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Filtering a collection of items

  • US 7,383,503 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2005
  • Issued: 06/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

  • (a) displaying a plurality of item representations each associated with a different item;

    (b) receiving a user input including a textual criterion;

    (c) determining a subset of the items to be all of the items that satisfy the textual criterion;

    (d) displaying the associated item representations for the subset of items so as to have a first display property;

    (e) displaying the remaining item representations so as to have a second display property different from the first display property, wherein the first display property is a first size profile, and the second display property is a second size profile different from the first size profile; and

    (f) displaying a background behind at least some of the item representations, wherein the background includes the textual criterion.

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