One-Dimensional Representation of a Two-Dimensional Data Structure

• US 20110246928A1
• Filed: 03/30/2010
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kaplan, Jonathan, Jones, Michael, Furlan, John, Braunstein, Ariel, Inman, Richard Tobias, Cleary, Elizabeth A., Devenish, Ryan, Barthelemy, Matthew John
• Granted Patent: US 8,516,395 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/775
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]

Abstract

A method that includes causing at least a portion of a first representation of a first file and at least a portion of a second representation of a second file to be displayed in a user interface on a display associated with a computing device, where the first file is included in a first folder included in a folder structure stored in a memory included within the computing device, and the second file is included in a second folder included in the folder structure. The method further includes receiving user input to navigate content stored in the folder structure, and, in response to the user input, causing the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation to move in a first direction within the user interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing at least a portion of a first representation of a first file and at least a portion of a second representation of a second file to be displayed in a user interface on a display associated with a computing device, wherein the first file is included in a first folder included in a folder structure stored in a memory included within the computing device, and the second file is included in a second folder included in the folder structure;

receiving user input to navigate content stored in the folder structure; and

in response to the user input, causing the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation to move in a first direction within the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein movement in the first direction is linear.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement in the first direction is at least one of left-to-right movement and right-to-left movement.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first file comprises a video file, and the representation of the first file comprises a thumbnail associated with the video file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein spacing between the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation within the user interface is greater than spacing between the at least a portion of the first representation and at least a portion of a third representation of a third file within the user interface, wherein the third file is also included in the first folder.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a vertical line is displayed between the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation within the user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing a folder bar to be displayed in the user interface that identifies a current folder included in the folder structure.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the folder bar further identifies a next folder included in the folder structure.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a first indication within the folder bar identifies the current folder and is associated with the first folder, and a second indication within the folder bar identifies the next folder and is associated with the second folder, and further comprising, also in response to the user input, causing the second indication to be displayed closer to the first indication within the folder bar.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device includes a touch strip configured to receive the user input.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the display associated with the computing device comprises a touch screen configured to receive the user input.

12. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to interact with a folder structure, by performing the steps of:

causing at least a portion of a first representation of a first file and at least a portion of a second representation of a second file to be displayed in a user interface on a display associated with a computing device, wherein the first file is included in a first folder included in the folder structure stored in a memory included within the computing device, and the second file is included in a second folder included in the folder structure;

receiving user input to navigate content stored in the folder structure; and

in response to the user input, causing the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation to move in a first direction within the user interface.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein movement in the first direction is linear.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the movement in the first direction is at least one of left-to-right movement and right-to-left movement.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the first file comprises a video file, and the representation of the first file comprises a thumbnail associated with the video file.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein spacing between the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation within the user interface is greater than spacing between the at least a portion of the first representation and at least a portion of a third representation of a third file within the user interface, wherein the third file is also included in the first folder.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein a vertical line is displayed between the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation within the user interface.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising causing a folder bar to be displayed in the user interface that identifies a current folder included in the folder structure.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the folder bar further identifies a next folder included in the folder structure.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein a first indication within the folder bar identifies the current folder and is associated with the first folder, and a second indication within the folder bar identifies the next folder and is associated with the second folder, and further comprising, also in response to the user input, causing the second indication to be displayed closer to the first indication within the folder bar.

21. A computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computer system to interact with a folder structure, by performing the steps of;

causing at least a portion of a first representation of a first file and at least a portion of a second representation of a second file to be displayed in a user interface on a display associated with a computing device, wherein the first file is included in a first folder included in the folder structure stored in a memory included within the computing device, and the second file is included in a second folder included in the folder structure,

receiving user input to navigate content stored in the folder structure, and

in response to the user input, causing the at least a portion of the first representation and the at least a portion of the second representation to move in a first direction within the user interface.