Patent ID: 8209619

Claim:
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions that if executed by a machine cause the machine to perform a method, the method comprising: maintaining in a tangible medium a location data to identify a first logical point in a discussion forum (DF) hierarchy to which a first user has navigated; and selectively manipulating a navigation control on a graphical user interface (GUI) based, at least in part, on the location data, the navigation control to provide access to a second logical point in the DF hierarchy that is not reachable from the first logical point in a single vertical navigation step, and where the navigation control includes a set of non-linear navigation options to provide access to a set of second logical points in the discussion forum hierarchy that include a second logical point that is updated automatically without intervention from a user and is based, at least in part, on an action of a different user than the first user in the discussion forum.