Accessing multi-page data using a page index in a scrollbar
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a display; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the display;
wherein the processor is configured to;
display on the display a first webpage having a first content, the first content accessible only at a first HTML address and further including links to one or more other webpages, each of the one or more other webpages having substantially unique content not part of the first webpage and only accessible at corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages;
retrieve the substantially unique content corresponding to at least one of the one or more other webpages from the corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages;
append the substantially unique content corresponding to the at least one of the one or more other webpages to an end of the first content of the first webpage;
generate scrollbar data for a scrollbar, wherein the scrollbar data includes a page index indicating a position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages and a scroll indicator; and
display the first content and the unique content of the at least one of the one or more other webpages in a single webpage with the generated scrollbar including the page index indicating the position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages.
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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.
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a display; and a processor communicatively coupled to the display;
wherein the processor is configured to;display on the display a first webpage having a first content, the first content accessible only at a first HTML address and further including links to one or more other webpages, each of the one or more other webpages having substantially unique content not part of the first webpage and only accessible at corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages; retrieve the substantially unique content corresponding to at least one of the one or more other webpages from the corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages; append the substantially unique content corresponding to the at least one of the one or more other webpages to an end of the first content of the first webpage; generate scrollbar data for a scrollbar, wherein the scrollbar data includes a page index indicating a position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages and a scroll indicator; and display the first content and the unique content of the at least one of the one or more other webpages in a single webpage with the generated scrollbar including the page index indicating the position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for displaying multi-page data, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, a first webpage having a first content accessible only at a first HTML address, the first content including links to one or more other webpages, each of the one or more other webpages having substantially unique content and only accessible at corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages; retrieving, by the processor, the substantially unique content corresponding to at least one of the one or more other webpages from the corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages; appending, by the processor, the substantially unique content corresponding to the at least one of the one or more other webpages to an end of the first content of the first webpage generating scrollbar data for a scrollbar, wherein the scrollbar data includes a page index indicating a position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages and a scroll indicator; and displaying the first content and the unique content of the at least one of the one or more other webpages in a single webpage with the generated scrollbar including the page index indicating the position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. 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:
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receiving a first webpage having a first content accessible only at a first HTML address, the first content including links to one or more other webpages, each of the one or more other webpages having substantially unique content not part of the first webpage and only accessible at corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages; retrieving the substantially unique content corresponding to at least one of the one or more other webpages from the corresponding unique HTML addresses associated with the other webpages; appending the substantially unique content corresponding to the at least one of the one or more other webpages to an end of a display of the first content of the first webpage; generating scrollbar data for a scrollbar, wherein the scrollbar data includes a page index indicating a position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages and a scroll indicator; and displaying the first content and the unique content of the at least one of the one or more other webpages in a single webpage with the generated scrollbar including the page index indicating the position of the at least one of the one or more other webpages. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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