SLIDING ROW DISPLAY OF INFORMATION
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1. A method of displaying objects, the method comprising:
- displaying objects on a display screen associated with an electronic device, each of the objects comprises a plurality of sequential portions, the displaying comprises displaying a first portion of the plurality of sequential portions of each object in a row that is associated with that object, the first portion of each object comprises a first plurality of non-sequential items;
receiving input at the electronic device that selects a first object of the objects and that indicates either a first direction or a second direction to move within the first object;
accessing a second portion of the first object that corresponds to the direction of the move, the second portion of the first object comprises a second plurality of non-sequential items;
removing the first portion of the first object from the display screen responsive to the input while continuing to display the first portion of the rest of the objects in their respective rows; and
adding the second portion of the first object to the display screen in the row of the selected object responsive to the input while continuing to display the first portion of other objects in their respective rows.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for displaying information on a display screen associated with an electronic device is disclosed. In one aspect, the information includes a number of objects such as various news articles, e-mail messages, etc. A portion of each of the objects may be presented in its own row on the display screen. The user can select one of the objects and slide it in its row to see different portions of the object. While the user is moving through the object by sliding one row, the other rows may remain fixed.
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1. A method of displaying objects, the method comprising:
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displaying objects on a display screen associated with an electronic device, each of the objects comprises a plurality of sequential portions, the displaying comprises displaying a first portion of the plurality of sequential portions of each object in a row that is associated with that object, the first portion of each object comprises a first plurality of non-sequential items; receiving input at the electronic device that selects a first object of the objects and that indicates either a first direction or a second direction to move within the first object; accessing a second portion of the first object that corresponds to the direction of the move, the second portion of the first object comprises a second plurality of non-sequential items; removing the first portion of the first object from the display screen responsive to the input while continuing to display the first portion of the rest of the objects in their respective rows; and adding the second portion of the first object to the display screen in the row of the selected object responsive to the input while continuing to display the first portion of other objects in their respective rows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a display screen; and a processor coupled to the display screen and that displays objects on the display screen, each of the objects comprises a plurality of sequential portions, the displaying comprises displaying a first portion of each object in a row that is associated with that object, the first portion of each object comprises a first plurality of non-sequential items, the processor receives input that selects a first object of the objects and that indicates either a first direction or a second direction to slide the row associated with the first object, the processor accesses a second portion of the first object that corresponds to the direction of the slide, the second portion of the first object comprises a second plurality of non-sequential items, the processor removes the first portion from the display screen responsive to the input while continuing to display the first portion of the rest of the objects in their respective rows, the processor adds the second portion to the display screen responsive to the input while continuing to display the first portion of the rest of the objects in their respective rows. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to display objects on a display screen associated with an electronic device as a plurality or rows, each of the objects comprises a plurality of streams of items, a first portion of each of the objects comprises a first item from each of the streams of items, the displaying comprises displaying the first portion of each object in a row that is associated with that object; computer readable program code configured to receive input at the electronic device that selects a first of the objects and that indicates either a first direction or a second direction to slide the row associated with the first object; computer readable program code configured to access a second portion of the first object that corresponds to the direction of the slide, the second portion of the first object comprises a second item from each of the plurality of streams of items of the first object; computer readable program code configured to slide the first portion of the first object in the indicated direction responsive to the input to remove the first portion from the display screen while continuing to display the first portion of the rest of the objects in their respective rows; and computer readable program code configured to slide the second portion of the first object in the indicated direction responsive to the input to add the second portion to the display screen while continuing to display the first portion of the rest of the objects in their respective rows. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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