Patent ID: 9185326
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for use by a system for enabling visual filtering of content, the method comprising: filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract a subset of the plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user; displaying the subset of the plurality of graphical representations as first active graphical representations selectable by the user; and receiving a plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, wherein for each of said plurality of new search letters inputted by the user, the method further comprises: providing a combination of each of said plurality of new search letters with any one or more of the plurality of search letters previously inputted by the user; dynamically filtering the subset of the plurality of graphical representations to filter out one or more graphical representations based on said combination; and altering, in response to the dynamically filtering, the first active graphical representations to exclude the one or more graphical representations from the subset of the active graphical representations to provide second active graphical representations selectable by the user; wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are displayed as part of a visually de-emphasized background display overlaid by the second active graphical representations selectable by the user, and wherein the one or more graphical representations excluded by the dynamically filtering are not selectable by the user.