Turbo-scroll mode for rapid data item selection
First Claim
1. At least one computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed perform steps, comprising:
- detecting actuation of a mechanism directed towards scrolling through a set of items, and in response, scrolling through the items;
detecting a secondary trigger related to the scrolling, and in response, entering a turbo-scroll mode including increasing a rate of scrolling through the items and providing one or more visual cues corresponding to the type of item, the type of scrolling, or both the type of item and the type of scrolling.
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Abstract
Described is a scrolling technology including a turbo-scroll mode that is automatically entered to increase the rate of scrolling through a set of items, (e.g., media content). The turbo-scroll mode may be triggered by holding down a scroll button for a period of time. In the turbo-scroll mode, visual cues are provided to assist the user in knowing a current relative position within the set of items. The visual cues may correspond to text metadata, such as letters indicative of an alphabetic position of scrolling, displaying a list or filtered sub-list of label data for items proximate the scroll position, a graphical position indicator, a channel indicator or time indicator for an electronic program guide, fading the electronic program guide into a background representation thereof, and/or providing at least two letters indicative of an alphabetic position of scrolling through the items.
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20 Claims
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1. At least one computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed perform steps, comprising:
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detecting actuation of a mechanism directed towards scrolling through a set of items, and in response, scrolling through the items; detecting a secondary trigger related to the scrolling, and in response, entering a turbo-scroll mode including increasing a rate of scrolling through the items and providing one or more visual cues corresponding to the type of item, the type of scrolling, or both the type of item and the type of scrolling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a computing environment, a system comprising:
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a scroll mechanism including a turbo-scroll mode that when activated, provides rapid scrolling through a set of items and outputs one or more visual cues that indicate that rapid scrolling is active and that assist in finding a particular item within the set, the visual cues based on the type of item, the type of scrolling, or both the type of item and the type of scrolling; and means coupled to the scroll mechanism for activating the turbo-scroll mode. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a computing environment, a method comprising:
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scrolling through a set of items at a first rate; entering a turbo-scroll mode in response to a triggering event, including continuing scrolling through the set of items at a second rate that is faster than the first rate, and outputting one or more visual cues to assist in stopping the scrolling at the second rate at or near a particular item within the set, the visual cues based on the type of item, the type of scrolling, or both the type of item and the type of scrolling. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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