Patent ID: 7870508
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying a first data item selected by a user from a first plurality of data items displayed in a higher-level menu on a display screen; modifying, by a data processing system, an appearance of the first plurality of data items in response to identifying the data item selected by the user, wherein the modifying comprises decreasing a size of the first plurality of data items in the higher-level menu; causing the first plurality of data items to remain displayed on the display screen in a modified form, together with a first set of additional information in a first lower-level menu pertaining to the selected data item, identifying a second data item selected by a user from a second plurality of data items displayed as part of the first set of additional information in the first lower-level menu on a display screen; modifying, by a data processing system, an appearance of the second plurality of data items displayed as part of the first set of additional information in response to identifying the data item selected by the user; and causing the first set of additional information to remain displayed on the display screen in a modified form, together with a second set of additional information in a second lower-level menu pertaining to the selected data item, wherein the first and second sets of additional information are presented without obscuring the first plurality of data items displayed on the display screen.