Patent ID: 9720560
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of providing content to a user, the method comprising providing, via a display device having a display screen, a graphical user interface for a computer program, the interface comprising: an array of panes each providing simultaneous access to a different particular aspect of the program, thereby enabling a user to navigate through the program, the panes being in register with one another at a vertex corresponding to an area in which all the panes meet, each of the panes being adapted to provide a plurality of sub-panes within the area of the pane, each sub-pane providing access to a further particular aspect of the program, the panes being adapted to expand while maintaining their respective aspect ratios when highlighted by a pointing device, wherein the panes remain in register with one another at the vertex as a pane expands and the sub-panes being further adapted to expand within the area of their related pane when highlighted by the pointing device, wherein the expansion of a highlighted pane is accompanied by a corresponding shifting of the other panes towards a periphery of the display screen, wherein said expansion is accompanied by a corresponding contraction of the other panes while maintaining their respective aspect ratios, and wherein as the highlighted pane expands it moves towards the centre of the display screen.