SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCROLLING INFORMATION IN A UI TABLE
First Claim
1. A method of scrolling information in a user interface on a display screen, said method comprising:
- displaying information within a space of the user interface allocated to the space on the display screen and wherein the information is truncated to fit the space;
providing a scroll control that, when selected, is operable to scroll the information in the space to display the truncated information in response to a user providing threshold limited scrolling input via a pointing device; and
displaying the truncated information ticker style automatically in response to said user input.
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Abstract
Displaying information in a column of a user interface (UI) on a display screen is enhanced by a column scroll control that displays information that is otherwise truncated from display in the space allocated to the column. The control is sensitive to a threshold limited scrolling input from a user to activate the display of the information ticker style. The display of the remainder of the user interface may be maintained while the column is scrolled. The controls are advantageous for trackball and similar pointing devices especially those used with handheld wireless communication devices (cellular phones, PDAs, smart phones, etc.) where one handed operation is desirable and where display screen sizes and resolutions often require truncation of information in a particular column entry or entries.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of scrolling information in a user interface on a display screen, said method comprising:
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displaying information within a space of the user interface allocated to the space on the display screen and wherein the information is truncated to fit the space; providing a scroll control that, when selected, is operable to scroll the information in the space to display the truncated information in response to a user providing threshold limited scrolling input via a pointing device; and displaying the truncated information ticker style automatically in response to said user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for scrolling information in a user interface on a display screen, said system comprising:
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the display screen and pointing device providing directional input along at least two axes; a processor and memory coupled thereto, said memory storing instructions and data for configuring the execution of the processor to; display information in a column of the user interface within a space allocated to the column on the display screen and wherein the information is truncated to fit the space; provide a column scroll control that, when selected, is operable to scroll the column to display the truncated information in response to a user providing threshold limited scrolling input via the pointing device; and display the truncated information in the space ticker style automatically in response to said user input. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product having computer readable code embodied therein, for execution by a processor for configuring a computer to display information in a user interface on a display screen, the code configuring the execution of the processor to:
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display information in a column of the user interface within a space allocated to the column on the display screen and wherein the information is truncated to fit the space; provide a column scroll control that, when selected, is operable to scroll the column to display the truncated information in response to a user providing threshold limited scrolling input via the pointing device; and display the truncated information in the space ticker style automatically in response to said user input. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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