Method and device for assisting searching for an item in a list by accelerated scrolling on a display device

• US 20060290666A1
• Filed: 08/02/2005
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Archos SA
• Original Assignee: Societe Anonyme Archos
• Inventors: Crohas, Henri
• Application Number:
  US11/194,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20060290666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

This method of scrolling a list of items on a display device of a multimedia device consists in accelerating the scrolling of the list or browsing within a multimedia content (14; 18; 22; 26) by actuating (12; 16; 20; 24) one or more buttons of the device.

Claims

1. Method of scrolling a list of items on a display device of a multimedia device, characterized in that it consists in accelerating the scrolling of the list or browsing within a multimedia content (14;

18;

22;

26) by actuating (12;

16;

20;

24) one or more buttons (10₁, 10₂;

10₃, 10₄) of the device.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that pressing (12) said button once moves the display of the list forward or backward (14) by one page.

3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that holding down said button (16) moves the display of the list forward or backward (18) repetitively page by page.

4. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the repetition rate increases as a function of time.

5. Method according to claim 4, wherein a number p of items from the list can be displayed simultaneously on said display device, said method being characterized in that, when said button is held down, the repetition rate increases as a function of time and, when a predetermined scrolling speed is reached, only one in every p items from the list is displayed.

6. Method according to claim 1, wherein the list comprises N items and a number p of items from the list can be displayed simultaneously on said display device, said method being characterized in that, if said button is held down, there are displayed on a first page p items spaced from each other by N/p items, successive iterations follow until the item searched for is reached, each iteration consisting in displaying on a page p items at a distance of N′

/p items from each other, N′

being the total number of items in a sub-list containing the items searched for, consisting of items between the item s×

(N′

/p) currently selected and the next item (s+1)×

(N′

/p), s being a strictly positive integer.

7. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that, when browsing within a content, pressing said button once (20) causes a forward movement or a backward movement (22) of a certain time or of a certain quantity of text within the content.

8. Method according to claim 7, characterized in that, when browsing within a content, holding said button down (24) moves forward or backward (26) repetitively a certain time or a certain quantity of text within the content.

9. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that the repetition rate increases as a function of time.

19. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that holding down said button (16) moves the display of the list forward or backward (18) repetitively page by page.

10. A device for scrolling a list of items on a display device of a multimedia device, characterized in that it includes one or more buttons (10₁, 10₂;

10₃, 10₄) whose actuation accelerates the scrolling of the list or browsing within a multimedia content.

11. Device according to claim 10, characterized in that said button is adapted to move the display of the list forward or backward (14) by one page when it is pressed once (12).

12. Device according to claim 10, characterized in that said button is adapted to move the display of the list forward or backward (18) repetitively page by page when it is held down (16).

13. Device according to claim 12, characterized in that the repetition rate increases as a function of time.

14. Device according to claim 13, wherein a number p of items from the list can be displayed simultaneously on said display device, said device being characterized in that the repetition rate increases as a function of time if said button is held down and said device is adapted to display only one item in every p items from the list when a predetermined scrolling speed is reached.

15. Device according to claim 10, wherein the list comprises N items and a number p of items from the list can be displayed simultaneously on said display device, said device being characterized in that, if said button is held down, it is adapted to display on a first page p items separated from each other by N/p items, and then to proceed by successive iterations until the item searched for is reached, each iteration consisting in displaying on a page p items separated from each other by N′

/p items, N′

being the total number of items in a sub-list containing the item searched for, consisting of items between the item s×

(N′

/p) currently selected and the next item (s+1)×

(N′

/p), s being a strictly positive integer.

16. Device according to claim 10, characterized in that, when browsing within a content, said button is adapted to move forward or backward (22) within the content by a certain time or a certain quantity of text when it is pressed once (20).

17. Device according to claim 16, characterized in that, when browsing within a content, said button is adapted to move repetitively forward or backward (26) within the content by a certain time or a certain quantity of text when it is held down (24).

18. Device according to claim 17, characterized in that the repetition rate increases as a function of time.

20. Device according to claim 14, wherein the list comprises N items and a number p of items from the list can be displayed simultaneously on said display device, said device being characterized in that, if said button is held down, it is adapted to display on a first page p items separated from each other by N/p items, and then to proceed by successive iterations until the item searched for is reached, each iteration consisting in displaying on a page p items separated from each other by N′

/p items, N′

being the total number of items in a sub-list containing the item searched for, consisting of items between the item s×

(N′

/p) currently selected and the next item (s+1)×

(N′

/p), s being a strictly positive integer.