Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling presentation of a resource based on position or movement of a selector and presentable content

• US 20080082940A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scenera Technologies LLC (Scenera Research LLC)
• Original Assignee: Scenera Technologies LLC (Scenera Research LLC)
• Inventors: Morris, Robert P.
• Application Number:
  US11/540,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20080082940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/786
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling presentation of a resource based on position or movement of a selector and presentable content are disclosed. According to one method, input including movement of a selector in a view comprising a portion of presentable content of a resource being presented on a display device is detected. A distance between a selector position and at least one of a selectable entity in the presentable content and a position in the presentable content outside the view is determined. The presentable content is scrolled in response to detecting the input. At least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector is controlled based on the determined distance.

Claims

1. A method for controlling presentation of a resource based on movement of a selector and presentable content, the method comprising:

detecting input including movement of a selector in a view comprising a portion of presentable content of a resource being presented on a display device;

determining a distance between a selector position and at least one of a selectable entity in the presentable content and a position in the presentable content outside the view;

scrolling the presentable content in response to detecting the input; and

controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector based on the determined distance.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the selector comprises at least one of a mouse pointer and a cursor.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining a distance between a selector position and at least one of a selectable entity in the presentable content and a position in the presentable content outside the view includes determining a distance between the selector position and a boundary of the presentable content outside the view.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector includes controlling at least one of the rate of the scrolling, the distance moved by the selector, and a direction of the scrolling based on a gesture associated with the selector.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the gesture comprises a circular motion of the selector and wherein controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector includes controlling the rate of the scrolling based on a size of an associated circle.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the gesture comprises a circular motion of the selector and wherein controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector includes controlling a direction of the scrolling based on a direction of the circular motion.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the gesture comprises movement of the selector in a first direction and wherein the method further comprises associating a predetermined direction of the scrolling with the first direction.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein scrolling the presentable content includes scrolling the presentable content in a direction parallel to a direction of the movement of the selector.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein scrolling the presentable content includes scrolling the presentable content in a direction that is angularly offset from a direction of the movement of the selector.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein scrolling the presentable content in a direction that is angularly offset from the direction of movement of the selector includes scrolling the presentable content in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the direction of movement of the selector

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the distance is repeatedly determined and wherein controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector includes continuously varying the rate of the scrolling based on the determined distance.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector includes varying the rate of the scrolling in a stepwise manner based on the determined distance.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector includes decreasing the rate of the scrolling when the selector is in the proximity of a selectable element in the presentable content.

14. A system for controlling presentation of a resource based on movement of a selector and presentable content, the system comprising:

a selector controller for detecting input including movement of a selector in a view comprising a portion of presentable content of a resource being presented on a display device;

a graphical user interface (GUI) subsystem for determining a distance between a selector position and at least one of a selectable entity in the presentable content and a position in the presentable content outside the view; and

a graphics subsystem associated with the GUI subsystem for scrolling the presentable content in response to the detection of the input by the selector controller and for controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector based on the determined distance.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the selector comprises at least one of a mouse pointer and a cursor.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the GUI subsystem is adapted to determine a distance between the selector position and a boundary of the presentable content outside the view.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to control at least one of the rate of the scrolling, the distance moved by the selector, and a direction of the scrolling based on a gesture associated with the selector.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the gesture comprises a circular motion of the selector and wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to control the rate of the scrolling based on a size of an associated circle.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the gesture comprises a circular motion of the selector and wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to control the direction of the scrolling based on a direction of the circular motion.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the gesture comprises movement of the selector in a first direction and wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to associate a predetermined direction of the scrolling with the first direction.

21. The system of claim 14 wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to scroll the presentable content in a direction parallel to a direction of the movement of the selector.

22. The system of claim 14 wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to scroll the presentable content in a direction that is angularly offset from a direction of the movement of the selector.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to scroll the presentable content that is substantially orthogonal to the direction of movement of the selector.

24. The system of claim 14 wherein the GUI subsystem is adapted to repeatedly determine distance is repeatedly determined and wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to continuously vary the rate of scrolling on the determined distance.

25. The system of claim 14 wherein the GUI subsystem is adapted to repeatedly determine the distance and wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to vary the rate of the scrolling in a stepwise manner based on the determined distance.

26. The system of claim 14 wherein the graphics subsystem is adapted to decrease the rate of the scrolling is decreased when the selector is in the proximity of a selectable element in the presentable content.

27. A system for controlling presentation of a resource based on movement of a selector and presentable content, the system comprising:

means for detecting input including movement of a selector in a view comprising a portion of presentable content of a resource being presented on a display device;

means for determining a distance between a selector position and at least one of a selectable entity in the presentable content and a position in the presentable content outside the view;

means for scrolling the presentable content in response to detecting the input; and

means for controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector based on the determined distance.

28. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium for performing steps comprising:

detecting input including movement of a selector in a view comprising a portion of presentable content of a resource being presented on a display device;

determining a distance between a selector position and at least one of a selectable entity in the presentable content and a position in the presentable content outside the view;

scrolling the presentable content in response to detecting the input; and

controlling at least one of a rate of the scrolling and a distance moved by the selector based on the determined distance.