Systems and methods that track a user-identified point of focus
First Claim
1. A system that tracks a focus point within data, comprising:
- a detection component that obtains a position of the focus point within the data;
a storage component that saves the position; and
a tracking component that retrieves the position from the storage component and utilizes the position to locate the focus point within the data.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods that associate graphical indicia with a scroll bar, wherein the graphical indicia provides a relative location of a user-identified focus point within a set of data. The graphical indicia can be employed by the user to efficiently navigate through the data in order to position the focus point within a viewing window of a user interface. In one aspect, the user can manually maneuver a slider associated with scroll bar proximate to the graphical indicia to position the focus point with the viewing window. In another aspect, the user can invoke the graphical indicia to automatically position the focus point within the viewing window. Furthermore, the systems and methods of the present invention provide for multiple foci to be identified, associated with respective graphical indicia and tracked, and multi-dimensional tracking via a plurality of scroll bars and respective sliders.
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31 Claims
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1. A system that tracks a focus point within data, comprising:
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a detection component that obtains a position of the focus point within the data;
a storage component that saves the position; and
a tracking component that retrieves the position from the storage component and utilizes the position to locate the focus point within the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A user interface that graphically tracks a user-identified item of interest, comprising:
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a viewing region that provides the user a window to observe at least a portion of information from a set of information;
a scroll bar that maps to the set of information;
a slider associated with the scroll bar that is moved relative to the scroll bar to determine the at least a portion of information that is displayed within the viewing region; and
a component that obtains a location of the user-identified item of interest, generates a graphical indicator for the item of interest and maps the graphical indicator to the scroll bar to provide the user with a visible indication of the location of the item of interest within the set of information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method that adds graphical indicia related to a point of focus to a scroll bar, comprising:
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receiving an input associated with a user-identified point of focus within a list;
obtaining a location of the user-identified point of focus within the list; and
adding a first graphical indicator to the scroll bar, the first graphical indicator provides a relative location of the user-identified point of focus within the list. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method that returns a point of focus to a user, comprising:
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selecting a graphical indicator that is associated with the point of focus;
obtaining a position of the point of focus from the graphical indicator; and
utilizing the position to locate the point of focus Within data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A system that graphically tracks user-identified foci, comprising:
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means for identifying foci;
means for generating graphical indicia associated with the foci;
means for associating the graphical indicia with a positioning mechanism; and
means for employing the positioning mechanism in connection with the graphical indicia to view the foci.
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