Database Search Results User Interface
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1. A method for retrieving and displaying search results, the method comprising:
- retrieving a user'"'"'s search results from a database;
providing an interface with which the user scrolls through the search results in a given pattern of screen positions;
approximating a rate at which the user will scroll through the search results based on at least one user action;
displaying the search results on a display device set in the given pattern of screen positions; and
retrieving additional search results from the database based on the approximated rate.
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Abstract
A system and method for retrieving and displaying search results by retrieving a user'"'"'s search results from a database and providing an interface with which the user scrolls through the search results. The system and method approximate a rate at which the user scrolls through the search results based on at least one user action, and retrieves additional search results from the database based on the approximated rate. The system and method display the search results on a display device in predetermined patterns of screen positions in cooperation with the navigation/scroll control interface.
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1. A method for retrieving and displaying search results, the method comprising:
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retrieving a user'"'"'s search results from a database; providing an interface with which the user scrolls through the search results in a given pattern of screen positions; approximating a rate at which the user will scroll through the search results based on at least one user action; displaying the search results on a display device set in the given pattern of screen positions; and retrieving additional search results from the database based on the approximated rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A graphical scrolling system for displaying search results, comprising:
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memory to store a user'"'"'s cached search results; an interface to scroll through the search results; logic to approximate a rate at which the user will scroll through the results based on at least one user action; and a display device to display the search results at the approximated rate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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