Scrolling web pages using direct interaction
First Claim
1. A method of providing a display control mechanism for information in a data processing system, comprising:
- displaying information in a display area on a display in said data processing system;
displaying a cursor on said display, said cursor capable of being activated by an input device;
scrolling the displayed information after activating the cursor with the input device, the scrolling of the displayed information being in tandem with moving said cursor in the display area, wherein the displayed information in the display area continues scrolling when the cursor is deactivated.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention provide a system and method for scrolling or dragging information on a display. A panning tool is provided that may scroll information, such as a web page, on a display in tandem with movement of a cursor. If interactive elements are present on the page or document, an interactive element may be activated as desired. Scrolling may be accomplished with the panning tool either on non-interactive elements or interactive elements that are not required to be activated. Furthermore, inertia of movement of the information on a display is optimized and autoscrolling is provided in which a page or document may be scrolled without dragging.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of providing a display control mechanism for information in a data processing system, comprising:
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displaying information in a display area on a display in said data processing system;
displaying a cursor on said display, said cursor capable of being activated by an input device;
scrolling the displayed information after activating the cursor with the input device, the scrolling of the displayed information being in tandem with moving said cursor in the display area, wherein the displayed information in the display area continues scrolling when the cursor is deactivated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. The method of claim 61 wherein the direction of the scrolling of the displayed information is within a tolerance range of the direction of the moving of the cursor.
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14. A system of providing a display control mechanism for information in a data processing system, comprising:
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a display for displaying information in a display area and for displaying a cursor, said cursor capable of being activated by an input device;
a processor for scrolling the displayed information after activating the cursor with the input device, the scrolling of the displayed information being in tandem with moving said cursor in the display area, wherein the displayed information in the display area continues scrolling when the cursor is deactivated. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable medium comprising executable code for performing the steps of:
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displaying information in a display area on a display;
displaying a cursor on said display, said cursor capable of being activated by an input device;
scrolling the displayed information after activating the cursor with the input device, the scrolling of the displayed information being in tandem with moving said cursor in the display area, wherein the displayed information in the display area continues scrolling when the cursor is deactivated. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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