Displaying posts in real time along axes on a computer screen

摘要

Sequentially displaying posts apart from each other on a computer screen, including prompting a user to input a dimension element including one or more of a character, graphic, or symbol on the computer screen; identifying posts containing one or more dimension elements; sequentially displaying the identified posts apart from each other along a first axis; displaying a moveable cursor along the first axis across one or more displayed posts and that indicates only one or more particular posts; moving the cursor according to the user's operation; identifying one or more posts at a position currently indicated by the cursor; identifying one or more additional posts containing one or more dimension elements related to the elements contained in the posts currently indicated by the cursor; and sequentially displaying posts of the one or more additionally identified posts along a second axis.

主权项

1. A method for sequentially displaying posts apart from each other on a computer screen, each post representing a sentence visually recognizable by a user on the computer screen, the method comprising:
prompting the user to input a first dimension element including one or more of a character, graphic, or symbol on the computer screen; identifying, by a computer, posts containing one or more dimension elements, including the first dimension element, responsive to the user's input; sequentially displaying the identified posts apart from each other along a first axis on the computer screen; displaying a cursor that is at a fixed location on the computer screen and that is operable by the user to move the one or more posts displayed on the computer screen along the first axis, wherein the cursor indicates only one or more particular posts among the displayed posts; moving the one or more posts displayed on the computer screen according to the user's operation; identifying one or more posts at a position currently indicated by the cursor on the computer screen; prompting the user to input a second dimension element including one or more of a character, graphic or symbol on the computer screen, the second dimension element selected by the user from dimension elements in the or more posts at a position currently indicated by the cursor on the computer screen, wherein the dimension elements vary based on the position currently indicated by the cursor on the computer screen; identifying, by the computer, one or more additional posts containing one or more dimension elements including the second dimension element, responsive to the user's input; and sequentially displaying posts of the one or more additionally identified posts apart from each other along a second axis different from the first axis and visually recognizable on the computer screen, wherein the cursor is further operable by the user to move the one or more additionally identified posts displayed on the computer screen along the second axis, wherein the cursor indicates only one or more particular additionally identified posts among the displayed additional posts.