Method and apparatus for displaying data element axes
An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations for displaying an array of time-stamped user-selectable elements on a display, the operations comprising:
selecting a first set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a first filtering criterion;
using a first chronological order for ordering the selected first set of user-selectable elements;
selecting a second set of user-selectable elements on a basis of an association with a reference computer-readable element from the first set of user-selectable elements;
selecting an ordering of the second set of user-selectable elements;
identifying a position along the ordering of the first set of user-selectable elements for locating and interleaving the second set of user-selectable elements within the first set of user-selectable elements along the axis of user-selectable elements in conjunction with the reference user-selectable element from the first chronologically ordered set of user-selectable elements; and
displaying a combined set of user-selectable elements including the first set of user-selectable elements and the interleaved second set of user-selectable elements in an axis of user-selectable elements displaying the user-selectable elements in a single line of user-selectable elements disposed in a substantially rectilinear formation corresponding with the first chronological order, the first set of user-selectable elements being ordered on a basis of the first chronological order, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed on a basis of the identified position along the first ordered set of user-selectable elements in graphical juxtaposition with the reference user-selectable element, the second set of time-stamped user-selectable elements being anachronically ordered in respect with the first chronological order of the first set of user-selectable elements.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are computer-readable files including a plurality of file formats.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are user-selectable icons.
4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to be ordered on a basis of a collation function.
5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the collation function is a second chronological order.
6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are documents.
7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the identified position is chronologically after the reference user-selectable element.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is axially collapsible.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein a visual distinctive feature is adapted to be applied to the second set of user-selectable elements to further distinguish the second set of user-selectable elements from the first set of user-selectable elements.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to be displayed at an angle in respect with the axis of user-selectable elements.
11. A computerized system configured to read computer-executable instructions adapted to enable a program enabling an interface adapted to order and display computer-readable files, the computerized system comprising:
a processing unit configured to process the computer executable instructions; and
a display configured to display the interface;
the program, when executed, being operative to:
select a first set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a first filtering criterion;
using a first chronological order for ordering the selected first set of user-selectable elements;
select a second set of user-selectable elements on a basis of an association with a reference computer-readable element from the first set of user-selectable elements;
select and ordering of the second set of user-selectable elements;
identify a position along the ordering of the first set user-selectable elements for locating and interleaving the second set of user-selectable elements within the first set of user-selectable elements along the axis of user-selectable elements in conjunction with the reference user-selectable element from the first chronologically ordered set of user-selectable elements; and
display a combined set of user-selectable elements including of the first set of user-selectable elements and the interleaved second set of user-selectable elements in an axis of user-selectable elements displaying the user-selectable elements in a single line of user-selectable elements disposed in a substantially rectilinear formation corresponding with the first chronological order, the first set of user-selectable elements being ordered on a basis of the first chronological order, wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed on a basis of the identified position along the first ordered set of user-selectable elements in graphical juxtaposition with the reference user-selectable element, the second set of time-stamped user-selectable elements being anachronically ordered in respect with the first chronological order of the first set of user-selectable elements.
12. The computerized system of claim 11 , wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are user-selectable icons.
13. The computerized system of claim 11 , wherein the second set of computer-readable files is adapted to be ordered on a basis of a second collation function.
14. The computerized system of claim 11 , wherein at least some of the user-selectable elements are documents.
15. The computerized system of claim 11 , wherein the identified position is chronologically after the reference user-selectable element.
16. The computerized system of claim 11 , wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is axially collapsible.
17. The computerized system of claim 11 , wherein a visual distinctive feature is adapted to be applied to user-selectable elements to further distinguish user-selectable elements from the first set of user-selectable elements.
18. The computerized system of claim 11 , wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is adapted to be displayed at an angle in respect with the axis of user-selectable elements.
19. A method of combining a plurality of sets of documents on a display, the method comprising:
selecting a first set of user-selectable elements on a basis of a first filtering criterion;
selecting a second set of user-selectable elements on a basis of an association with a reference computer-readable element from the first set of user-selectable elements;
selecting an ordering of the second set of user-selectable elements;
identifying a position along the chronological order of the first set of user-selectable elements for locating and interleaving the second set of user-selectable elements within the first set of user-selectable elements on an axis of user-selectable elements in conjunction with the reference user-selectable element from the first chronologically ordered set of user-selectable elements;
displaying and ordering the first set of user-selectable elements in accordance with an order defined on a basis of a first collation function; and
displaying a combined set of user-selectable elements including of the first set of user-selectable elements and the interleaved second set of user-selectable elements on the axis of user-selectable elements displaying the user-selectable elements in a single line of user-selectable elements disposed in a substantially rectilinear formation corresponding with the first chronological order, the first set of user-selectable elements being ordered on a basis of the first chronological order wherein the second set of user-selectable elements is displayed on a basis of the identified position along the first ordered set of user-selectable elements in graphical juxtaposition with the reference user-selectable element, the user-selectable elements of the second set of time-stamped user-selectable elements being anachronically ordered in respect with the first chronological order of the first set of user-selectable elements.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein at least some of user-selectable elements are user-selectable icons.