Fred F Chang

US Patent:

20100169832, Jul 1, 2010

Filed:

Dec 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/636449

Inventors:

Fred Faching Chang - Hacienda Heights CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715811, 715854, 715823, 715860

Abstract:

A method for enabling access to a history of previously accessed data items includes (a) providing a floating hierarchical menu of navigation history which may alternatively be located at any portion of a main window including a hierarchical tree displaying a plurality of previously accessed data items in response to a first user input, and (b) providing for a second user input to select the hierarchical level of nodes displayed, wherein each such data item is displayed as a node of the tree and each such node may be selected to retrieve the previously accessed data item.