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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2006
Thomas Pfohe, Hamburg, DE;
Klaus Ruehl, Hamburg, DE;
Jaime F. Guerrero, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that displays and facilitates browsing through a sparse view of content items in a hierarchy. First, the system receives a request to display a set of content items with a common parent in a hierarchy. If the display area has insufficient space to display some of the items, the system logically splits the content items into a first subset of content items and a distinct second subset of content items. The system then displays the first subset, and displays a search element that represents the second subset. When the system detects the selection of the search element by a user, the system initiates a search operation that allows the user to determine and select a desired item from the second subset.