Patents by Inventor Hilgard Heyns BELL

Hilgard Heyns BELL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • NAVIGATING A SET OF SELECTABLE ITEMS IN A USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20180088785
    Abstract: A method of navigation of a set of selectable items in a user interface of an electronic device is provided. A set of selectable items are retrieved and divided into a plurality of successive rows. Only a subset of the rows are displayed on a display of the electronic device. User input is tracked, and may be in the form of scrolling or zooming. Scrolling through the display and/or zooming in or out of the display is then applied as appropriate. Selectable items are rearranged on the rows as zooming is performed, while scrolling causes the subset of visible rows to update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Leon VAN NIEKERK, Francois VAN NIEKERK, Hilgard Heyns BELL, Willem Morkel VAN DER WESTHUIZEN