Scrolling interface
First Claim
1. A method of browsing a set of items on a display device via scrolling, the method comprising steps of:
- displaying on the display device a plurality of items of the set of items in a first arrangement for browsing, the first arrangement displaying the plurality of items in at least one line and being associated with a current scrolling direction and a current scrolling speed;
receiving, associated with the first arrangement, a scrolling instruction associated with an increased scrolling speed relative to the current scrolling speed and the current scrolling direction to scroll the set of items; and
changing a display configuration of the set of items from the first arrangement to a second arrangement in response to the received scrolling instruction, to scroll the set of items at the current scrolling speed instead of the increased scrolling speed, such that, in the second arrangement, a number of lines in which items of the set of items are displayed is increased compared to the first arrangement, the number of lines being increased in a direction orthogonal to the current scrolling direction while maintaining a size of the displayed items, to thereby display more items of the set of items in the second arrangement than in the first arrangement, each of the lines in the second arrangement having a plurality of items of the set of items and being scrolled at the current scrolling speed and in the current scrolling direction, such that the changing step causes a bandwidth of the second arrangement to be higher than a bandwidth of the first arrangement to allow a user to scroll through more items of the set of items in a shorter time without a need to increase the current scrolling speed.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of browsing a set of items on a display device. The method displays a plurality of items (303-307) of the set on a display device in a first arrangement (FIG. 3A) for browsing. Scrolling of the items can then occur in the first arrangement by responding to user action on a user actuable control (105, 602, 603). The method further detects a predetermined characteristic (eg. time) of the user action on the user actuable control and, upon detecting the predetermined characteristic, displays the items in a second arrangement (FIG. 3B) for scrolling wherein the items (308, 309) in the second arrangement are positioned in a different spatial relationship relative to each other from the first arrangement.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of browsing a set of items on a display device via scrolling, the method comprising steps of:
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displaying on the display device a plurality of items of the set of items in a first arrangement for browsing, the first arrangement displaying the plurality of items in at least one line and being associated with a current scrolling direction and a current scrolling speed; receiving, associated with the first arrangement, a scrolling instruction associated with an increased scrolling speed relative to the current scrolling speed and the current scrolling direction to scroll the set of items; and changing a display configuration of the set of items from the first arrangement to a second arrangement in response to the received scrolling instruction, to scroll the set of items at the current scrolling speed instead of the increased scrolling speed, such that, in the second arrangement, a number of lines in which items of the set of items are displayed is increased compared to the first arrangement, the number of lines being increased in a direction orthogonal to the current scrolling direction while maintaining a size of the displayed items, to thereby display more items of the set of items in the second arrangement than in the first arrangement, each of the lines in the second arrangement having a plurality of items of the set of items and being scrolled at the current scrolling speed and in the current scrolling direction, such that the changing step causes a bandwidth of the second arrangement to be higher than a bandwidth of the first arrangement to allow a user to scroll through more items of the set of items in a shorter time without a need to increase the current scrolling speed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer program recorded thereon for implementing a method executable in a computing device of browsing a set of items displayable on a display device via scrolling, the method comprising steps of:
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displaying on the display device a plurality of items of the set of items in a first arrangement for browsing, the first arrangement displaying the plurality of items in at least one line and being associated with a current scrolling direction and a current scrolling speed; receiving, associated with the first arrangement, a scrolling instruction associated with an increased scrolling speed relative to the current scrolling speed and the current scrolling direction to scroll the set of items; and changing a display configuration of the set of items from the first arrangement to a second arrangement in response to the received scrolling instruction to scroll the set of items at the current scrolling speed instead of the increased scrolling speed, such that, in the second arrangement, a number of lines in which items of the set of items are displayed is increased compared to the first arrangement, the number of lines being increased in a direction orthogonal to the current scrolling direction while maintaining a size of the displayed items, to thereby display more items of the set of items in the second arrangement than in the first arrangement, each of the lines in the second arrangement having a plurality of items of the set of items and being scrolled at the current scrolling speed and in the current scrolling direction, such that the changing step causes a bandwidth of the second arrangement to be higher than a bandwidth of the first arrangement to allow a user to scroll through more items of the set of items in a shorter time without a need to increase the current scrolling speed.
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17. A computer apparatus for browsing a set of items on a display device via scrolling, the apparatus comprising a processor programmed to:
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cause the display device to display a plurality of items of the set of items in a first arrangement for browsing, the first arrangement displaying the plurality of items in at least one line; enable browsing of items displayed in the first arrangement at a current scrolling speed in a current scrolling direction by responding to user action on a user actuable control; receive, associated with the first arrangement, a scrolling instruction associated with an increased scrolling speed relative to the current scrolling speed and the current scrolling direction to scroll the set of items displayed; and cause the display device to display, in response to the received scrolling instruction, a plurality of items of the set of items in a second arrangement to scroll the set of items at the current scrolling speed instead of the increased scrolling speed, such that, in the second arrangement, a number of lines in which items of the set of items are displayed is increased compared to the first arrangement, the number of lines being increased in a direction orthogonal to the current scrolling direction while maintain a size of the displayed items, to thereby display more items of the set of items in the second arrangement than in the first arrangement, each of the lines in the second arrangement having a plurality of items of the set of items and being scrolled at the current scrolling speed such that a bandwidth of the second arrangement is higher than a bandwidth of the first arrangement to allow a user to scroll through more items of the set of items in a shorter time compared to the first arrangement without a need to increase the current scrolling speed.
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Specification