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Fragmented scrolling of a page

  • US 9,880,726 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2013
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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