INPUT TO NON-ACTIVE OR NON-PRIMARY WINDOW

• US 20110093809A1
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael K. Colby
• Original Assignee: Michael K. Colby
• Inventors: Colby, Michael K.
• Application Number:
  US12/908,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20110093809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

This document describes methods and/or apparatuses for enabling a window to be scrolled without the window having to be selected to become active or primary, along with other techniques.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving information indicating that a selector resides over a non-active or non-primary window on one or more displays associated with a computing device, the one or more displays having an active or primary window;

receiving a selection associated with scrolling or sliding, the selection made with the selector residing over a section of the non-active or non-primary window that is capable of being scrolled and that is not obscured by the active or primary window; and

responsive to receiving the selection, scrolling the non-active or non-primary window without requiring a selection to make primary the non-primary or non-active window in which the section is included.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining the visual appearance of the active or primary window.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein scrolling the non-active or non-primary window is performed without altering an appearance of the active or primary window.