| US 7,594,191 B2 | ||
| Visually presenting information to a computer user | ||
| Torsten Leidig, Karlsruhe (Germany); Ursula Markus, Munich (Germany); Daniel Baer, Wuerzburg (Germany); and Rainer Zinow, Neustadt (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to SAP AG, Walldorf (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 29, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/392,442. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0234234 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—825 [715/764; 715/834; 715/738] | 18 Claims |

| 1. A method of visually presenting information to a computer user, the method comprising:
receiving, in a computer system, a request to present a first visual item representing a first information portion selected
from an information collection available in the computer system;
determining, in response to the request: (i) which of several predefined categories the first information portion is associated
with, and (ii) which of several predefined generality levels the first information portion has;
generating, on a display device, a presentation that includes an area divided into segments extending between a center and
a periphery of the area, the segments corresponding to the respective predefined categories, the area being concentrically
divided into levels corresponding to the respective predefined generality levels, wherein the first visual item is placed
in a first one of the segments and at one of the levels according to its determined category and generality level; and
resizing the first segment and correspondingly resizing a remainder of the segments to maintain a size of the area, wherein
the first visual item comprises a folder for at least one other visual item, and wherein the resizing of the first segment
occurs upon a user unfolding the first visual item to show also the at least one other visual item, or upon the user folding
the first visual item to cease showing the at least one other visual item.
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