Data display using multicolumn scrolling
First Claim
1. A method comprising displaying line-formatted materials on a screen display in two or more adjacent columns, wherein the columns are arranged on a single page displayed to a user, wherein the columns remain fixed to the single page while scrolling through the line-formatted materials, wherein lines of each column are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
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Abstract
Apparatus, software and method for displaying line-formatted materials in multiple columns of a screen display and providing for scrolling through the materials such that lines spill from one column to another, are disclosed. The columns form a display area for display of contiguous lines of the line-formatted materials, wherein diagonally opposite ends of the rightmost and leftmost columns define the starting and ending lines of the display area, such that when scrolling through line-formatted materials the lines flow into and out of the display area at the starting and ending lines. In another embodiment, Scripting language encoded line-formatted materials are displayed under the control of a web browser using the scrollable columns. In another embodiment, line-formatted materials are encoded with one or more Scripting language codes that specify to a web browser that the line-formatted materials are to be displayed in scrollable columns.
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- 1. A method comprising displaying line-formatted materials on a screen display in two or more adjacent columns, wherein the columns are arranged on a single page displayed to a user, wherein the columns remain fixed to the single page while scrolling through the line-formatted materials, wherein lines of each column are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
- 8. A method comprising displaying Scripting language encoded line-formatted materials under the control of a web browser such that the line-formatted materials are displayed under control of the web browser in two or more adjacent columns of a screen display, wherein the columns are arranged on a single page displayed to a user, wherein the columns remain fixed to the single page while scrolling through the line-formatted materials, wherein lines of each column are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
- 12. A method comprising encoding line-formatted materials to be displayed using a web browser with one or more Scripting language codes that specify to the web browser that the line-formatted materials are to be displayed in two or more adjacent columns that remain fixed to a single page while scrolling through the line-formatted material, wherein lines of each column are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
- 14. A machine readable document encoded in a tangible medium, wherein the document includes line-formatted materials and the materials are encoded with one or more Scripting language codes that specify to a web browser that the line-formatted materials are to be displayed in two or more adjacent columns that remain fixed within a display while scrolling, wherein lines within the columns are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
- 16. A program product comprising a computer program encoded in a tangible medium, the program code operative on a suitably configured computer to display line-formatted materials on a screen display in two or more adjacent columns that remain fixed within a display while scrolling, wherein lines within the columns are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column, when scrolling through the line-formatted materials.
- 22. A program product comprising a computer program encoded in a tangible medium, the program code operative on a suitably configured computer to display Scripting language encoded line-formatted materials such that the line-formatted materials are displayed in two or more adjacent columns of a screen display, wherein the columns remain fixed while scrolling, wherein lines within the columns are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
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28. A program product comprising line-based materials encoded in a tangible medium, line-formatted materials to be displayed using a web browser and encoded with one or more Scripting language codes that specify to a web browser that the line-formatted materials are to be displayed in two or more adjacent columns that remain fixed while scrolling through the line-formatted materials, wherein lines are adjusted within the columns while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
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29. A machine readable document encoded in a tangible medium, wherein the document includes line-formatted materials and the materials are encoded with one or more Scripting language codes that specify to a web browser that the line-formatted materials are to be displayed in two or more adjacent columns that remain fixed during scrolling, wherein lines within the columns are adjusted while scrolling by spilling from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
- 30. A system comprising a computer programmed to display line-formatted materials on a computer screen display in two or more adjacent columns, wherein the columns remain fixed when the line-formatted materials are scrolled, wherein lines when scrolled spill from the bottom of one column to the top of an adjacent column, or from the top of one column to the bottom of an adjacent column.
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