METHOD FOR SEARCHING ITEMS

• US 20110202869A1
• Filed: 02/28/2008
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Valups Corp.
• Original Assignee: Valups Corp.
• Inventors: Sung, Kyong-hoon
• Application Number:
  US12/920,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202869A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038

Abstract

Provided is a method for displaying a plurality of items on a screen and searching an item from the plurality of items. The item searching method includes: displaying a plurality of items that are selectable on a screen; and searching and designating an item from the plurality of items by moving a cursor according to a key input, while accelerating the cursor'"'"'s movement according to a duration time for which the key continues to be pressed. Accordingly, it is possible to search items at high speed.

Claims

1. A method for searching items, comprising:

displaying a plurality of items that are selectable on a screen; and

searching and designating an item from the plurality of items by moving a cursor according to a key input, while accelerating the cursor'"'"'s movement according to a duration time for which the key continues to be pressed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising if the key input is stopped, terminating the cursor'"'"'s movement while decelerating the cursor'"'"'s movement considering a final speed which the cursor reaches, thereby terminating the searching of the item.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying all or some of additional information related to the designated item on a part of the screen, according to a speed at which the cursor moves.