TIMELINE FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION

• US 20090055763A1
• Filed: 05/22/2008
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc., Maya-Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: 9224-5489 Quebec Inc.
• Inventors: Audet, Mathieu
• Granted Patent: US 8,601,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing a method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files, the method comprising causing a first array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said first array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale; causing a second array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said second array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale. An interface, a computerized system and a method for providing same is also disclosed therein.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing a method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files, the method comprising:

causing an array of computer-readable files to be displayed, the array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale;

causing an array of computer-readable files to be displayed, the array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale.

2. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files of claim 1, wherein the first timescale is linear and the second timescale is non-linear.

3. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files of claim 1, wherein at least some of the computer-readable files are a multimedia assets.

4. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying computer-readable files of claim 1, wherein the arrays are a linear arrangements.

5. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files of claim 4, wherein the second array of documents is adapted to be displayed parallel with the first array of computer-readable files.

6. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files of claim 4, wherein the second array of computer-readable files is adapted to be displayed non-parallel with the first array of computer-readable files.

7. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files of claim 1, wherein the first array of computer-readable files and the second array of computer-readable files are adapted to individually move one in respect to the other.

8. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files of claim 1, wherein the timelines comprise time-marks adapted to discriminate a duration of time.

9. The computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing the method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files of claim 1, wherein a duration of time being adapted to be omitted from the timeline.

10. A computer interface comprising:

a first array of documents to be displayed, said first array of documents being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale;

a second array of documents to be displayed, said second array of documents being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale.

11. The computer interface of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first timescale and second timescale is using one of a linear timescale and a non-linear timescale.

12. The computer interface of claim 10, wherein the arrays are a linear arrangements.

13. The computer interface of claim 12, wherein the interface is adapted to display the first array of documents parallel to second array of documents.

14. The computer interface of claim 12, wherein the interface is adapted to display the second array of documents non-parallel to the first arrays of documents.

15. The computer interface of claim 10, wherein the interface is adapted to independently move at least one of the arrays of documents.

16. The computer interface of claim 10, wherein the interface is adapted to omit a unit of time of at least one of the arrays of documents.

17. A computerized system adapted to read computer-executable instructions adapted to enable a program enabling an interface adapted to display arrays of documents, the computerized system comprising:

a processing unit adapted to process the computer executable instructions;

a display adapted to display the interface; and

the program, when executed, being operative for;

causing an array of computer-readable files to be displayed, the array of computer readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale; and

causing an array of computer readable files to be displayed, the array of computer readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale.

18. The computerized system of claim 17, wherein the first timescale is linear and the second timescale is non-linear.

19. The computerized system of claim 17, wherein the arrays of computer readable files are adapted to individually move one in respect to the other.

20. The computerized system of claim 17, wherein the interface is adapted to omit a unit of time of at least one of the first array of computer readable files and the second array of computer readable files.