Patent ID: 9128917
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing automatic expanding and collapsing of a portion of visual content on a screen, said method comprising: providing, by a computing system, an interface displaying visual content, wherein at least some of the visual content is represented in a collapsed state, wherein the interface supports an expand command to expand content represented in a collapsed state, a collapse command to collapse content represented in an expanded state, and at least one selection command which, in response to input identifying content of interest, searches for the content of interest and automatically expands content represented in the collapsed state if the content represented in the collapsed state comprises the content of interest, the selection command invocable independently from the expand or collapse command; receiving, by the computing system, input invoking the selection command and identifying content of interest; determining, by the computing system that the content of interest is included in a portion of the content that is represented in the collapsed state; automatically expanding, by the computing system, said portion of the visual content; and providing, by the computing system, output to display a visual cue on a display device, the visual cue associated with the portion that was automatically expanded and configured to indicate that said portion was automatically expanded from a collapsed state in response to invoking the selection command, wherein the visual cue distinguishes said automatically expanded portion from other content represented in the expanded state alongside the automatically-expanded portion, and wherein the other content represented in the expanded state is expanded in response to an event other than the input invoking the selection command and identifying the content of interest.