Patent ID: 6424361
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
Method of navigating in a graphical user interface, comprising the steps of:displaying graphical elements using linear segments, a first and a second element being connected by a single link composed of one or more segments placed in series, said first element and said second element being connected along one of a plurality of determined paths, shifting the cursor from the first element to the second element, when a single direction key of a control means corresponding uniquely to the orientation of the segment connected at this point of departure of the link from the first element to the second element is pressed, there being a unique direction key associated with every segment departing from a given element, the unique direction key corresponding to a given segment at its departure from an element, so as to move said first element along one said one of said plurality of determined paths to said second element using said single direction key associated with said link.