SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCROLLING THROUGH CONTENT DISPLAYED ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150205474A1
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: DONELAN, Patrick G.
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,090 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

Systems and methods for scrolling through content displayed on an electronic device are provided. In some aspects, a system includes a detection module configured to detect scrolling events. Each of the scrolling events includes a signal to scroll in an indicated direction and by an indicated amount relative to the content displayed on the electronic device. The system also includes a scrolling module configured to scroll from a current page of the content to a next page of the content based on whether a time between the detection of a current one of the scrolling events and the detection of a previous one of the scrolling events exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Claims

1. A system for scrolling through content displayed on an electronic device, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

detecting a plurality of scrolling events, each of the scrolling events comprising a signal to scroll in an indicated direction and by an indicated amount relative to the content displayed on the electronic device;

determining whether an edge of a current page of the displayed content is visible within a view port of the electronic device;

determining whether a direction of a current scrolling event from the plurality of scrolling events is toward the edge of the current page visible within the viewport;

suppressing the current scrolling event if the edge of the current page is visible within the viewport, if the direction of the current scrolling event is toward the edge, and if a time between the detection of the current scrolling event and the detection of a previous scrolling event from the plurality of scrolling events does not exceed a predetermined threshold; and

scrolling from the current page of the content to a next page of the content based on whether the time between the detection of the current scrolling event and the detection of the previous scrolling event exceeds the predetermined threshold.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the content comprises at least one of a presentation, a calendar, a spreadsheet, a document, or a webpage.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operation further comprises detecting the scrolling events sequentially.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the current scrolling event is the latest one of the plurality of scrolling events to be detected.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the previous scrolling event immediately precedes the current scrolling event.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the previous scrolling event is the last one of the scrolling events used to scroll to an edge of the current page.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operation further comprises displaying the content within the viewport of the electronic device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operation further comprises displaying a single page of the content within the viewport at a time.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the operation further comprises displaying the current page of the content within the viewport, and displaying the next page of the content in response to the scrolling from the current page to the next page.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined threshold is a throttling threshold between 100 milliseconds and 150 milliseconds.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the operation further comprises scrolling according to the current scrolling event if the edge of the current page is not visible within the viewport, and suspending the scrolling if an edge in the direction of the current scrolling event becomes visible within the viewport.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the operation further comprises scrolling according to the current scrolling event if the direction of the current scrolling event is not toward the edge of the current page visible within the viewport, and suspending the scrolling if an edge in the direction of the current scrolling event becomes visible within the viewport.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the operation further comprises scrolling from the current page of the content to the next page of the content if the edge of the current page is visible within the viewport, if the direction of the current scrolling event is toward the edge, and if the time exceeds the predetermined threshold.

11. (canceled)

13. (canceled)

15. (canceled)

17. A computer-implemented method for scrolling through content displayed on an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting a plurality of scrolling events sequentially, each of the scrolling events comprising a signal to scroll in an indicated direction and by an indicated amount relative to the content displayed on the electronic device;

determining whether an edge of a current page of the displayed content is visible within a view port of the electronic device;

determining whether a direction of a current scrolling event from the plurality of scrolling events is toward the edge of the current page visible within the viewport;

suppressing the current scrolling event if the edge of the current page is visible within the viewport, if the direction of the current scrolling event is toward the edge, and if a time between the detection of the current scrolling event and the detection of a previous scrolling event from the plurality of scrolling events does not exceed a predetermined threshold; and

scrolling from the current page of the content to a next page of the content based on whether the time between the detection of a current one of the scrolling event and the detection of the previous scrolling event exceeds the predetermined threshold,

wherein the previous scrolling event immediately precedes the current scrolling event.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the next page is scrolled to from the current page if the edge of the current page is visible within the viewport, if the direction of the current scrolling event is toward the edge, and if the time exceeds the predetermined threshold.

18. (canceled)

20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with executable instructions for scrolling through content displayed on an electronic device, the instructions comprising code for:

displaying a current page of the content within a viewport of the electronic device;

detecting a plurality of scrolling events sequentially, each of the scrolling events comprising a signal to scroll in an indicated direction and by an indicated amount relative to the content displayed on the electronic device;

determining whether an edge of the current page is visible within the viewport;

determining whether a direction of a current one of the scrolling events is toward the edge of the current page visible within the viewport;

suppressing the current scrolling event if the edge of the current page is visible within the viewport, if the direction of the current scrolling event is toward the edge, and if a time between the detection of the current scrolling event and the detection of a previous scrolling event from the plurality of scrolling events does not exceed a predetermined threshold; and

scrolling from the current page to a next page of the content based on whether the edge of the current page is visible within the viewport, whether the direction of the current scrolling event is toward the edge, and whether a time between the detection of the current scrolling event and the detection of a previous one of the scrolling events exceeds a predetermined threshold.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the instructions further comprise code for suppressing the current scrolling event if the edge of the current page is visible within the viewport, if the direction of the current scrolling event is toward the edge, and if the time does not exceed the predetermined threshold.