Patent ID: 9164972
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method executed on a computing device for managing an object in a panorama display to navigate a spreadsheet, the method comprising: displaying the object from the spreadsheet on a primary screen of the panorama display including the primary screen, a left virtual screen, and a right virtual screen; overlaying primary interaction controls on the object; providing additional interaction controls for the object on the left virtual screen adjacent to the primary screen; providing associated objects links on the right virtual screen adjacent to the primary screen; overlaying portions of the left virtual screen and the right virtual screen on the primary screen to expose the additional interaction controls and the associated objects links on the primary screen; detecting a gesture on one of the portions; shifting one of the associated object links and the additional interaction controls associated with the gesture to the primary screen; detecting a change in orientation of the primary screen via device sensors integrated with the computing device; rotating and re-scaling the object displayed on the primary screen to match the detected orientation change of the primary screen by swapping axis in a chart and adding or removing columns and rows from a data table of the object; and rotating and re-scaling content provided on the left virtual screen and the right virtual screen to match the orientation of the primary screen by presenting object links through multiple columns and displaying additional information about the associated objects.