Using expanded tiles to access personal content

1. A method for facilitating navigation within an information handling system comprising:

presenting, via the information handling system, a navigation front end, the navigation front end comprising a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a respective item, the plurality of tiles providing a context driven dynamic interface to allow a user to directly access the item, the plurality of tiles being presented so as to simulate floating above a background thus providing an impression of three dimensionality;

accenting a particular tile of the plurality of tiles when the user hovers over the particular tile, the accenting comprising moving the particular tile forward and expanding a size of the tile relative to other tiles of the plurality of tiles;

enabling access to the item by actuation of one of the plurality of tiles;

presenting an expanded tile representation upon access to the item, the expanded tile representation allowing a user to interact with a rich visual context menu and to access most recent accessed content relating to the item; and wherein

the navigation system allows information handling systems to be configured during factory install to targeted demographics.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the expanded tile representation may be personalized by the user to include user specific content.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the expanded tile representation communicates with the navigation front end via a navigation application program interface (API), the navigation API allowing a respective application to be coupled with the navigation front end as well as communicate directly with an associated application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

navigation API allows a user to use an application without launching a full version of the application.

5. An apparatus for facilitating navigation within an information handling system comprising:

means for presenting, via the information handling system, a navigation front end, the navigation front end comprising a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a respective item, the plurality of tiles providing a context driven dynamic interface to allow a user to directly access the item, the plurality of tiles being presented so as to simulate floating above a background thus providing an impression of three dimensionality;

means for accenting a particular tile of the plurality of tiles when the user hovers over the particular tile, the means for accenting comprising means for moving the particular tile forward and expanding a size of the tile relative to other tiles of the plurality of tiles;

means for enabling access to the item by actuation of one of the plurality of tiles, the means for enabling executing on the information handling system; and,

means for presenting an expanded tile representation upon access to the item, the expanded tile representation allowing a user to interact with a rich visual context menu and to access most recent accessed content relating to the item, the means for presenting executing on the information handling system; and wherein

the navigation system allows information handling systems to be configured during factory install to targeted demographics.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein:

the expanded tile representation may be personalized by the user to include user specific content.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein:

the expanded tile representation communicates with the navigation front end via a navigation application program interface (API), the navigation API allowing a respective application to be coupled with the navigation front end as well as communicate directly with an associated application.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein:

navigation API allows a user to use an application without launching a full version of the application.

9. An information handling system comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a system for facilitating navigation within the information handling system, the system comprising instructions executable by the processor for:

presenting, via the information handling system, a navigation front end, the navigation front end comprising a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles corresponding to a respective item, the plurality of tiles providing a context driven dynamic interface to allow a user to directly access the item, the plurality of tiles being presented so as to simulate floating above a background thus providing an impression of three dimensionality;

accenting a particular tile of the plurality of tiles when the user hovers over the particular tile, the accenting comprising moving the particular tile forward and expanding a size of the tile relative to other tiles of the plurality of tiles;

enabling access to the item by actuation of one of the plurality of tiles; and,

presenting an expanded tile representation upon access to the item, the expanded tile representation allowing a user to interact with a rich visual context menu and to access most recent accessed content relating to the item; and wherein

the navigation system allows information handling systems to be configured during factory install to targeted demographics.

10. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein:

the expanded tile representation may be personalized by the user to include user specific content.

11. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein:

the expanded tile representation communicates with the navigation front end via a navigation application program interface (API), the navigation API allowing a respective application to be coupled with the navigation front end as well as communicate directly with an associated application.

12. The information handling system of claim 9 wherein:

navigation API allows a user to use an application without launching a full version of the application.