Patent ID: 9026948
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: at least one processor of a computing device; a memory of the computing device; at least one module loaded into the memory causing the at least one processor to: concurrently display at least one view of an information hierarchy in a navigation pane and separately at least one view of content in a content pane, the navigation pane and the content pane displayed in a single user interface, wherein the at least one view of the content is scrolled to an area corresponding to a selected node in the information hierarchy; receive a pivot request for the selected node of the information hierarchy; receive a pivot selection, wherein the pivot selection is associated with the selected node of the information hierarchy and wherein the pivot selection provides additional information associated with the selected node; generate a second information hierarchy by making the selected node a root node for the second information hierarchy and adding child nodes derived from the additional information associated with the selected node to the second information hierarchy, wherein the at least one view of the content is synchronized to the second information hierarchy and is scrolled to an area corresponding to the second information hierarchy; and a history module that stores a chronological history of browsed nodes in the information hierarchy, selections, expansion states and scroll states within the information hierarchy.