US7827492B2
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System and method for presentation of room navigation
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 2004-04-12
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Granted: 2010-11-02
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Expires: 2024-04-12
Abstract
Abstract Collaboration space object model provides for a Place consisting of rooms. A room is made up of pages. Folders are used to organize pages. Members belong to rooms, and are those users authorized to access them. Place type controls the creation of a place, including how many rooms it has, for example. Room type controls the appearance and content of rooms. A form manages the display of data notes. A form can contain fields for containing data and employ scripts to process and compute data. A page is the basic vehicle for content. Content is created using an or importing content from an external source. A member is also a data note, and each place contains its own member directory. A place is created and managed from a client browser in on-line mode and in offline mode with respect to a replicated copy of the space. Room security is independently managed, and security and aesthetics characteristics of subrooms selectively inherited. Room navigation and workflow processing is provided, as are forms creation and uploading from browser to server.
Inventors
- 👤 Julio Estrada
- 👤 Miguel A. Estrada
- 👤 Maurice B. Shore
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 00:31
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
212 words
A method for selectively displaying a plurality of rooms with side bar slide animation, comprising: displaying content material in a page of said room; displaying page associated material in a side bar of said room; responsive to entering a room, executing a first slide animation of said page associated material such that said page associated material slides into said side bar from a first direction; and responsive to leaving said room, executing a second slide animation of said page associated material such that said page associated material slides out of said side bar in a direction different from said first direction; thereby creating a visual effect of entering and leaving an area represented by a panel wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via one or more of a horizontal and vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from a parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said page associated material to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said page associated material to slide, via said second slide animation, out of said side bar.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
212 words
A method for selectively displaying a plurality of rooms with side bar slide animation, comprising: displaying content material in a page of said room; displaying page associated material in a side bar of said room; responsive to entering a room, executing a first slide animation of said page associated material such that said page associated material slides into said side bar from a first direction; and responsive to leaving said room, executing a second slide animation of said page associated material such that said page associated material slides out of said side bar in a direction different from said first direction; thereby creating a visual effect of entering and leaving an area represented by a panel wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via one or more of a horizontal and vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from a parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said page associated material to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said page associated material to slide, via said second slide animation, out of said side bar.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: sliding new page associated material, via said first slide animation, into said side bar from a rightwards direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 2 further comprising: sliding said page associated material, via said second slide animation, out of said bar from a leftwards direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: sliding new page associated material, via said first slide animation, into said side bar from a leftwards direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 4 further comprising: sliding said page associated material, via said second slide animation, out of said bar from a rightwards direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include an upward motion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a downward motion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a leftward motion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a rightward motion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a looping motion.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
280 words
A method for displaying rooms from a hierarchy of rooms, each room including a page display and a corresponding side bar display, comprising: removing side bar material corresponding to a first page display from said side bar by a first slide animation in a first direction when leaving a first room in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar, and inserting side bar material corresponding to a second page display into said side bar in said first direction by slide animation when entering a second room higher in said hierarchy of rooms; and removing side bar material corresponding to said first page display from said side bar by a second slide animation in a second direction when leaving said first room in said hierarchy of rooms and inserting side bar material corresponding to a third page display into said side bar by slide animation in said second direction when entering a third room lower in said hierarchy of rooms; and thereby providing in said side bar a visual effect of respectively moving up or down said hierarchy of rooms wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via a vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from a parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said second page to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said third page to slide, via said second slide animation, into said side bar.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
280 words
A method for displaying rooms from a hierarchy of rooms, each room including a page display and a corresponding side bar display, comprising: removing side bar material corresponding to a first page display from said side bar by a first slide animation in a first direction when leaving a first room in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar, and inserting side bar material corresponding to a second page display into said side bar in said first direction by slide animation when entering a second room higher in said hierarchy of rooms; and removing side bar material corresponding to said first page display from said side bar by a second slide animation in a second direction when leaving said first room in said hierarchy of rooms and inserting side bar material corresponding to a third page display into said side bar by slide animation in said second direction when entering a third room lower in said hierarchy of rooms; and thereby providing in said side bar a visual effect of respectively moving up or down said hierarchy of rooms wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via a vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from a parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said second page to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said third page to slide, via said second slide animation, into said side bar.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 11 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include an upward motion.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 11 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a downward motion.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 11 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a leftward motion.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 11 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a rightward motion.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 11 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a looping motion.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
305 words
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform operations for displaying rooms from a hierarchy of rooms, each room including a page display and a corresponding side bar display, said operations comprising: removing side bar material corresponding to a first page display from said side bar by a first slide animation in a first direction when leaving a first room in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar, and inserting side bar material corresponding to a second page display by slide animation into said side bar in said first direction when entering a second room higher in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar; and removing side bar material corresponding to said first page display from said side bar by a second slide animation in a second direction when leaving said first room in said hierarchy of rooms and inserting by slide animation side bar material corresponding to a third page display into said side bar in said second direction when entering a third room lower in said hierarchy of rooms; thereby providing in said side bar a visual effect of respectively moving up or down said hierarchy of rooms wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via a vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from a parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said second page to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said third page to slide, via said second slide animation, into said side bar.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
305 words
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform operations for displaying rooms from a hierarchy of rooms, each room including a page display and a corresponding side bar display, said operations comprising: removing side bar material corresponding to a first page display from said side bar by a first slide animation in a first direction when leaving a first room in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar, and inserting side bar material corresponding to a second page display by slide animation into said side bar in said first direction when entering a second room higher in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar; and removing side bar material corresponding to said first page display from said side bar by a second slide animation in a second direction when leaving said first room in said hierarchy of rooms and inserting by slide animation side bar material corresponding to a third page display into said side bar in said second direction when entering a third room lower in said hierarchy of rooms; thereby providing in said side bar a visual effect of respectively moving up or down said hierarchy of rooms wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via a vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from a parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said second page to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said third page to slide, via said second slide animation, into said side bar.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 17 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include an upward motion.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 17 wherein at least one of the first slide animation and the second slide animation include a downward motion.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
345 words
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform operations for displaying rooms from a hierarchy of rooms, each room including a page display and a corresponding side bar display, said operations comprising: associating with each room in said hierarchy of rooms a respective access control list identifying users authorized to view said room; displaying in said side bar of a parent room material selectively descriptive of child rooms only to which said user is authorized by access control lists for said child rooms; removing side bar material corresponding to a first page display from said side bar via a first slide animation in a first direction when leaving a first room in said hierarchy of rooms and inserting side bar material corresponding to a second page display into said side bar in said first direction when entering a second room higher in said hierarchy of rooms; and removing side bar material corresponding to said first page display from said side bar via a second slide animation in a second direction when leaving said first room in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar, and inserting side bar material corresponding to a third page display into said side bar in said second direction when entering a third room lower in said hierarchy of rooms; thereby providing in said side bar a visual effect of respectively moving up or down said hierarchy of rooms wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via a vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from the parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said second page to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said third page to slide, via said second slide animation, into said side bar.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
345 words
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform operations for displaying rooms from a hierarchy of rooms, each room including a page display and a corresponding side bar display, said operations comprising: associating with each room in said hierarchy of rooms a respective access control list identifying users authorized to view said room; displaying in said side bar of a parent room material selectively descriptive of child rooms only to which said user is authorized by access control lists for said child rooms; removing side bar material corresponding to a first page display from said side bar via a first slide animation in a first direction when leaving a first room in said hierarchy of rooms and inserting side bar material corresponding to a second page display into said side bar in said first direction when entering a second room higher in said hierarchy of rooms; and removing side bar material corresponding to said first page display from said side bar via a second slide animation in a second direction when leaving said first room in said hierarchy of rooms without resizing said side bar, and inserting side bar material corresponding to a third page display into said side bar in said second direction when entering a third room lower in said hierarchy of rooms; thereby providing in said side bar a visual effect of respectively moving up or down said hierarchy of rooms wherein the visual effect creates a visual impression of entering and leaving said area via a vertical sliding motion; wherein said first slide animation and said second slide animation are elements of an aesthetic set inherited from the parent room; wherein said side bar is configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said second page to slide, via said first slide animation, into said side bar; wherein said side bar is further configured to allow for said side bar material corresponding to said third page to slide, via said second slide animation, into said side bar.
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