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Parallax scrolling of multiple information panels in a graphical user interface

  • US 9,274,695 B2
  • Filed: 04/19/2013
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer comprising:

  • a computing device;

    an input device;

    a display device;

    a parallax Graphical User Interface (GUI) software component that when executed on the computing device causes the computing device to;

    detect a scrolling action of a user, using the input device, on a focus information panel of a plurality of information panels displayed on the display device;

    scroll information content of the focus information panel in a first direction on the display device;

    gradually and based on the direction of scroll of information content in the focus information panel shrink and slide the other information panels of the plurality of the information panels out of the way of the focus information panel on the display device to yield more area of the display device to the focus information panel and causing the other information panels of the plurality of the information panels to eventually disappear from a view of the user on the display device; and

    wherein scrolling back the information content in the focus information panel in an opposite direction by the user causes the parallax GUI software component to make the other information panels to reappear and causes the display device to yield less area of the display device to the focus information panel.

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