Patent ID: 7904446
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving one or more search criteria; searching for one or more user interface objects according to the search criteria, wherein each user interface object belongs to a user interface for a software application, and wherein each user interface object is configured to invoke a particular command, operation, feature, or capability of the software application; dependent upon the results of the searching, constructing one or more ordered paths, each comprising a sequence of several nodes within a hierarchy of user interface objects, such that at least one member of the sequence is identified from the search results, and wherein each of the one or more ordered paths is traversable by a user via sequentially selecting a plurality of nodes from the corresponding sequence of several nodes to reach the at least one member and invoke the particular command, operation, feature, or capability of the software application via the at least one member, wherein the sequence of several nodes within the hierarchy of user interface objects includes an object associated with a menu; and displaying a visual cue indicating at least a portion of one of the one or more ordered paths.