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User interface for searching an electronic document

  • US 8,869,061 B1
  • Filed: 08/29/2003
  • Issued: 10/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for changing a first function of one or more navigation controls on a user interface to a second function, wherein the one or more navigation controls are located adjacent to one or more search controls, comprising the steps of:

  • changing a display image of the one or more search controls on the user interface in response to receiving a search term into a search term location;

    assigning the second function to the one or more navigation controls while simultaneously discontinuing the first function of the one or more navigation controls, wherein the second function comprises navigating between successive hits resulting from a search executed on the received search term, wherein the second function comprises causing the user interface to display at least one of a preceding and a succeeding page of content in an electronic document;

    changing a display image of the one or more navigation controls on the user interface in response to the assigning of the second function to the one or more navigation controls; and

    changing the depiction of at least one icon associated with the one or more navigation controls by replacing a first depiction associated with a search result to a second depiction indicating that the one or more navigation controls currently support the second function, the second depiction corresponding to a function for performing, in the electronic document the search.

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