Device using multi-line fast list scrolling and method of using same
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1. A device, comprising:
- a controller for capturing a speed metric, and for enabling a user to scroll through a plurality of labels where a current search state of a plurality of search states is influenced by the speed metric;
a multi-line display utilizing an output component from the controller for manifesting label information associated with at least one of the plurality of labels; and
wherein the manifesting of the label information is influenced by the current state.
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Abstract
A system and method for scrolling through a list of labels where the format in which labels are made manifest can be influenced by the current “search state” of the system. The current “search state” of the system can be influenced by a speed metric. The speed metric can be captured from the interactions between a user and a controller component for a device utilizing the system. In an embodiment of the system, search states are predefined in accordance to speed ranges that are associated with the search states such that a display component can provide a pluralilty of labels that are uniquely displayed over a multi-line display depending on display mode and scrolling speed.
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1. A device, comprising:
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a controller for capturing a speed metric, and for enabling a user to scroll through a plurality of labels where a current search state of a plurality of search states is influenced by the speed metric;
a multi-line display utilizing an output component from the controller for manifesting label information associated with at least one of the plurality of labels; and
wherein the manifesting of the label information is influenced by the current state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A media playing device, comprising:
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a plurality of search states that include a current state, a first state, at least one second state, and a third state;
a storage component for providing a plurality of media content units and a plurality of labels such that each media content unit is associated with at least one the label of the plurality of labels;
a controller component for capturing both a speed metric and a direction metric, and for scrolls through the plurality of labels, wherein a current state is influenced by the speed metric; and
an output component for displaying over a plurality of lines on a multi-line display at least one label where the display of the label is influenced by the current state such that a current label is configured to be fully displayed in the third state and partially displayed in the first state and in the second state; and
wherein a lesser portion of the current label is displayed in the first state than in the second state.
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12. A method for configuring a device, comprising:
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identifying a plurality of search states, including at least a first state and a second state;
defining a plurality of speed ranges, including at least a first range and a second range;
associating the first state with the first range and the second state with the second range;
configuring a control component to capture a speed metric such the speed metric identifies a current state from the plurality of states; and
instructing an output component to selectively modify at least one output character displayed over a plurality of lines on a multi-line display depending on the current state. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for scrolling data in an electronic device using a multi-line listbox comprising the steps of:
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navigating though an entire multi-line list of fully-expanded text entries when the list box is initially displayed;
navigating though a multi-line list of displayed entries as the listbox is operating in a first mode such that entries are visible above and below the current selection; and
if a first upshift command is issued or if the list is scrolled at a rate faster than a set threshold, upshifting the listbox to a second mode where all the displayed cells of the listbox are replaced with the contents of a second mode list where the contents are aligned such that a currently selected cell displays a unique first word of the previously selected item. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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