Patent ID: 7895526

Claim:
A method for enabling user navigation through a wizard comprising a plurality of wizard screens, the method comprising: displaying a first wizard screen of the plurality of wizard screens; displaying, concurrently with the first wizard screen, a roadmap comprising a plurality of roadmap stops each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of wizard screens, such that a user can non-linearly navigate to any corresponding one of the plurality of wizard screens by interacting with its associated roadmap stop, wherein at least one of the roadmap stops indicates a current user position in the wizard and at least one of the roadmap stops is identified in the roadmap as a disabled roadmap stop; enabling selection of the at least one of the roadmap stops identified in the roadmap as the disabled roadmap stop; and in response to the user selecting the disabled roadmap stop, displaying a second wizard screen concurrently with the roadmap, the second wizard screen corresponding to the disabled roadmap stop, wherein at least some user controls of the second wizard screen are deactivated.