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Single-item text window for scrolling lists

  • US 6,188,406 B1
  • Filed: 08/12/1998
  • Issued: 02/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for displaying a plurality of rows of items on a display region, each of the rows containing a content field and a symbol field, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) displaying a column window and a row window on the display region;

    (b) scrolling the plurality of rows over the region, so that a set of symbol fields contained in a set of the plurality of rows are being scrolled into the column window and one and only one content field contained in the plurality of rows is being scrolled into the row window;

    (c) in the column window, displaying the symbol fields that are scrolled into the column window; and

    (d) in the row window, displaying the one content field that is being scrolled into the row window.

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