Quick browsing of displayed content

• US 10,025,396 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2015
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fan, Si Bin, Xiao, Ping, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, XiaoLin, Zou, Jia
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Zhengxi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sonners, Scott E
• Application Number:
  US14/807,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20170025096A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

In an approach to quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, a computer monitors a scrolling operation in a first display mode on a computing device in which a plurality of information items are displayed. The computer determines whether a speed of the scrolling operation exceeds a threshold value, and then in response to the speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a threshold value, switches the first display mode to a second display mode.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, comprising:

displaying, by the computing device, a first set of ordered information items from a list of ordered information items in a main window, wherein display of the first set of ordered information items is via a first display mode;

monitoring, by the computing device, a scrolling speed of a scrolling operation on the computing device, wherein the scrolling operation is performed within the first display mode;

determining, by the computing device, between the first display mode and a second display mode, based on the scrolling speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a scrolling speed threshold; and

in response to the scrolling speed of the scrolling operation exceeding the scrolling speed threshold, display, by the computing device, the second display mode, wherein the second display mode displays the first set of ordered information items in the main window under a second set of ordered information items within a floating window, wherein the second set of ordered information items comprises at least one summary information item generated based on collapsing at least one corresponding information item from the first set of ordered information items so as to obtain a reduced length of the at least one corresponding information item.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation falling below the threshold value, switching the second display mode back to the first display mode.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein a direction of the scrolling operation is one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of a screen, and the scrolling operation is one of a sliding touch on the screen, a mouse wheel scrolling, and scrolling of a scroll bar.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising:

adapting a speed of a scrolling operation performed within the second display mode to match the speed of the monitored scrolling operation performed within the first display mode.

5. A computer system for quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a memory coupled to at least one of the one or more computer processors;

a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the one or more computer processors in order to perform actions of;

program instructions to display a first set of ordered information items from a list of ordered information items in a main window, wherein display of the first set of ordered information items is via a first display mode;

program instruction to monitor a scrolling speed of a scrolling operation on the computing device, wherein the scrolling operation is performed within the first display mode;

program instruction to determine between the first display mode and a second display mode based on the scrolling speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a scrolling threshold; and

in response to the scrolling speed of the scrolling operation exceeding the scrolling speed threshold, program instructions to display the second display mode, wherein the second display mode displays the first set of ordered information items in the main window under a second set of ordered information items within a floating window, wherein the second set of ordered information items comprises at least one summary information item generated based on collapsing at least one corresponding information item from the first set of ordered information items so as to obtain a reduced length of the at least one corresponding information item.

6. The computer system according to claim 5, wherein the set of computer program instructions being stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform an action of:

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation falling below the threshold value, switching the second display mode back to the first display mode.

7. The computer system according to claim 5, wherein a direction of the scrolling operation is one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of a screen, and the scrolling operation is one of a sliding touch on the screen, a mouse wheel scrolling, and scrolling of a scroll bar.

8. The computer system according to claim 5, further comprising:

adapting a speed of a scrolling operation performed within the second display mode to match the speed of the monitored scrolling operation performed within the first display mode.

9. A computer program product for quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon, wherein the program instructions being executable by the computing device to perform a method comprising:

program instructions to display a first set of ordered information items from a list of ordered information items in a main window, wherein display of the first set of ordered information items is via a first display mode;

program instruction to monitor a scrolling speed of a scrolling operation on the computing device, wherein the scrolling operation is performed within the first display mode;

program instruction to determine between the first display mode and a second display mode based on the scrolling speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a scrolling threshold; and

in response to the scrolling speed of the scrolling operation exceeding the scrolling speed threshold, program instructions to display the second display mode, wherein the second display mode displays the first set of ordered information items in the main window under a second set of ordered information items within a floating window, wherein the second set of ordered information items comprises at least one summary information item generated based on collapsing at least one corresponding information item from the first set of ordered information items so as to obtain a reduced length of the at least one corresponding information item.

10. The computer program product according to claim 9, wherein the program instructions being further executable by the computing device to perform a method further comprising:

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation falling below the threshold value, switching the second display mode back to the first display mode.

11. The computer program product according to claim 9, further comprising:

adapting a speed of a scrolling operation performed within the second display mode to match the speed of the monitored scrolling operation performed within the first display mode.