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Intelligent roadmap navigation in a graphical user interface

US8775952B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Bettina Laugwitz · Ludwigshafen, DE
Christopher Ronnewinkel · Heidelberg, DE
Susann Stieler · Heidelberg, DE
Farid Toubal-Seghir · Montréal, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2009
Grant date	Jul 8, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0482
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for intelligent information navigation in a graphical user interface (GUI) where a sequence of items is generated and stored in a memory of a computer system. A number of graphical elements are displayed on a screen of a GUI, wherein each graphical element corresponds to an item of the sequence of items, and wherein the graphical elements are ordered according to the sequence. When requested, the graphical elements scroll in a chosen direction to gradually include a new graphical element into the screen at the direction of scrolling. Respectively, the scrolling could gradually exclude from the screen a graphical element at opposite direction. An item of the sequence of items could be selected as a currently active item. The displayed graphical elements are automatically scrolled to move the graphical element corresponding to the currently active item at a focal position within the screen.

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