Patent ID: 6948125
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer controlled user interactive display system, a display interface implementation for tracking the organization of items in a hierarchy of nested categories comprising: means for displaying a window; means for displaying a portion of said hierarchy within the borders of said window; means enabling a user to expand each nested displayed category into a displayed list of items in said category, and to collapse said displayed list back to each displayed category; means for scrolling said displayed hierarchy through said window; and a set of displayed indicators, each representing a hidden completely expanded category in the hierarchical chain of a list of items displayed within said window; further including means associated with each displayed indicator enabling a user to select said indicator to collapse the hidden category represented by said indicator and thereby enable the display of the collapsed category within said window; wherein each of the nested categories in said displayed hierarchy have associated twistie symbols wherein a twistie pointing in a first direction indicates the category is expanded and a twistie pointing in a second direction indicates that the category is collapsed.