User interface for accessing presentations

Details User interface for accessing presentations User interface for accessing presentations

2003-01-06

2009-08-25

Rutledge, Amelia (Department: 2176)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Presentation processing of document

C715S273000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07581164

ABSTRACT:
A user interface and methods for accessing document presentations are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method of the invention allows a user to directly snapback to a previous accessed document presentation without having to select from a menu of items or go through the intermediate pages. In this method, when a first document presentation is accessed, a first location of the first document presentation is recorded, automatically or manually. Subsequently, when a sequence of additional document presentations originated from the first document presentation is accessed, in response to a first input, without having to select from a menu of items, the first document presentation is directly retrieved from a recorded first location and displayed in a window. In one particular embodiment, a second document presentation is accessed and a second location of the second document presentation is recorded, where the recordation of the second location resets or supercedes the recordation of the first location. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

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