Patent ID: 9098171
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of navigating a network of options for display to a user on a display device and selection by the user with a pointer and a selector, comprising: defining a two-dimensional navigation region on the display; displaying a set of options branching from a node in the network as the navigation region divided into a plurality of sub-regions, the set of options being displayed non-symmetrically, a first displayed option having a first corner and a second simultaneously-displayed option having a second corner, wherein the first and second displayed options are zoomed so as to map the first and second corners to respective different corners of the navigation region; displaying a control bar on the display adjacent the displayed set of options, the control bar having plural on-off buttons recording selection by the user of a selected option if the selector is activated by the user when the pointer is pointing within its corresponding sub-region; and if the selected option is a second node having a second set of options branching therefrom, repeating the steps of displaying and recording for the second set of options, wherein the displaying of the second option before selection comprises faint displaying of the divisions of the plurality of sub-regions for the second set of options branching from the second node in miniature within the sub-region associated with the second option so as to provide an enhanced sensation of navigation within a landscape, wherein further selection of a sub-region causes display of a sub-sub-region, and wherein activating at least one of the on-off buttons causes at least one sub-sub region to be eliminated from the display, and causes the remaining displayed sub-sub regions to be magnified on the display.