Graphical user interfaces for supporting collaborative generation of life stories

摘要

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) support the collaborative generation of life stories by helping the user view the development of the life stories of other users and facilitating interaction with them through these GUIs. A GUI according to a first type helps the user keep track of recent life stories and comments posted by other users of the collaborative system, and a GUI according to a second type helps the user view life stories of any user in a chronological manner.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating a plurality of interactive regions, wherein one of the interactive regions displays an image associated with a biographical life story of a first user when a cursor of a pointing device is positioned outside the one of the interactive regions; generating textual information associated with the biographical life story comprising an excerpt of the biographical life story when the cursor is positioned within the one of the interactive regions; generating a display of a thread of the biographical life story when the pointing device is actuated while the cursor is positioned within the interactive region, wherein the thread is received from other users about the first user; producing a first timeline graphic that is displayed with at least two dates to form a range of dates, the thread of the biographical life story posted along the first timeline graphic, wherein certain ones of the other users are permitted to post the thread of the biographical life story along the first timeline graphic within an account of the first user; receiving a selection of an interactive region within the thread, the interactive region within the thread associated with a life story of one of the other users; and producing a second timeline graphic along the life story of the one of the other users in response to receiving the selection of the interactive region within the thread, wherein the method is executed by a processor.