QUICK BROWSING OF DISPLAYED CONTENT

• US 20170025096A1
• Filed: 07/23/2015
• Published: 01/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fan, Si Bin, Xiao, Ping, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, XiaoLin, Zou, Jia
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,396 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

In an approach to quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, a computer monitors a scrolling operation in a first display mode on a computing device in which a plurality of information items are displayed. The computer determines whether a speed of the scrolling operation exceeds a threshold value, and then in response to the speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a threshold value, switches the first display mode to a second display mode.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, comprising:

monitoring, by a computer a scrolling operation in a first display mode on a computing device in which a plurality of information items are displayed;

determining, by the computer, whether a speed of the scrolling operation exceeds a threshold value; and

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a threshold value, switching, by the computer, the first display mode to a second display mode.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein in second display mode at least one of the plurality of information items is collapsed as one or more summary information items with a length of characters less than a length of characters displayed in the first display mode.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation falling below the threshold value, switching the second display mode back to the first display mode.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein in the second display mode, the one or more summary information items are displayed in a floating window and the plurality of information items are displayed under the floating window.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein in the second display mode, the one or more summary information items are displayed in place of the plurality of information items.

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein in the second display mode the plurality of information items are displayed with a bigger font size than a font size of the plurality of information items in the first display mode.

7. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein a direction of the scrolling operation is one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of a screen, and the scrolling operation is one of a sliding touch on the screen, a mouse wheel scrolling, and scrolling of a scroll bar.

8. A computer system for quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;

a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of;

monitoring a scrolling operation in a first display mode on a computing device in which a plurality of information items are displayed;

determining whether a speed of the scrolling operation exceeds a threshold value; and

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a threshold value, switching the first display mode to a second display mode.

9. The computer system according to claim 8, wherein in second display mode at least one of the plurality of information items is collapsed as one or more summary information items with a length of characters less than a length of characters displayed in the first display mode.

10. The computer system according to claim 8, wherein the set of computer program instructions being stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform an action of:

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation falling below the threshold value, switching the second display mode back to the first display mode.

11. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein in the second display mode, the one or more summary information items are displayed in a floating window and the plurality of information items are displayed under the floating window.

12. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein in the second display mode, the one or more summary information items are displayed in place of the plurality of information items.

13. The computer system according to claim 8, wherein in the second display mode the plurality of information items are displayed with a bigger font size than a font size of the plurality of information items in the first display mode.

14. The computer system according to claim 8, wherein a direction of the scrolling operation is one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction of a screen, and the scrolling operation is one of a sliding touch on the screen, a mouse wheel scrolling, and scrolling of a scroll bar.

15. A computer program product for quick browsing of content displayed on a computing device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon, wherein the program instructions being executable by a device to perform a method comprising:

monitoring, by a computer a scrolling operation in a first display mode on a computing device in which a plurality of information items are displayed;

determining, by the computer, whether a speed of the scrolling operation exceeds a threshold value; and

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation exceeding a threshold value, switching, by the computer, the first display mode to a second display mode.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein in second display mode at least one of the plurality of information items is collapsed as one or more summary information items with a length of characters less than a length of characters displayed in the first display mode.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the program instructions being further executable by a device to perform a method further comprising:

in response to the speed of the scrolling operation falling below the threshold value, switching the second display mode back to the first display mode.

18. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein in the second display mode, the one or more summary information items are displayed in a floating window and the plurality of information items are displayed under the floating window.

19. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein in the second display mode, the one or more summary information items are displayed in place of the plurality of information items.

20. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein in the second display mode the plurality of information items are displayed with a bigger font size than a font size of the plurality of information items in the first display mode.