Patent ID: 6460033
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of browsing a plurality of items, the method comprising:(a) providing a tree which relates the plurality of items, the tree being non-unary and having a height of at least two; (b) providing a browsing sequence for the plurality of items; (c) outputting a signal to display content associated with a current item in the browsing sequence; (d) receiving a selection of one of a first control and a second control; (e) based on said receiving: (e1) if the first control has been selected and the current item is an internal item of the tree, removing all items from the browsing sequence which are tree-descendants of the current item; and (e2) if the current item is a non-final item in the browsing sequence, outputting a signal to display content associated with an item subsequent to the current item in the browsing sequence; and (f) repeating (d) and (e) with the subsequent item being considered as the current item.