FRAGMENTED SCROLLING OF A PAGE

• US 20140181730A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Briand, Hyacinthe
• Granted Patent: US 9,880,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method is provided for displaying an electronic document having a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel. The method includes receiving a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion, retrieving from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and scrolling the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.

Claims

1. A method for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel, the method comprising:

receiving a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion,

retrieving from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and

scrolling the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subportion size in the scrolling direction is predefined.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising a preliminary act of:

marking the subportions in the scrolling direction in the electronic document using the predefined subportion size,

the retrieving of a subportion being based on the marking.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

reducing the size of a subportion in the scrolling direction it extends into a graphical object that would be partially displayed in the graphical user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the subportion is associated to a first preset scrolling input length in the scrolling direction.

6. The method of claim 5, the scrolling act further comprising:

scrolling the subportion further till it is displayed entirely when the received scrolling input is ended at a scrolling input length smaller than the first preset scrolling input length.

7. The method of claim 5, the scrolling further comprising:

altering the scrolling of the electronic document when the scrolling input length exceeds the first preset length in the scrolling direction.

8. The method of claim 1, the retrieving of a subportion being further based on the speed of the touch input.

9. The method of claim 1, where the second hidden portion of the electronic document comprises a plurality of contiguous parts in the scrolling direction, the retrieving of the subportion comprising:

retrieving one or more parts the length of which is smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, and

assembling the retrieved one or more parts into the subportion.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the subportion size is a function of the length of the scrolling input in the scrolling direction.

11. An electronic device for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of the electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on the touch panel, the electronic device comprising a control circuit arranged to:

receive a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion,

retrieve from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and

scroll the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a program product stored thereon and executable by a processor in the form of a software agent including at least one software module comprising instructions to implement a method for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel, wherein the instructions comprise:

instructions configured to receive a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion,

instructions configured to retrieve from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and

instructions configured to scroll the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.