TEXT DISPLAY WITH USER-DEFINED APPEARANCE AND AUTOMATIC SCROLLING

• US 20020130891A1
• Filed: 12/08/1999
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Singer
• Original Assignee: Michael Singer
• Inventors: SINGER, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US09/458,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20020130891A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/684
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A text document, such as may be retrieved using an Internet browser, is displayed in a dedicated display window with predefined type, size and style characteristics. The document in the display window may be automatically scrolled at a predefined rate.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a text document on a computer display screen comprising:

connecting the computer to a document storage device;

loading a text document into the computer from the document storage device;

displaying the text document in a display window with predetermined text characteristics; and

automatically scrolling the text document at a predetermined rate.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the document storage device is remote from the computer.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the computer is connected to the document storage device via a global computer network.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the text document is loaded from the document storage device using a computer network browser program.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a fixed cursor in the display window.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the text characteristics comprise type size.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the text characteristics comprise type font.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the text characteristics comprise type style.

9. A method of displaying a text document on a computer display screen comprising:

connecting the computer to a document service on a global computer network;

loading a text document into the computer from the document server using a computer network browser program; and

displaying the text document in a display window separate from the browser program window.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the text document is displayed in the display window with predetermined text characteristics.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the predetermined text characteristics comprise type size.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the predetermined text characteristics comprise type font.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the predetermined text characteristics comprise type style.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising scrolling the text document at a predetermined rate.

15. An information delivery system comprising:

a computer coupled to a data communication network.

a document storage device coupled to the data communication network.

software controlling the computer to load a text document into the computer from the document storage device, display the text document in a display window with predetermined text characteristics, and automatically scroll the text document at a predetermined rate.