Accessing multi-page data using a page index in a scrollbar

• US 8,812,977 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Naderi, Nadia
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burwell, Joseph R
• Application Number:
  US12/901,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20120042279A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 715/700, 715/787
• US Class Current: 715/787
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of accessing multi-page data via a user interface can include: displaying a scrollbar on the user interface, where the scrollbar includes a page index and a scroll indicator; receiving a selection of a page of the data using the page index in the scrollbar on the user interface, where the data is arranged as a plurality of pages; indicating the selected page in the scrollbar with a predetermined indicator, such as a highlight indicator; receiving a selection of a portion of the selected page using the scroll indicator in the scrollbar on the user interface; and displaying the selected portion of the selected page in a main window on the user interface.

Claims

1. A method of accessing multi-page data via a user interface, the method comprising:

receiving a first page in the user interface, the first page including a first content including links to a plurality of other pages, each of the plurality of other pages having unique content corresponding to the other page;

extracting the links to the plurality of other pages;

generating a scrollbar, wherein the scrollbar includes a second page index indicating at least a subset of the links to the plurality of other pages and a scroll indicator;

displaying the scrollbar on the user interface;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of other pages using the second page index of the scrollbar on the user interface;

appending, in response to receiving the selection of one of the other pages, a display of content corresponding to the selected other page to an end of a display of the first content of the first page;

indicating the selected other page in the scrollbar with a first predetermined indicator; and

displaying at least a portion of the selected other page in a main window on the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined indicator of the selected other page comprises a high-light in the second page index.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication, via the user interface, of a bookmarking of a page in the plurality of pages; and

indicating the bookmarked page in the scrollbar with a second predetermined indicator.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second predetermined indicator comprises a ‘

+’

sign when the bookmarked page is not the selected page.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the second predetermined indicator comprises a ‘

−

’

sign when the bookmarked page is the selected page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrollbar is arranged on a predetermined side of the user interface and is configurable by a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrollbar is displayed on the user interface based on customizable settings made by a user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a second scrollbar on the user interface, wherein the second scrollbar is used for navigating pages of data within pages of data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection is through a scrolling of the scrollbar.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the appending further comprises appending the selected page and any intervening pages to the first page.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having one or more instructions thereon for accessing multi-page data via a user interface, the instructions when executed by one or more processors causing the one or more processors to carry out:

receiving a first page in the user interface, the first page including a first content including links to a plurality of other pages, each of the plurality of other pages having unique content corresponding to the other page;

extracting the links to the plurality of other pages;

generating a scrollbar, wherein the scrollbar includes a second page index indicating at least a subset of the links to the plurality of other pages and a scroll indicator;

displaying the scrollbar on the user interface;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of other pages using the second page index of the scrollbar on the user interface;

appending, in response to receiving the selection of one of the other pages, a display of content corresponding to the selected other page to an end a display of the first content of the first page;

indicating the selected other page in the scrollbar with a first predetermined indicator; and

displaying at least a portion of the selected other page in a main window on the user interface.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first predetermined indicator of the selected other page comprises a high-light in the second page index.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the one or more processors to carry out:

receiving an indication, via the user interface, of a bookmarking of a page in the plurality of pages; and

indicating the bookmarked page in the scrollbar with a second predetermined indicator.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the second predetermined indicator comprises a ‘

+’

sign when the bookmarked page is not the selected page.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the second predetermined indicator comprises a ‘

−

’

sign when the bookmarked page is the selected page.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the one or more processors to carry out:

displaying a second scrollbar on the user interface, wherein the second scrollbar is used for navigating pages of data within pages of data.

17. An apparatus for accessing multi-page data via a user interface, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out;

receiving a first page in the user interface, the first page including a first content including links to a plurality of other pages, each of the plurality of other pages having unique content corresponding to the other page;

extracting the links to the plurality of other pages;

generating a scrollbar, wherein the scrollbar includes a second page index indicating at least a subset of the links to the plurality of other pages and a scroll indicator;

displaying the scrollbar on the user interface;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of other pages using the second page index scrollbar on the user interface;

appending, in response to receiving the selection of one of the other pages, a display of content corresponding to the selected other pages to an end of a display of the first content of the first page;

indicating the selected other page in the scrollbar with a first predetermined indicator; and

displaying at least a portion of the selected other page in a main window on the user interface.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first predetermined indicator of the selected other page comprises a high-light in the second page index.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to carry out:

receiving an indication, via the user interface, of a bookmarking of a page in the plurality of pages; and

indicating the bookmarked page in the scrollbar with a second predetermined indicator.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second predetermined indicator comprises a ‘

+’

sign when the bookmarked page is not the selected page.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second predetermined indicator comprises a ‘

−

’

sign when the bookmarked page is the selected page.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to carry out:

displaying a second scrollbar on the user interface, wherein the second scrollbar is used for navigating pages of data within pages of data.