Navigating galleries of digital content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11042283-B2
Application number	US-201816119858-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2018
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a content navigation system that allows a user to search, browse, and otherwise experience a collection of digital content items. For example, the content navigation system can provide a graphical user interface including a scroll element. One or more embodiments of the scroll element can include various navigational functions that provide a user-friendly interface for browsing and experiencing a collection of digital content items. Furthermore, the content navigation system can provide methods and systems for a user to easily configure the way in which the digital content items are organized within the user interface, thereby customizing the user's browsing experience.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
providing, for display on a touchscreen, a graphical user interface comprising a view area for displaying a collection of digital content items;
detecting a first user interaction with a scroll element within the graphical user interface;
scrolling, in response to the first user interaction, the collection of digital content items in a vertical direction through the view area at a first scroll rate based on a first scrolling ratio corresponding to the scroll element, wherein the first scrolling ratio is a constant value corresponding to a size range of the collection of digital content items, and wherein the first scrolling ratio reflects a first scaling applied to a measurement associated with the first user interaction to determine the first scroll rate;
detecting a second user interaction within the view area of the graphical user interface, wherein the view area is different than the scroll element within the graphical user interface; and
scrolling, in response to the second user interaction, the collection of digital content items in a vertical direction through the view area at a second scroll rate based on a second scrolling ratio corresponding to the view area, the second scrolling ratio being different than the first scrolling ratio, wherein the second scrolling ratio reflects a second scaling applied to a measurement associated with the second user interaction to determine the second scroll rate.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the first scroll rate based on amplifying the first user interaction, wherein amplifying the first user interaction is based on the first scrolling ratio being a number greater than one.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the collection of digital content items includes digital images arranged in a plurality of grid units of a scrollable grid; and
the size range of the collection of digital content items corresponds to a range count of the digital images arranged in the plurality of grid units of the scrollable grid.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying an amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items; and
determining the first scrolling ratio is the constant value based on the amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items corresponding to the size range of the collection of digital content items.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first scrolling ratio is adjustable in a step-wise fashion such that:
the first scrolling ratio is a first constant value when the size range of the collection of digital content items corresponds to a first size range of the collection of digital content items; and
the first scrolling ratio is a second constant value when the size range of the collection of digital content items corresponds to a second size range of the collection of digital content items.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a new amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items;
identifying the new amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items corresponds to the size range of the collection of digital content items; and
maintaining the first scrolling ratio at the constant value.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a new amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items;
identifying the new amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items corresponds to an additional size range of the collection of digital content items; and
modifying the first scrolling ratio to an additional constant value corresponding to the additional size range of the collection of digital content items.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
hiding, from display within the view area, a plurality of digital content items within the collection of digital content items;
providing, for display within the view area, a numerical indicator representing a quantity of digital content items of the plurality of digital content items that are hidden from the view area; and
in response to receiving an indication of a user interaction with the numerical indicator, causing the view area to expand for unhiding the plurality of digital content items.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first user interaction is a horizontal user interaction and the scroll element is a horizontal linear scroll element; and
the second user interaction is a vertical user interaction within the view area of the graphical user interface.

10. A mobile device comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to:
provide, for display on a touchscreen, a graphical user interface comprising a view area for displaying a collection of digital content items;
detect a first user interaction with a scroll element within the graphical user interface;
scroll, in response to the first user interaction, the collection of digital content items in a vertical direction through the view area at a first scroll rate based on a first scrolling ratio corresponding to the scroll element, wherein the first scrolling ratio is a constant value corresponding to a size range of the collection of digital content items, and wherein the first scrolling ratio reflects a first scaling applied to a measurement associated with the first user interaction to determine the first scroll rate;
detect a second user interaction within the view area of the graphical user interface, wherein the view area is different than the scroll element within the graphical user interface; and
scroll, in response to the second user interaction, the collection of digital content items in a vertical direction through the view area at a second scroll rate based on a second scrolling ratio corresponding to the view area, the second scrolling ratio being different than the first scrolling ratio, wherein the second scrolling ratio reflects a second scaling applied to a measurement associated with the second user interaction to determine the second scroll rate.

11. The mobile device of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to determine the first scroll rate based on amplifying the first user interaction, wherein amplifying the first user interaction is based on the first scrolling ratio being a number greater than one.

12. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein the first scrolling ratio is adjustable in a step-wise fashion such that:
the first scrolling ratio is a first constant value when the size range of the collection of digital content items corresponds to a first size range of the collection of digital content items; and
the first scrolling ratio is a second constant value when the size range of the collection of digital content items corresponds to a second size range of the collection of digital content items.

13. The mobile device of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to:
identify an amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items; and
determine the first scrolling ratio is the constant value based on the amount of digital content items within the collection of digital content items corresponding to the size range of the collection of digital content items.

14. The mobile device of claim 10 , further comp

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Balakrishnan Ramesh
• Wei Yi
• Puckett Joshua
• Smith Brian
• Scheff Andrew
• Nayak Rajeev

Classifications

• G06F16/54

  Browsing; Visualisation therefor · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F3/04855 Primary

  Interaction with scrollbars · CPC title