Patent ID: 6292188
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for navigating an information space that includes a plurality of content pages for display on a screen, the content pages being oriented relative to one another in a spatial structure, said method comprising:displaying a graphical object comprising a plurality of first-level items, each first-level item associated with a respective first-level page and at least one first-level item comprising a plurality of second-level items associated with a plurality of second-level pages, said first and second level items spatially arranged according to the relative orientation of their respective first and second level pages;selecting a first-level item of said graphical object such that a first-level page associated with said first-level item is displayed on said display screen;moving from said first-level item to another first-level item of said graphical object such that another first-level page associated with said another first level item is displayed on said display screen and such that said graphical object remains displayed on said display screen; anddisplaying other first level pages associated with first-level items located between said first-level item and said another first-level item of said graphical object, between the display of said first level page and said another first level page, thereby providing visual cues as to the movement within the information space.