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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Mark Leroy Walker, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David Pettigrew, Marin, CA (US);
Lee Douglas Shartzer, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William Gibbens Redmann, Glendale, CA (US);
Mark Leroy Walker, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David Pettigrew, Marin, CA (US);
Lee Douglas Shartzer, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William Gibbens Redmann, Glendale, CA (US);
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineauz, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for efficient display of, and navigation through, a large database by displaying and selecting objects, e.g., graphic elements, in a grid associated with the content of the database are provided. The method includes providing a first subset of graphic elements from a database of graphic elements, the first subset of graphic elements arranged in a grid pattern, adjusting a position of one of the graphic elements in the first subset on the display in response to a user input indicating movement of the one graphic element in a horizontal and vertical direction, and providing a second subset of graphic elements from the database of graphic elements, the second subset of graphic elements including the one graphic element in the first subset at the point central on the display.