Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for exploring a catalog of digital information contents
- Patent Title (中): 探索数字信息内容目录的方法
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Application No.: US13394743Application Date: 2009-09-08
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Publication No.: US08903867B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Fabrizio Antonelli , Dario Mana , Monica Perrero , Federica Protti , Rossana Simeoni
- Applicant: Fabrizio Antonelli , Dario Mana , Monica Perrero , Federica Protti , Rossana Simeoni
- Applicant Address: IT Milan
- Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Milan
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/IT2009/000402 WO 20090908
- International Announcement: WO2011/030357 WO 20110317
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
A method for exploring a catalog of digital information contents through a user apparatus is provided with a display screen, in which the catalog of digital information contents is structured according to at least two hierarchical tree structures, each including a respective hierarchy of nodes, each node corresponding to a respective category of digital information contents. The method includes: selecting a first sub-hierarchy of nodes of a first one of the at least two hierarchical tree structures, the first sub-hierarchy of nodes being built beginning from a selected category of the first hierarchical structure by selecting at least one among a first number of categories at immediately higher hierarchical levels in comparison to the selected category and a second number of categories at immediately lower hierarchical levels in comparison to the selected category; selecting a second sub-hierarchy of nodes of a second one of said at least two hierarchical tree structures, the second sub-hierarchy of nodes being built beginning from a destination category of the second hierarchical structure, the destination category being in relationship with the selected category, by selecting at least one among a first number of categories at immediately higher hierarchical levels in comparison to the destination category and a second number of categories at immediately lower hierarchical levels in comparison to the destination category; displaying on the screen icons representative of the categories of the first and of the second sub-hierarchy and respective relationships between the categories; and exploring the categories of the first and of the second sub-hierarchy reacting to commands imparted by the user through said user apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130054652A1 METHOD FOR EXPLORING A CATALOG OF DIGITAL INFORMATION CONTENTS Public/Granted day:2013-02-28
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