Electronic Scrolling Text Display
First Claim
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1. A method of displaying text comprising:
- receiving formatted text;
converting the formatted text to plain text;
outputting for display the plain text as one or more scrolling lines of text with a predetermined scrolling speed;
receiving an input from a viewer of the displayed one or more scrolling lines of text to change the scrolling speed; and
changing the scrolling speed of the output one or more scrolling lines of text according to the received viewer input.
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Abstract
An improved electronic display of text in a vertical or horizontal continuously scrolling fashion is provided. A viewer can read the displayed text without the distractions of awkward user interface mechanisms or the start and stop interruptions of page changes. To facilitate differing viewer needs, the viewer can alter the scrolling speed as desired. The display intensity of the text output for display can be varied to assist the viewer'"'"'s focal point in the text as a further aid to reading the text. The viewer can pause the scrolling text, can jump to another point in the text, can bookmark the scrolling text and can edit the scrolling text.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of displaying text comprising:
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receiving formatted text; converting the formatted text to plain text; outputting for display the plain text as one or more scrolling lines of text with a predetermined scrolling speed; receiving an input from a viewer of the displayed one or more scrolling lines of text to change the scrolling speed; and changing the scrolling speed of the output one or more scrolling lines of text according to the received viewer input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. The method of claim 1 wherein the received formatted text includes at least one image, the method further comprises:
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replacing the image in the formatted text with an image icon in the plain text; the step of outputting for display the plain text further comprises outputting for display the image icon in the plain text; receiving a request from the viewer of the displayed text to view the image replaced by the displayed image icon in the plain text; and outputting for display the image.
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15-1. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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receiving formatted text; converting the formatted text to plain text; outputting for display the plain text as one or more scrolling lines of text with a predetermined scrolling speed; receiving an input from a viewer of the displayed one or more scrolling lines of text to change the scrolling speed; and changing the scrolling speed of the output one or more scrolling lines of text according to the received viewer input.
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