Patent ID: 9146970
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for searching data on a computer system, comprising: displaying a plurality of navigation nodes in a graphical navigation string on a display, the navigation nodes comprising a navigation hierarchy having a first level, and a second level, and wherein the navigation nodes are in a same horizontal row; displaying a finder field on the display adjacent to the plurality of navigation nodes in the graphical navigation string; displaying a navigation scope bar on the display, the navigation scope bar configured to search the second level of the navigation hierarchy, wherein the navigation scope bar is a graphically represented line that is located under the plurality of navigation nodes, and wherein a movement of the navigation scope bar comprises a user dragging the left end of the navigation scope bar from right to left in order to broaden the search or dragging the left end of the navigation scope bar from left to right in order to narrow the search; receiving a first plurality of text entered into the displayed finder field; determining a search criteria based on the received first plurality of text entered into the displayed finder field, using a program executable by a processor; determining a refined search criteria based on movement of the navigation scope bar with respect to a navigation node within the plurality of navigation nodes in the graphical navigation string after the search criteria is determined; determining a further refined search criteria based on a detection of a second plurality of characters being entered into the finder field after the refined search criteria is determined; and sending the further refined search criteria to a search engine.