Method and apparatus for automatically switching displayed list based on categories

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9971477-B2
Application number	US-201514939392-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2015
Priority date	Nov 13, 2014
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for browsing an object list are disclosed. The method includes providing an object list, wherein the object list includes a first region and a second region, multiple first-level categories are displayed in the first region, and multiple second-level categories are displayed in the second region; obtaining a status of the object list, and determining whether the status of the object list meets a preset condition; and performing a switching control on a second-level category displayed in the second region based on a status of the second-level category displayed in the second region upon determining that the status of the object list meets the preset condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
providing a page containing a plurality of objects, wherein the page includes a first region displaying multiple first-level categories and a second region displaying multiple second-level categories;
obtaining a status of the objects;
determining whether the status of the objects satisfies a preset condition; and
performing an automatic switching control on;
a current second-level category displayed in the second region by:
determining whether the current second-level category displayed in the second region is a last second-level category of a plurality of second-level categories under a first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs,
automatically switching to a next second-level category of the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs in response to determining that the current second-level category displayed in the second region is not the last second-level category of the plurality of second-level categories under the first-level category to which the current second-level category displayed in the second region belongs,
determining whether the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs is a last first-level category of the multiple first-level categories in response to determining that the current second-level category is the last second-level category of the plurality of second-level categories under the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs, and
automatically switching to a next first-level category in the first region and switching to a first second-level category of the next first-level category in the second region in response to determining that the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs is not the last first-level category of the multiple first-level categories, or

a current first-level category displayed in the first region in response to determining that the status of the objects satisfies the preset condition.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the page further comprises a scroll bar, and determining whether the status of the objects satisfies the preset condition comprises determining that the preset condition is satisfied in response to determining that the scroll bar arrives at an edge of a page.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether all objects corresponding to the current second-level category in the second region have been loaded.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
determining whether a time of duration is greater than a preset time in response to determining that all the objects corresponding to the current second-level category in the second region have been loaded; and
performing the automatic switching control on the current second-level category displayed in the second region or the current first-level category displayed in the first region in response to determining that the time of duration is greater than the preset time.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically switching to a first first-level category of the multiple first-level categories in the first region and switching to a first second-level category of a plurality of second-level categories of the first first-level category of the multiple first-level categories in the second region in response to determining that the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs is the last first-level category of the multiple first-level categories.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising loading objects corresponding to the current second-level category into the second region in a cascading manner.

7. One or more computer readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
providing a page containing a plurality of objects, wherein the page includes a first region displaying multiple first-level categories and a second region displaying multiple second-level categories;
obtaining a status of the objects;
determining whether the status of the objects satisfies a preset condition; and
performing an automatic switching control on;
a current second-level category displayed in the second region by:
determining whether the current second-level category displayed in the second region is a last second-level category of a plurality of second-level categories under a first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs,
automatically switching to a next second-level category of the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs in response to determining that the current second-level category displayed in the second region is not the last second-level category of the plurality of second-level categories under the first-level category to which the current second-level category displayed in the second region belongs,
determining whether the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs is a last first-level category of the multiple first-level categories in response to determining that the current second-level category is the last second-level category of the plurality of second-level categories under the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs, and
automatically switching to a next first-level category in the first region and switching to a first second-level category of the next first-level category in the second region in response to determining that the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs is not the last first-level category of the multiple first-level categories, or

a current first-level category displayed in the first region in response to determining that the status of the objects satisfies the preset condition.

8. The one or more computer readable media of claim 7 , wherein the page further comprises a scroll bar, and determining whether the status of the objects satisfies the preset condition comprises determining that the preset condition is satisfied in response to determining that the scroll bar arrives at an edge of a page.

9. The one or more computer readable media of claim 7 , the acts further comprising determining whether all objects corresponding to the current second-level category in the second region have been loaded.

10. The one or more computer readable media of claim 9 , the acts further comprising:
determining whether a time of duration is greater than a preset time in response to determining that all the objects corresponding to the current second-level category in the second region have been loaded; and
performing the automatic switching control on the current second-level category displayed in the second region or the current first-level category displayed in the first region in response to determining that the time of duration is greater than the preset time.

11. The one or more computer readable media of claim 7 , the acts further comprising automatically switching to a first first-level category of the multiple first-level categories in the first region and switching to a first second-level category of a plurality of second-level categories of the first first-level category of the multiple first-level categories in the second region in response to determining that the first-level category to which the current second-level category belongs is the last first-level category of the multiple first-level categories.

12. The one or more computer readable media of claim 7 , the acts further compri

Assignees

• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Inventors

• Pan Jia

Classifications

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F16/954

  Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing · CPC title

• G06F16/958

  Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking · CPC title