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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Charles W. Stabb, Seattle, WA (US);
Gerald P. Shea, Duvall, WA (US);
Joshua Alexander Dersch, Redmond, WA (US);
Alan L. Marks, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles W. Stabb, Seattle, WA (US);
Gerald P. Shea, Duvall, WA (US);
Joshua Alexander Dersch, Redmond, WA (US);
Alan L. Marks, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and a method for a user interface which generates a preview display to aid in the navigation of items of content on a computer. A screen displays an item to a user. Upon receipt of a user input representing a proposed navigational action to be performed with respect to the item, a preview display is generated and rendered on the screen display. The preview display includes at least a portion of the display which would result from a selection to perform the navigational action with respect to the item.