System and method for indicating overscrolling in a mobile device

• US 8,607,156 B1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Cohen, Gabriel Aaron, Jania, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): TAN, ALVIN H
• Application Number:
  US13/753,220
• Time in Patent Office: 315 Days
• Field of Search: 715/787
• US Class Current: 715/787
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

A system and method for indicating overscrolling in a mobile device is provided. The method may include outputting, at a display operatively coupled to a computing device, a graphical representation of at least one content item. The method may further include receiving, at the computing device, a user input and in response to the user input, scrolling the graphical representation of the at least one content item in a direction on the display. The method may further include determining, by the computing device, that the graphical representation of the at least one content item has reached a bound associated with a visible portion of the display. In response to the determining, updating, by the computing device, a visual aspect of a scrollbar slider output at the display.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

outputting, by a computing device and for display at a display device operatively coupled to the computing device, a graphical representation of at least one content item;

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a user input;

responsive to receiving the indication of the user input, outputting, for display by the display device, a scrolling of the graphical representation of the at least one content item in a first direction on the display;

determining, by the computing device, that the graphical representation of the at least one content item has reached a boundary associated with a visible portion of the display device; and

responsive to the determining, outputting, by the computing device, an updated visual aspect of a scrollbar slider displayed at the display device, the updated visual aspect being indicative of an overscrolling event and comprising a curving back of the scrollbar slider in a second direction opposite the first direction.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated color of the scrollbar slider.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated portion of the scrollbar slider.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated size of at least a portion of the scrollbar slider.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated representation of at least a portion of the scrollbar slider.

6. A non-transitory processor readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

outputting, by a computing device and for display at a display device operatively coupled to the computing device, a graphical representation of at least one content item;

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a user input;

responsive to receiving the indication of the user input, outputting, for display by the display device, a scrolling of at least a portion of the graphical representation of the at least one content item in a first direction along an axis of the display;

determining, by the computing device, that the graphical representation of the at least one content item has reached a boundary associated with the display device; and

responsive to the determining, outputting, by the computing device, an updated visual aspect of a scrollbar slider displayed at the display device, the updated visual aspect being indicative of an overscrolling event and comprising a curving back of the scrollbar slider in a second direction opposite the first direction.

7. The non-transitory processor readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated color of the scrollbar slider.

8. The non-transitory processor readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated portion of the scrollbar slider.

9. The non-transitory processor readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated size of at least a portion of the scrollbar slider.

10. The non-transitory processor readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein outputting the updated visual aspect includes outputting an updated representation of at least a portion of the scrollbar slider.

11. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors configured to output, for display at a display device operatively coupled to the computing device, a graphical representation of at least one content item, the one or more processors being further configured to receive an indication of a user input, in response to receiving the indication of the user input, the one or more processors being further configured to output, for display by the display device, a scrolling of the graphical representation of the at least one content item in a first direction on the display;

the one or more processors being further configured to determine that the graphical representation of the at least one content item has reached a boundary associated with a visible portion of the display device, and in response to the determining, the one or more processors being further configured to output a new feature associated with a scrollbar slider displayed at the display device, the new feature being indicative of an overscrolling event and comprising a curving back of the scrollbar slider in a second direction opposite of the first direction.

12. The computing system of claim 11, wherein outputting the new feature of the scrollbar slider includes outputting an updated color of the scrollbar slider.

13. The computing system of claim 11, wherein outputting the new feature of the scrollbar slider includes outputting an updated portion of the scrollbar slider.

14. The computing system of claim 11, wherein outputting the new feature of the scrollbar slider includes outputting an updated size of at least a portion of the scrollbar slider.

15. The computing system of claim 11, wherein outputting the new features of the scrollbar slider includes outputting an updated representation of at least a portion of the scrollbar slider output.