USER INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS TO NAVIGATE A DOCUMENT FILE
First Claim
1. A visual interface method to select a region of a document for display in an electronic device display window comprising:
- displaying within the display window a first region of the document;
displaying within the display window a context map superimposed with at least a portion of the first region;
wherein the context map has dimensions that are substantially proportionate to dimensions of the document;
displaying within the display window within the context map a position marker at a first position relative to the context map;
wherein the first region of the document is disposed at a first position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the first position of the position marker relative to the context map;
displaying within the display window a change in position of the position marker to a second position relative to the context map; and
displaying within the display window in response to such change of the position marker to the second relative position, a second region of the document that is disposed at a second position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the second position of the position marker relative to the context map.
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Abstract
A method is provided to produce a visual interface to an electronic device comprising: displaying a first region of a document superimposed with a context map within a display window; displaying a position marker within the context map at a first position relative to the context map; wherein the context map has dimensions that are substantially proportionate to dimensions of the document; wherein the first region of the document is disposed at a first position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the first position of the position marker relative to the context map; displaying a change of the position marker from the first position to a second position within the context map; and displaying in response to the change of the position marker to the second position, a second region of the document is displayed that is disposed at a second position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the second position of the position marker relative to the context map.
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32 Claims
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1. A visual interface method to select a region of a document for display in an electronic device display window comprising:
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displaying within the display window a first region of the document; displaying within the display window a context map superimposed with at least a portion of the first region; wherein the context map has dimensions that are substantially proportionate to dimensions of the document; displaying within the display window within the context map a position marker at a first position relative to the context map; wherein the first region of the document is disposed at a first position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the first position of the position marker relative to the context map; displaying within the display window a change in position of the position marker to a second position relative to the context map; and displaying within the display window in response to such change of the position marker to the second relative position, a second region of the document that is disposed at a second position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the second position of the position marker relative to the context map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A visual interface method to select a region of a document for display in an electronic device display window comprising:
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displaying within the display window a first region of the document; displaying within the display window a context map superimposed with at least a portion of the first region; wherein the context map has dimensions that are substantially proportionate to dimensions of the document; displaying within the display window within the context map a position marker at a first position relative to the context map; wherein the first region of the document is disposed at a first position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the first position of the position marker relative to the context map; receiving user input to the device to indicate a search request for information within the document; displaying within the display window within the context map match markers that correspond to positions within the document that include information responsive to the search request; wherein each respective match marker is disposed at a position relative to the context map that is substantially the same as a respective corresponding position relative to the document at which information responsive to the search request is located within the document; and displaying within the display window a change in position of the position marker to a second position relative to the context map at which a match marker is displayed; and displaying within the display window in response to such change of the position marker to the second relative position, a second region of the document that is disposed at a second position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the second position of the position marker relative to the context map. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A user interface system to select a region of a document for display in an electronic device display window comprising:
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a context map displayed within the display window superimposed with at least a portion of a first region of the document is displayed within the display window; wherein the context map has dimensions that are substantially proportionate to dimensions of the document; a user operable position marker displayed within the display window within the context map at the first position relative to the context map; a first process encoded in computer readable media to cause the device to be responsive to a user input to change a position of the position marker displayed within the display window within the context map from the first position relative to the context map to a second position relative to the context map and to cause the device to change from a display of a first region of the document having a first position relative to the document to a display of a second region of the document having a second position relative to the document; wherein the first position relative to the context map is substantially the same as the first position relative to the document; and wherein the second position relative to the context map is substantially the same as the second position relative to the document. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An article of manufacture including a computer readable medium encoded with a process to cause an electronic device that includes a display screen to perform a process comprising:
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displaying within the display window a first region of the document; displaying within the display window a context map superimposed with at least a portion of the first region; wherein the context map has dimensions that are substantially proportionate to dimensions of the document; displaying within the display window within the context map a position marker at a first position relative to the context map; wherein the first region of the document is disposed at a first position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the first position of the position marker relative to the context map; displaying within the display window a change in position of the position marker to a second position relative to the context map; and displaying within the display window in response to such change of the position marker to the second relative position, a second region of the document that is disposed at a second position relative to the document that is substantially the same as the second position of the position marker relative to the context map.
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Specification