Scrolling items on a list

• US 20060075358A1
• Filed: 10/01/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ahokas, Jorma Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,551,188 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for scrolling items on a list, wherein the method comprises: conducting said scrolling on a user interface and adaptively controlling speed of the scrolling depending on the items on the list.

Claims

1. A method for scrolling items on a list, wherein the method comprises:

conducting said scrolling on a user interface, and

adaptively controlling speed of the scrolling depending on the items on the list.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said controlling is based on relevance of the items on the list.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said controlling is conducted individually around each item of the list, on the basis of relevance of the respective item.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said controlling is conducted on the basis of relevancies relating to a set of items.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said controlling is based on relevance of the item having the highest relevance within the set of items.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein said list is one of the following:

entries of a phone book, entries of an address book, a list of pieces of music, a list of bookmarks for www pages, a list of landmarks, and a list of options available for selection.

7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising

maintaining a relevance value for each item on the list, and

conducting said controlling on the basis of said relevance values.

8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising

maintaining said relevance values on the basis of ratings defined by a user.

9. A method according to claim 7, further comprising

dynamically varying said relevance values on the basis of user'"'"'s actions.

10. A method according to claim 7, further comprising

dynamically varying said relevance values on the basis of user'"'"'s location.

11. A method according to claim 7, further comprising

increasing respective relevance value, when an item is visited, modified or added.

12. A method according to claim 7, further comprising

decreasing respective relevance value, if an item is not revisited or modified during a predefined time period.

13. A method according to claim 1, further comprising

setting constant minimum and/or maximum values for the scrolling speed.

14. A device comprising

a user interface,

scrolling means for conducting scrolling of items on a list on said user interface, and

controlling means for adaptively controlling speed of the scrolling depending on the items on the list.

15. A computer program executable in a computing device, the computer program providing a routine for scrolling items on a list, wherein said computer program controls the computing device to

conduct said scrolling on a user interface, and

to adaptively control speed of the scrolling depending on the items on the list.

16. A computer program according to claim 15 stored on a carrier.