Patent ID: 7809688
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method relating to modifying a view in a user interface, the method comprising: receiving, while a current view of the user interface is displayed, a first user input requesting that a prior state of the user interface be displayed; displaying the prior state of the user interface in response to the first user input, the prior state of the user interface including at least a first representation of the user interface, where the first representation shows a past state of the current view of the user interface and includes one or more visual representations of one or more elements from the past state, where the underlying data for the first representation is stored in a backup archive, and where the first representation includes a first element; receiving, while the first representation is displayed, a second user input requesting that the current view of the user interface be modified according to the past state, at least with regard to the first element; and modifying, in response to the second user input, the current view of the user interface according to the past state, at least with regard to the first element.