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Granted Patent B2
US 9,953,096 · App. 14/751,657 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

System to store user selection and provide easy retrieval and traversal

Inventors: Saurabh Gupta (Nashua, NH); Sandeep Perumbuduri (Morrisville, NC); Nancy A. Schipon (Apex, NC)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G06F17/30884G06F17/30876
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Patent No.
US 9,953,096
App. No.
14/751,657
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer implemented method and system for organizing file location bookmarks of navigations within corresponding applications. A plurality of navigation histories relating to an application are captured, in response to a user navigating a file system using an application and selecting resource locations within corresponding directories of the file system for saving. The selected locations of the navigation history are displayed on a user interface (UI) of the computer. The selected locations of the navigation history are updated and displayed, responsive to the selections of the user.

Claims (19)

1. A computer implemented method for organizing file location bookmarks of navigations within corresponding applications, comprising:

capturing a plurality of navigation histories relating to an application communicating with a computer, in response to a user navigating a file system using an application and selecting for saving resource locations within corresponding directories of the file system, wherein the selected resource locations of the navigation history are from a plurality of corresponding applications, in response to the user navigating in the plurality of applications, wherein the selected resource locations of the navigation history dynamically adjusts to a number of selected resource locations;

displaying the selected resource locations of the navigation history on a user interface (UI) of the computer, the selected resource locations being displayed as part of a resource bar which on the user interface and the resource bar is movable within a display area of a display communicating with the computer;

updating the display of the selected resource locations of the navigation history, responsive to the selections of the user; and

displaying a directory or file indicated in a resource location of the selected resource locations, in response to aligning, in the resource bar, a movable positioning element with the indicated resource location, wherein the movable positioning element and the corresponding directory and/or file are displayed in the display area being part of the resource bar which displays the selected resource locations.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movable positioning element is located beneath the indicated resource location, and the corresponding display area for displaying the directory or the file of the indicated resource location is located beneath the indicated resource locations and in the resource bar.

3. A computer program product for organizing file location bookmarks of navigations within corresponding applications, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:

capturing a plurality of navigation histories relating to an application communicating with a computer, in response to a user navigating a file system using an application and selecting for saving resource locations within corresponding directories of the file system, wherein the selected resource locations of the navigation history are from a plurality of corresponding applications, in response to the user navigating in the plurality of applications, wherein the selected resource locations of the navigation history dynamically adjusts to a number of selected resource locations;

displaying the selected resource locations of the navigation history on a user interface (UI) of the computer, the selected resource locations being displayed as part of a resource bar which on the user interface and the resource bar is movable within a display area of a display communicating with the computer;

updating the display of the selected resource locations of the navigation history, responsive to the selections of the user; and

displaying a directory or file indicated in a resource location of the selected resource locations, in response to aligning, in the resource bar, a movable positioning element with the indicated resource location, wherein the movable positioning element and the corresponding directory and/or file are displayed in the display area being part of the resource bar which displays the selected resource locations.

4. A computer system for organizing file location bookmarks of navigations within corresponding applications, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions, comprising:

capturing a plurality of navigation histories relating to an application communicating with a computer, in response to a user navigating a file system using an application and selecting for saving resource locations within corresponding directories of the file system, wherein the selected resource locations of the navigation history are from a plurality of corresponding applications, in response to the user navigating in the plurality of applications, wherein the selected resource locations of the navigation history dynamically adjusts to a number of selected resource locations;

displaying the selected resource locations of the navigation history on a user interface (UI) of the computer, the selected resource locations being displayed as part of a resource bar which on the user interface and the resource bar is movable within a display area of a display communicating with the computer;

updating the display of the selected resource locations of the navigation history, responsive to the selections of the user; and

displaying a directory or file indicated in a resource location of the selected resource locations, in response to aligning, in the resource bar, a movable positioning element with the indicated resource location, wherein the movable positioning element and the corresponding directory and/or file are displayed in the display area being part of the resource bar which displays the selected resource locations.

5. The computer program product of claim 3 , wherein the movable positioning element is located beneath the indicated resource location, and the corresponding display area for displaying the directory or the file of the indicated resource location is located beneath the indicated resource locations and in the resource bar.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the movable positioning element is located beneath the indicated resource location, and the corresponding display area for displaying the directory or the file of the indicated resource location is located beneath the indicated resource locations and in the resource bar.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2015
From: GUPTA, SAURABH; PERUMBUDURI, SANDEEP; SCHIPON, NANCY A.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035984/0597 →
Continuity (1)
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