Apparatus and method for browser interface operation

• US 20020051018A1
• Filed: 05/24/2001
• Published: 05/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NUM Technology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: NUM Technology Ltd.
• Inventors: Yeh, Nan-Ting
• Application Number:
  US09/863,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20020051018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

The invention provides an apparatus and method to scroll browsing display of web pages in a browser by dragging web pages with an input device. The apparatus for browser interface operation comprises: a web page scroll event detector and a web page link event detector. When the dragging distance is longer than a predetermined length, the apparatus sends a web page scroll request to the browser for scrolling the web page. When the browser receives the web page scroll request and it analyzes a vertical and horizontal component distance of the dragging distance. The browser then scrolls the horizontal scroll bar based on the horizontal component distance and the vertical scroll bar based on the vertical component distance. When the dragging distance is not longer than a predetermined length, the apparatus sends a web page link request to the browser for executing embedded web page link.

Claims

1. An apparatus for browser interface operation, wherein the browser scroll browsing display of web pages in a browser by dragging web pages with an input device, said apparatus for browser interface operation comprising:

a web page scroll event detector for detecting if a dragging distance from clicking on and dragging action of an input device on the web page display in the browser is longer than a predetermined length, if yes, the web page scroll event detector sending a web page scroll request to the browser; and

a web page link event detector for detecting if a dragging distance from clicking on and dragging action of an input device on the web page display in the browser is not longer than a predetermined length, if yes, the web page link event detector send a web page link request to the browser;

wherein as the browser receives the web page scroll request, the browser then scrolls the horizontal scroll bar of the browser based on the horizontal component distance of the dragging distance and the vertical scroll bar of the browser based on the vertical component distance of the dragging distance, and as the browser receives the web page link request, the browser sends a web page link request to the browser for executing embedded web page link.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input device is mouse.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input device is a touch screen.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal component distance is used as a basis for the browser to execute web page scroll request on the horizontal bar.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vertical component distance is used as a basis for the browser to execute web page scroll request on the vertical bar.

6. A method for browser interface operation, the browser scroll browsing display of web pages in a browser by dragging web pages with an input device, said method for browser interface operation comprising:

clicking on and dragging via an input device for a distance on the web page display in the browser;

determining whether the dragging distance is longer than a predetermined length, if yes, the browser scrolling the web page, wherein the browser scrolls the horizontal scroll bar of the browser based on the horizontal component distance of the dragging distance and the vertical scroll bar of the browser based on the vertical component distance of the dragging distance.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said input device is mouse.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein said input device is touch screen.