Information presentation on wide-screen displays

• US 20060174212A1
• Filed: 02/01/2005
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Cok, Ronald S.
• Application Number:
  US11/048,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20060174212A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/786
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

A graphic user interface optimized for the presentation of information from a file on a wide-screen display comprising: a) a windowed display having at least first and second information presentation sections for concurrently displaying portions of sequential information from the file; and b) a common scrolling mechanism for changing the portions of sequential information concurrently displayed in the presentation windows.

Claims

1. A graphic user interface optimized for the presentation of information from a file on a wide-screen display comprising:

a) a windowed display having at least first and second information presentation sections for concurrently displaying portions of sequential information from the file; and

b) a common scrolling mechanism for changing the portions of sequential information displayed in the presentation windows.

2. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the presentation sections are horizontally adjacent.

3. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the common scrolling mechanism comprises a single scroll icon.

4. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the common scrolling mechanism includes a separate scroll icon associated with each presentation section.

5. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the common scroll mechanism comprises a horizontal scroll bar, a vertical scroll bar, or both, located at the top, the bottom or either side of a presentation section.

6. The graphic user interface of claim 5, wherein the vertical or horizontal scroll bar indicates the relative position of the information displayed in an associated presentation section in the sequence of file information.

7. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the first and second presentation sections are within separate windows.

8. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the first and second presentation sections are within separate panes in a common window.

9. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the first presentation section and the second presentation section are linked so that the information displayed in the second presentation section is changed in accordance with changes made to the information displayed in the first presentation section.

10. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the portions of sequential information displayed in the first and second presentation sections are continuous, overlap, or are discontinuous.

11. The graphic user interface of claim 1, further comprising tool bar and menu controls and wherein the first and second presentation sections share the same controls.

12. The graphic user interface of claim 1, further comprising separate tool bar and menu controls associated with each of the first and second presentation sections.

13. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the first and the second presentation sections can be contiguously docked together in either the horizontal and/or vertical directions.

14. The graphic user interface of claim 1, wherein the sequential information comprises text information, spreadsheet information, or presentation information, with or without graphic elements.

15. The graphic user interface of claim 1, further comprising a third information presentation section for concurrently displaying portions of sequential information from the file.

16. A display system comprising the graphic user interface of claim 1 and a wide-screen display on which the user interface is presented.