Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visual navigation of documents by object
- Patent Title (中): 通过对象视觉导航文件
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Application No.: US13287754Application Date: 2011-11-02
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Publication No.: US08990686B2Publication Date: 2015-03-24
- Inventor: Amy Lin , Gabhan Berry
- Applicant: Amy Lin , Gabhan Berry
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent Damon Rieth; Jim Ross; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F3/0488 ; G06F3/0486

Abstract:
A navigable view of objects (e.g. charts, tables, graphs, data sources, individual sheets of a workbook, . . .) that are obtained from one or more electronic object sources are displayed as graphical objects. The objects may be automatically/manually organized within the navigable display (e.g. by type, by sheet, by relationship, by data source, . . .). A user may navigate through the displayed objects. For example, a user may zoom in on an object to see a full screen version of the object. When zoomed in on an object, the navigable display may be panned (e.g. left, right, up or down) to see adjacent objects. From one object, the user may explore related elements using the same shared data (e.g. exploring a table object also shows a data source element). A user may also perform supported operations on the objects (e.g. sort/filter/drill down/drill up) that affect a display of the related objects.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130111319A1 VISUAL NAVIGATION OF DOCUMENTS BY OBJECT Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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