Patent ID: 6252597
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A graphical user interface for viewing a hyperbolically scalable linear information structure, comprising:a display upon which an interactive graphical user interface may be viewed, said interactive graphical user interface including at least one defined region on said display;a scalable user-accessible linear information structure displayed within said region and having at least one expansive location denoting an information object; anda selection device for selecting said at least one expansive location to display linearly said information object denoted by said expansive location;means for the contents of said information object corresponding to said selected expansive location to be displayed linearly within said region;means for information otherwise contained within said region to be compressed linearly to accommodate the entirety of said information object contents within said region; andmeans for said expansive location to be movable linearly to any location within said defined region, while maintaining compression of said other information in said defined region,wherein the term linear means in a vertical or horizontal direction on said display, and expansion and compression is performed hyperbolically.