Fragmented scrolling of a page
First Claim
1. A method for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion of a page of the electronic document visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion of the page accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel, the method comprising:
- receiving a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion,retrieving from the second hidden portion a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, andscrolling the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input,wherein the electronic document is made of contiguous parts of various lengths in the scrolling direction when rendered on the graphical user interface, the retrieving further comprising;
retrieving as many contiguous parts as possible such that the total length of the retrieved contiguous parts in the scrolling direction does not exceed a predefined length, which is smaller than the touch panel length,assembling the retrieved contiguous parts into the subportion, wherein the number of contiguous parts assembled in the subportion varies with their various lengths,wherein the scrolling ceases upon display of the subportion, so as to not display any further part contiguous to the subportion.
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Abstract
A method is provided for displaying an electronic document having a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel. The method includes receiving a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion, retrieving from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and scrolling the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion of a page of the electronic document visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion of the page accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel, the method comprising:
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receiving a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion, retrieving from the second hidden portion a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and scrolling the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input, wherein the electronic document is made of contiguous parts of various lengths in the scrolling direction when rendered on the graphical user interface, the retrieving further comprising; retrieving as many contiguous parts as possible such that the total length of the retrieved contiguous parts in the scrolling direction does not exceed a predefined length, which is smaller than the touch panel length, assembling the retrieved contiguous parts into the subportion, wherein the number of contiguous parts assembled in the subportion varies with their various lengths, wherein the scrolling ceases upon display of the subportion, so as to not display any further part contiguous to the subportion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic device for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion of a page of the electronic document visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of the electronic device, and a second hidden portion of the page accessible through a scrolling input received on the touch panel, the electronic device comprising a control circuit arranged to:
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receive a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion, retrieve from the second hidden portion a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and scroll the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input, wherein the electronic document is made of contiguous parts of various lengths in the scrolling direction when rendered on the graphical user interface, the retrieving further comprising; retrieving as many contiguous parts as possible such that the total length of the retrieved contiguous parts in the scrolling direction does not exceed a predefined length, which is smaller than the touch panel length, assembling the retrieved contiguous parts into the subportion, wherein the number of contiguous parts assembled in the subportion varies with their various lengths, and wherein the scrolling ceases upon display of the subportion, so as to not display any further part contiguous to the subportion.
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a program product stored thereon and executable by a processor in the form of a software agent including at least one software module comprising instructions to implement a method for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion of a page of the electronic document visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion of the page accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel, wherein the instructions comprise:
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instructions configured to receive a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion, instructions configured to retrieve from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and instructions configured to scroll the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input, wherein the electronic document is made of contiguous parts of various lengths in the scrolling direction when rendered on the graphical user interface, the instructions configured to retrieve further comprising; instructions to retrieve as many contiguous parts as possible such that the total length of the retrieved contiguous parts in the scrolling direction does not exceed a predefined length, which is smaller than the touch panel length, and instructions to assemble the retrieved contiguous parts into the subportion, wherein the number of contiguous parts assembled in the subportion varies with their various lengths, and wherein the scrolling ceases upon display of the subportion, so as to not display any further part contiguous to the subportion.
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