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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Alexander Brodie, Redmond, WA (US);

Benjamin Truelove, Lynnwood, WA (US);

David Parlin, Redmond, WA (US);

Jae Pum Park, Sammamish, WA (US);

Scott Dart, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Brodie, Redmond, WA (US);

Benjamin Truelove, Lynnwood, WA (US);

David Parlin, Redmond, WA (US);

Jae Pum Park, Sammamish, WA (US);

Scott Dart, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, a method and computer-readable media for presenting groups of items to a user. Items are divided into groups, and a group header is associated with each group. The items and group headers are presented on a screen display, and the displayed content is subject to navigational requests from a user. When one of the group headers is located near an edge of the screen display, its position is fixed to prevent the header from being removed from the screen display.


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