One-dimensional representation of a two-dimensional data structure

• US 8,516,395 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2010
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• 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: Braunstein, Ariel, Kaplan, Jonathan, Furlan, John, Inman, Richard Tobais, Cleary, Elizabeth A., Jones, Michael, Devenish, Ryan, Barthelemy, Matthew John
• Primary Examiner(s): PITARO, RYAN F
• Application Number:
  US12/750,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246928A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 715/775, 715/835, 715853-854, 715/829
• US Class Current: 715/835
• 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:

outputting for display, in a user interface on a display, 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, wherein the first file is included in a current folder included in a folder structure stored in a memory included within the computing device, and the second file is included in a next folder according to a predetermined ordering scheme and included in the folder structure;

outputting for display, in the user interface on the display, a representation of the current folder and the next folder, the representation of the current folder and the next folder comprising a folder bar that identifies the current folder and the next 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; and

causing the representation of the next folder to move in the 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, 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 wherein causing the representation of the next folder to move in the first direction comprises causing the second indication to be displayed closer to the first indication within the folder bar.

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

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

10. A non-transitory 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:

outputting for display, in a user interface on a display, 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, wherein the first file is included in a current folder included in a folder structure stored in a memory included within the computing device, and the second file is included in a next folder according to a predetermined ordering scheme and included in the folder structure;

outputting for display, in the user interface on the display, a representation of the current folder and the next folder, the representation of the current folder and the next folder comprising a folder bar that identifies the current folder and the next 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; and

causing the representation of the next folder to move in the first direction within the user interface.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein movement in the first direction is linear.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the movement in the first direction is at least one of left-to-right movement and right-to-left movement.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the first file comprises a video file, and the representation of the first file comprises a thumbnail associated with the video file.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, 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.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, 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.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, 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 wherein causing the representation of the next folder to move in the first direction comprises causing the second indication to be displayed closer to the first indication within the folder bar.

17. 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;

outputting for display, in a user interface on a display, at least a portion of a first representation of a first file and at least a portion of a second representation of a second, wherein the first file is included in a current folder included in a folder structure stored in a memory included within the computing device, and the second file is included in a next folder according to a predetermined ordering scheme and included in the folder structure;

outputting for display, in the user interface on the display, a representation of the current folder and the next folder, the representation of the current folder and the next folder comprising a folder bar that identifies the current folder and the next 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; and

causing the representation of the next folder to move in the first direction within the user interface.

18. The system of claim 17, 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 wherein causing the representation of the next folder to move in the first direction comprises causing the second indication to be displayed closer to the first indication within the folder bar.

19. The system of claim 17, 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.

20. The system of claim 17, 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.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the first file comprises a video file, and the representation of the first file comprises a thumbnail associated with the video file.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein movement in the first direction is linear, and wherein the movement in the first direction is at least one of left-to-right movement and right-to-left movement.