Dynamic array presentation and multiple selection of digitally stored ...

USO08042063B1

(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent No.: US 8,042,063 B1

Lin-Hendel (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 18, 2011 (54) DYNAMIC ARRAY PRESENTATION AND 21234511332 2 151333 gishezr at Ali ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ , , erstis et a . MULTIPLE SELECTION OE DIGITALLY 5,877,761 A 3/1999 Shoji et al. 345/341 STORED OBJECTS AND CORRESPONDING 5,890,138 A 3/1999 Godi-ii et at 705/26 LINK TOKENS FOR SIMULTANEOUS 5,892,498 A 4/1999 Marshall et al. 345/ 123 PRESENTATION 5,905,973 A * 5/1999 Yonezawa et al. 705/27 5,954,640 A * 9/1999 Szabo ............ .. 600/300 . . 5,966,122 A * 10/1999 It h 345/838 (75) Inventor? Catherlne L1n'Hendel= L05 GaT05= CA 5,970,471 A 10/1999 H(i)11 ,,,,,,,,, H 705/26 (US) 5,974,398 A 10/1999 Hanson etal. 705/14 6,016,494 A * 1/2000 Isensee et al. 707/102 (73) Assignee: Catherine Lin-Hendel, Los Gatos, CA 6,026,376 A 2/2000 Kenney ~~~~ ~~ ~ 705/27 (US) 2:853:33; 2‘ 5/5388 31212 eieif .... .. 382/53 . . . . . 6,147,683 A * 11/2000 Malt tal. .. 345/786 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of tlns 6,167,382 A 4 12/2000 Spartlieeztiti H 705/26 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 6,188,398 B1* 2/2001 Collins-Rector etal. 725/37 U.S.C. 154(b) by 800 days. 6,203,770 131* 3/2001 Gilmfln etfl1~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~- 332/305 6,211,874 B1* 4/2001 Himmelet al. . 6,212,536 B1* 4/2001 Klassen et al. NO" >I< ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ H (22) Filed: Apr. 6, 2000 (Continued) Related U.S. Application Data OTHER PUBLTCATTONS (60) Provisionai appiicaiion NO‘ 60/130,397, fiied on Apr Gavroniet al, How to Use Microsoft Windows NT 4 Workstation 1996, Ziff-Davis Press, p. 105.* 19, 1999. (Continued) (51) Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006-01) Primary Examiner — Weilun Lo (52) U.S. Cl. ...... .. 715/838; 715/805; 715/821; 715/822; Assistant Examiner D Mylinh Tran 715/823; 715/861 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Mahamedi Paradice (58) Field of Classification Search ................ .. 345/838, Kreisman LLP 345/805, 821~824, 859~861, 715/838, 805, 715/821~824, 859~861; 705/26, 27 (57) ABSTRACT

A system and method for the multiple selection of digitally stored objects and the link-tokens of each selected object for simultaneous presentation and examination of the selected objects with their associated linked objects and information, including organized array presentation for graphical thumbnails that represent the selected objects, as well as sub-framing, which allows intelligent partitioning of infonnation asso

ciated with an object.

59 Claims, 83 Drawing Sheets

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