Patent ID: 7012627
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a visual impression of entering and leaving rooms organized in a hierarchy of rooms, each room including a side bar and a page, comprising the steps of: associating with each room in a hierarchy of rooms a respective access control list identifying users authorized to view said room, forms for data entry, and folders; displaying in said side bar of a parent room material selectively descriptive of child rooms only to which said user is authorized by access control lists for said child rooms; responsive to user selection of a child room displayed in said side bar, moving textual or graphic material selectively descriptive of room content or function in said side bar in a first direction when entering said child room; and moving said material in said side bar in a second, opposite direction when leaving said child room; thereby providing in said side bar a visual impression of respectively entering and exiting said child room and traversing said hierarchy of rooms.