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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Robert Deline, Seattle, WA (US);
Mary Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);
Brian R Meyers, Issaquah, WA (US);
Gina Venolia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steven M Drucker, Bellevue, WA (US);
George G Robertson, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert DeLine, Seattle, WA (US);
Mary Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);
Brian R Meyers, Issaquah, WA (US);
Gina Venolia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steven M Drucker, Bellevue, WA (US);
George G Robertson, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A 'Spatial Navigator' provides a document navigation environment that leverages user spatial memory. Graphical thumbnail-type representations ('thumbnails') provide scaled versions of entire documents. Changes to documents are immediately reflected in corresponding thumbnails. Similarly, document search results are highlighted in corresponding thumbnails. One or more dynamic document selection windows present arrangements of a plurality of these thumbnails for user selection and interaction. Each dynamic document selection window provides real-time inter-file navigation by allowing user selection and opening of documents, or any location or portion of a document, through user interaction with the corresponding thumbnail. Once a document is opened, intra-file navigation is enhanced by providing another scaled version of the entire document in a dynamic scrollbar adjacent to a primary document editing/viewing window. Selection of any point within this scrollbar-based thumbnail causes an immediate jump to the corresponding document location in the primary document editing/viewing window.
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