UNIT CONVERTER WITH SORTED LIST OF RESULTS
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1. A method of performing unit conversion, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a data processing system, a user input within a text input field, the user input including data indicating an input value and an input unit;
calculating a plurality of unit conversions from the input value in the input unit to other available units thereby providing a plurality of unit conversion results each having a value in one of the other available units;
sorting the plurality of unit conversion results into a sorted list based on the scale of the values in the other available units; and
presenting the sorted list.
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Abstract
Unit conversion methods and systems that use an auto-scaling algorithm to sort conversion results. A plurality of unit conversion results, which represent a conversion of an input value in an input unit, are sorted into a sorted list based on the scale of the values in the results and the sorted list is presented (e.g. displayed) to a user. In one embodiment, the sorting is done without regard to the units in the conversion results and values between zero and one are transformed before sorting.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of performing unit conversion, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a data processing system, a user input within a text input field, the user input including data indicating an input value and an input unit; calculating a plurality of unit conversions from the input value in the input unit to other available units thereby providing a plurality of unit conversion results each having a value in one of the other available units; sorting the plurality of unit conversion results into a sorted list based on the scale of the values in the other available units; and presenting the sorted list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine readable non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method of performing unit conversion, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the data processing system, a user input within a text input field, the user input including data indicating an input value and an input unit; calculating a plurality of unit conversions from the input value in the input unit to other available units thereby providing a plurality of unit conversion results each having a value in one of the other available units; sorting the plurality of unit conversion results into a sorted list based on the scale of the values in the other available units; and presenting the sorted list. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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