Predictive Scrolling

• US 20150242069A1
• Filed: 03/03/2015
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: MeLLmo Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Mattos, Camilo, Kraut, Joel, Schaefer, Alex C., Becerra, Santiago, Cheng, Patrick, Zuluaga, Jaime
• Granted Patent: US 9,423,929 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/977 Dynamic icon, e.g. animated or live action

Abstract

A system and a method are disclosed for effectively displaying database records on a device having a display area that is small compared to the underlying data being represented. A simulated catalogue is displayed with cards associated with database records. Detailed information is presented for a record on a card obscuring information related to other records. A user is allowed to swipe on the catalogue causing simulated movement of the cards thereby displaying information associated with a database record previously obscured. The catalogue is moved with an initial velocity determined by the speed of swiping and decelerated based on a drag factor until it comes to a stop and displays information for the record reached. The ability to determine the final record displayed when the catalogue stops allows pre-fetching of the data associated with the record.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for graphically displaying database records on a display screen with limited display area, the method comprising:

associating a plurality of database records with a cube, wherein each face of the cube is associated with one or more database records, the cube displayed on a display screen, the cube displaying a first database record on a first face displayed in front;

responsive to a user input, animating the display to rotate the cube;

determining a final database record from the plurality of database records to display at a conclusion of the rotation of the cube, the conclusion of the rotation causing a second face of the cube to be displayed in the front;

rendering an image comprising a graphical representation of a set of data corresponding to the final database record before the rotation of the cube comes to conclusion; and

responsive to the conclusion of the rotation of the cube, receiving the rendered image and displaying the rendered image such that the rendered image displays the final database record on the second face of the cube displayed in the front.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user input is indicative of an input speed value and animating comprises displaying the cube rotating with a speed initialized to a first speed value determined based on the input speed value.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the animating further comprises displaying the cube rotating with a second speed that is less than the first speed and greater than a predetermined minimum threshold, wherein the second speed value is determined by multiplying the first speed value by a predetermined drag value.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

preloading the final database record while the cube is displayed as rotating.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the database records represent multi-dimensional chart, wherein rotation of the cube along a first direction causes the final database record to be obtained by changing a first coordinate value of the database records along a first axis and the rotation of the cube along a second direction causes the final database record to be obtained by changing a second coordinate value of the database records along a second axis.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user input includes a swiping gesture across the display screen.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user input includes a swiping gesture across the display screen and an input speed value is determined based on the speed of swiping.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the database records represent pages of report data.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein responsive to the user input causing the cube to stop rotating in a position displaying two partial faces in front, displaying the cube as continuing to rotate in its current direction of rotations until one of the two partial faces is fully displayed in front.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein responsive to the user input causing the cube to stop rotating in a position displaying two partial faces in front, displaying the cube as rotating to cause the partial face occupying larger area on the screen to be displayed in front.

11. A computer-implemented method for graphically displaying database records on a display screen with limited display area, the method comprising:

associating a plurality of database records with a three-dimensional rotatable object, wherein each face of the three-dimensional rotatable object is associated with one or more database records, the three-dimensional rotatable object displayed on a display screen, the three-dimensional rotatable object displaying a first database record on a first face displayed in front;

responsive to a user input, animating the display to rotate the three-dimensional rotatable object;

determining a final database record from the plurality of database records to display at a conclusion of the rotation of the three-dimensional rotatable object, the conclusion of the rotation causing a second face of the three-dimensional rotatable object to be displayed in the front;

rendering an image comprising a graphical representation of a set of data corresponding to the final database record before the rotation of the three-dimensional rotatable object comes to conclusion;

and responsive to the conclusion of the rotation of the three-dimensional rotatable object, receiving the rendered image and displaying the rendered image such that the rendered image displays the final database record on the second face of the three-dimensional rotatable object displayed in the front.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the user input is indicative of an input speed value and animating comprises displaying the three-dimensional rotatable object rotating with a speed initialized to a first speed value determined based on the input speed value.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the animating further comprises displaying the three-dimensional rotatable object rotating with a second speed that is less than the first speed and greater than a predetermined minimum threshold, wherein the second speed value is determined by multiplying the first speed value by a predetermined drag value.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the database records represent multi-dimensional chart, wherein rotation of the three-dimensional rotatable object along a first direction causes the final database record to be obtained by changing a first coordinate value of the database records along a first axis and the rotation of the three-dimensional rotatable object along a second direction causes the final database record to be obtained by changing a second coordinate value of the database records along a second axis.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the user input includes a swiping gesture across the display screen and an input speed value is determined based on the speed of swiping.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for:

associating a plurality of database records with a cube, wherein each face of the cube is associated with one or more database records, the cube displayed on a display screen, the cube displaying a first database record on a first face displayed in front;

responsive to a user input, animating the display to rotate the cube;

determining a final database record from the plurality of database records to display at a conclusion of the rotation of the cube, the conclusion of the rotation causing a second face of the cube to be displayed in the front;

rendering an image comprising a graphical representation of a set of data corresponding to the final database record before the rotation of the cube comes to conclusion; and

responsive to the conclusion of the rotation of the cube, receiving the rendered image and displaying the rendered image such that the rendered image displays the final database record on the second face of the cube displayed in the front.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user input is indicative of an input speed value and animating comprises displaying the cube rotating with a speed initialized to a first speed value determined based on the input speed value.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the animating further comprises displaying the cube rotating with a second speed that is less than the first speed and greater than a predetermined minimum threshold, wherein the second speed value is determined by multiplying the first speed value by a predetermined drag value.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the database records represent multi-dimensional chart, wherein rotation of the cube along a first direction causes the final database record to be obtained by changing a first coordinate value of the database records along a first axis and the rotation of the cube along a second direction causes the final database record to be obtained by changing a second coordinate value of the database records along a second axis.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user input includes a swiping gesture across the display screen and an input speed value is determined based on the speed of swiping.