc.
• Inventors: Audet, Mathieu, Cassistat, Francois
• Primary Examiner(s): Xia, Xuyang
• Application Number:
  US15/359,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075525A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,462 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations for displaying an array of user-selectable elements on a display, the operations comprising:

providing a first set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a first attribute;

using a first collation function for ordering the first set of user-selectable elements associated with the first attribute;

providing a second set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a second attribute;

axially abutting the second set of user-selectable elements on the first set of user-selectable elements along an axis of user-selectable elements at an identified position thereon; and

displaying the first set of user-selectable elements and the axially abutting second set of user-selectable elements on the axis of user-selectable elements, the user-selectable elements being displayed on the axis of user-selectable elements in a substantially rectilinear formation, the first set of user-selectable elements being ordered on a basis of the first collation function order along the axis of user-selectable elements, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed on a basis of the identified position, axially abutting on the first ordered set of user-selectable elements in graphical juxtaposition with the displayed first set of user-selectable elements, wherein at least one of the user-selectable elements from the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed in inconsistency with the first collation function order on the axis of user-selectable elements.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first set of user-selectable elements is scrollable, and the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to remain static with respect to the first set of user-selectable elements along the axis of user-selectable elements.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein multiple secondary sets of user-selectable elements are displayed along the axis of user-selectable elements.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first collation function is a chronological order.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the user-selectable elements of the second set of user-selectable elements are ordered on a basis of an event associated with the identified position.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are documents.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is graphically differentiated from other displayed user-selectable elements.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is axially collapsible.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein a display size of at least some of the user-selectable elements of the second set of user-selectable elements is different from a display size of the user-selectable elements of the first set of user-selectable elements.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to be displayed at an angle in respect with an axial direction of the axis of user-selectable elements.

11. A computerized system configured to read computer-executable instructions adapted to enable a program enabling an interface adapted to order and display computer-readable files, the computerized system comprising:

a processing unit configured to process the computer executable instructions; and

a display configured to display the interface;

the program, when executed, being operative to;

provide a first set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a first attribute;

use a first collation function for ordering the first set of user-selectable elements associated with the first attribute;

provide a second set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a second attribute;

axially abutting the second set of user-selectable elements on the first set of user-selectable elements along an axis of user-selectable elements at an identified position thereon; and

display the first set of user-selectable elements and the axially abutting second set of user-selectable elements on the axis of user-selectable elements, the user-selectable elements being displayed on the axis of user-selectable elements in a substantially rectilinear formation, the first set of user-selectable elements being ordered on a basis of the first collation function order along the axis of user-selectable elements, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed on a basis of the identified position, axially abutting on the first ordered set of user-selectable elements in graphical juxtaposition with the displayed first set of user-selectable elements, wherein at least one of the user-selectable elements from the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed in inconsistency with the first collation function order on the axis of user-selectable elements.

12. The computerized system of claim 11, wherein the first set of user-selectable elements is scrollable, and the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to remain static with respect to the first set of user-selectable elements along the axis of user-selectable elements.

13. The computerized system of claim 11, wherein multiple secondary sets of user-selectable elements are displayed along the axis of user-selectable elements.

14. The computerized system of claim 11, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to be ordered on an event associated with the identified position.

15. The computerized system of claim 11, wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are documents.

16. The computerized system of claim 11, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is axially collapsible.

17. The computerized system of claim 11, wherein a display size of at least some of the user-selectable elements of the second set of user-selectable elements is different from a display size of the user-selectable elements of the first set of user-selectable elements.

18. The computerized system of claim 11, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to be displayed at an angle in respect with an axial direction of the axis of user-selectable elements.

19. A method of combining a plurality of sets of documents on a display, the method comprising:

providing a first set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a first attribute;

using a first collation function for ordering the first set of user-selectable elements associated with the first attribute;

providing a second set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a second attribute;

axially abutting the second set of user-selectable elements on the first set of user-selectable elements along an axis of user-selectable elements at an identified position thereon; and

displaying the first set of user-selectable elements and the axially abutting second set of user-selectable elements on the axis of user-selectable elements, the user-selectable elements being displayed on the axis of user-selectable elements in a substantially rectilinear formation, the first set of user-selectable elements being ordered on a basis of the first collation function order along the axis of user-selectable elements, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed on a basis of the identified position, axially abutting on the first ordered set of user-selectable elements in graphical juxtaposition with the displayed first set of user-selectable elements, wherein at least one of the user-selectable elements from the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed in inconsistency with the first collation function order on the axis of user-selectable elements.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first collation function is a chronological order.