Spiral scrollbar
First Claim
1. A method of displaying a spiral scrollbar, said method comprising:
- corresponding an entire ordered list of items in a computer application to a spiral trough of said spiral scrollbar, wherein a central region of said spiral trough corresponds to one end of said entire ordered list and an outermost region of said spiral trough corresponds to another end of said entire ordered list; and
corresponding a thumb region located on a portion of said spiral trough to a subset of contiguous items of said entire ordered list, wherein rotating said thumb region inwardly on said spiral trough allows more rapid scrolling through said entire ordered list, when compared to rotating said thumb region outwardly.
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Abstract
A method and structure for a graphic user interface comprising a non-linear path region that corresponds to a list of items in a computer application, wherein a length of the path region is directly proportional to an amount of items in the list, a rotatable handle region that corresponds to a subset of the items in the list, a display region that displays the subset, and a handle manipulator for maneuvering the handle region, wherein the non-linear path region comprises a spiral, square, or rectangular configuration, wherein each of the items in the list is represented by a fixed proportion of the path region, wherein the handle region is proportional to a fixed proportion of the path region, and wherein the fixed proportion is a fixed angle.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of displaying a spiral scrollbar, said method comprising:
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corresponding an entire ordered list of items in a computer application to a spiral trough of said spiral scrollbar, wherein a central region of said spiral trough corresponds to one end of said entire ordered list and an outermost region of said spiral trough corresponds to another end of said entire ordered list; and corresponding a thumb region located on a portion of said spiral trough to a subset of contiguous items of said entire ordered list, wherein rotating said thumb region inwardly on said spiral trough allows more rapid scrolling through said entire ordered list, when compared to rotating said thumb region outwardly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 29, 32)
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10. A method of displaying a spiral scrollbar, said method comprising:
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corresponding an entire ordered list of items to a spiraling trough, progressively winding tighter from an outer periphery region towards a geometric center of said spiraling trough, wherein said spiraling trough comprises; at least one of an outerside region, corresponding to one end of said entire ordered list, or an innerside region, corresponding to another end of said entire ordered list; and a thumb region, corresponding to a subset of contiguous items of said entire ordered list, wherein said thumb region is located inwardly from said outerside region and outwardly from said innerside region; corresponding a rotatable thumb to a portion of the entire ordered list of items, wherein said rotatable thumb is locatable anywhere between said geometric center and said outer periphery region; manipulating a thumb manipulator to rotate the rotatable thumb, wherein rotating said thumb manipulator inwardly on said spiraling trough allows more rapid scrolling through said entire ordered list, when compared to rotating said rotatable thumb manipulator outwardly; and displaying said spiraling trough, said thumb manipulator, and said rotatable thumb on said graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 30, 33)
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19. A method of using a spiral scrollbar displayed on a graphical user interface, said method comprising:
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corresponding an entire ordered list of items in a computer application to a spiral trough of said spiral scrollbar, wherein a central region of said spiral trough corresponds to one end of said entire ordered list and an outermost region of said spiral trough corresponds to another end of said entire ordered list; and corresponding a thumb region located on a portion of said spiral trough to a subset of contiguous items of said entire ordered list, wherein rotating said thumb region inwardly on said spiral trough allows more rapid scrolling through said entire ordered list, when compared to rotating said thumb region outwardly. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 34)
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