System and method of providing a navigational aide
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1. A method of providing a navigational aide, comprising:
- monitoring displayed data on a display device, wherein the displayed data having at least one section from a plurality of sections;
detecting at least one marker of the plurality of sections of the displayed data, the marker being detected by identifying a boundary of the at least one section of the displayed data, the boundary having a threshold value located along a displayed bar of a displayed scroll box of a scroll bar software feature;
identifying the boundary of the at least one section using a scroll height, the scroll height including a number of pixels in the body element, a scrollby procedure is utilized to determine how many pixels are scrolled per individual scroll occurrence, a variable is assigned a value of scroll height and reduced by the value of each found value of the scrollby procedure after a scroll occurrence, wherein when the variable is equal or less than the threshold value of the boundary of the section of the displayed data is detected; and
displaying the navigational aide as a formatted pop-up menu proximally to at least one of a displayed cursor, the marker of the section of the displayed data, and the displayed bar, wherein the navigational aide is displayed in response to the detected marker of the section of displayed data.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method of providing a navigational aide. In a first aspect of the present invention, a system and method of providing a navigational aide includes monitoring data displayed on a display device and detecting a marker of a section of the displayed data. A navigational aide is displayed in response to the detected marker of the section of displayed data.
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1. A method of providing a navigational aide, comprising:
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monitoring displayed data on a display device, wherein the displayed data having at least one section from a plurality of sections;
detecting at least one marker of the plurality of sections of the displayed data, the marker being detected by identifying a boundary of the at least one section of the displayed data, the boundary having a threshold value located along a displayed bar of a displayed scroll box of a scroll bar software feature;
identifying the boundary of the at least one section using a scroll height, the scroll height including a number of pixels in the body element, a scrollby procedure is utilized to determine how many pixels are scrolled per individual scroll occurrence, a variable is assigned a value of scroll height and reduced by the value of each found value of the scrollby procedure after a scroll occurrence, wherein when the variable is equal or less than the threshold value of the boundary of the section of the displayed data is detected; and
displaying the navigational aide as a formatted pop-up menu proximally to at least one of a displayed cursor, the marker of the section of the displayed data, and the displayed bar, wherein the navigational aide is displayed in response to the detected marker of the section of displayed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Program instructions storable on a medium readable by an information handling system for causing the information handling system method to execute steps for providing a navigational aide, comprising:
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monitoring displayed data on a display device, wherein the displayed data having at least one section from a plurality of sections;
detecting at least one marker of the plurality of sections of the displayed data, the marker being detected by identifying a boundary of the at least one section of the displayed data, the boundary having a threshold value located along a displayed bar of a displayed scroll box of a scroll bar software feature;
identifying the boundary of the at least one section using a scroll height, the scroll height including a number of pixels in the body element, a scrollby procedure is utilized to determine how many pixels are scrolled per individual scroll occurrence, a variable is assigned a value of scroll height and reduced by the value of each found value of the scrollby procedure after a scroll occurrence, wherein when the variable is equal or less than the threshold value of the boundary of the section of the displayed data is detected; and
displaying the navigational aide as a formatted pop-up menu proximally to at least one of a displayed cursor, the marker of the section of the displayed data, and the displayed bar, wherein the navigational aide is displayed in response to the detected marker of the section of displayed data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An information handling, comprising:
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a processor for executing a program of instructions on the information handling system;
a display device coupled to the processor for displaying data;
a memory coupled to the processor for storing the program of instructions executable by said processor for providing a navigational aide;
monitoring means for monitoring displayed data on a display device, wherein the displayed data having at least one section from a plurality of sections;
detecting means for detecting at least one marker of the plurality of sections of the displayed data, the marker being detected by identifying a boundary of the at least one section of the displayed data, the boundary having a threshold value located along a displayed bar of a displayed scroll box of a scroll bar software feature;
identifying means for identifying the boundary of the at least one section using a scroll height, the scroll height including a number of pixels in the body element, a scrollby procedure is utilized to determine how many pixels are scrolled per individual scroll occurrence, a variable is assigned a value of scroll height and reduced by the value of each found value of the scrollby procedure after a scroll occurrence, wherein when the variable is equal or less than the threshold value of the boundary of the section of the displayed data is detected; and
displaying means for displaying a navigational aide as a formatted pop-up menu proximally to at least one of a displayed cursor, the marker of the section of the displayed data, and the displayed bar, wherein the navigational aide is displayed in response to the detected marker of the section of displayed data. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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