Patent ID: 8468452
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for calling attention to a location of departure in a display, comprising: a document comprising one or more hyperlinks each associated with an annotation and a descriptor comprising any shape for display to a user; an identification module to identify movement of a cursor over one of the hyperlinks and to display the annotation associated with that hyperlink with the descriptor adjacent to the displayed annotation, wherein the annotation and the descriptor are assigned a common color as an indicator that the annotation is temporarily displayed; a freeze display module to assign a freeze status to the annotation such that the annotation remains displayed and to assign a different common color for the freeze status to the annotation and the descriptor as an indication that the annotation is frozen; a detection module to detect a selection of the hyperlink by the user and to traverse to a further document associated with the selected hyperlink; an annotation module to identify the annotation associated with the selected hyperlink as the most recent traversed annotation and to change an assigned common color of that annotation to another color indicating a most recent traverse status; a change module to return to the document and to gradually change the most recent traverse status color of the most recent traversed annotation to a further color for a previous visit status indicating that the annotation is previously visited; a thaw module to remove the freeze status from the annotation and the associated descriptor; a reduction module to continually reduce a size of the annotation and the associated descriptor upon returning from the further document to the document until the annotation and the associated descriptor completely disappear from the display; and a processor to execute the modules.