Patent Document ID: 8826123
Application ID: 11754219

Base Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, provide a method of displaying documents, the method comprising: (a) displaying an axis of an array of documents at separate display times in different manners by switching between two different types of timescale used for a timeline of the axis, the two different types of timescale comprising a linear timescale of the displayed axis and a nonlinear timescale of the displayed axis, the step of displaying including (i) displaying the axis with the timeline having a linear timescale by displaying documents of the axis along the timeline at substantially variable intervals of distance between adjacent documents on the axis, the timescale of the timeline having a time distribution that is substantially constant, with substantially equal periods of time being visually represented in substantially equal lengths of distance along the axis; and (ii) displaying the axis with the timeline having a non-linear timescale by displaying documents of the axis along the timeline at substantially constant intervals of distance between adjacent documents on the axis, the timescale having a time distribution that is substantially variable, with substantially equal periods of time not being visually represented in substantially equal lengths of distance along the axis; (b) wherein the switching of the type of timescale of the axis between linear and nonlinear timescales in displaying documents of the axis to the user is effected by input from the user.

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Claim 3:
3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, provide a method of displaying documents, wherein the input from the user comprises setting of a threshold regarding intervals between adjacent documents to be displayed along the axis.