Abstract: A method for scrolling a multi-section document is disclosed, including displaying on a display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries; detecting a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface, the gesture having an initial velocity that exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section; initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function; while scrolling the electronic document, adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so that when the scrolling speed becomes zero, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document is displayed at a predefined location on the display; and, scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function.

Abstract: An information terminal including: a display configured to display an image; a captured image storage configured to store a captured image showing a state in which one or more objects are displayed; and an image control configured to cause the display to display the captured image in accordance with a scrolling operation by a user. The display displays one or more objects corresponding to a captured image at an end point of the scrolling performed by the user while superimposing the one or more objects on a background image, and, in a case at least one of a period during which or the number of times an image is displayed by the display without change of arrangement of an object displayed while being superimposed on the background image is equal to or greater than a threshold, the image storage stores a captured image corresponding to the image that is displayed.

Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing a structure for navigating in a GUI with a handheld device, e.g., a 3D pointing device, which incorporates buttons and a scroll wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted apparatus is disclosed which includes a displaying unit for providing information to a user, an inputting unit for inputting operations carried out by the user, and a controlling unit for controlling a display of the displaying unit based on the operations input through the inputting unit. The inputting unit has at least a touch-sensitive panel attached to a display screen of the displaying unit. The controlling unit causes the displaying unit to display a menu screen based on the operations input through the inputting unit. The controlling unit also causes the displaying unit to switch the displays based on menus selected on the menu screen. Furthermore, the controlling unit causes the displaying unit to switch, as when a specific menu is selected on the menu screen, the displays in response to a fingertip gesture made by the user for detection on the touch-sensitive panel.

Abstract: A mobile information terminal includes a display unit which displays a drawing screen, a touch panel which accepts operations by a user in the drawing screen and that includes a selection list region which displays picture components constituting candidates for input and a selection reflecting region which displays selected one(s) of the picture components, and a control unit which performs a first control to move a picture component displayed in the selection list region to the selection reflecting region based on a singular first operation that is performed in a first direction from the selection list region toward the selection reflecting region in a state in which the user is touching the picture component, and a second control to return the picture component to the selection list region again based on a singular second operation that is performed in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a state in which the user is touching the picture component.

Abstract: A system and method for providing the dynamic display of content and related advertisements are provided. The advertisements are displayed based on predetermined customer types. A network resource, such as Web page, can include a plurality of dynamic content modules. Depending on the available display area and additional display criteria, each dynamic content module displays a subset content and related advertisements. Each dynamic content module corresponds to an integration of multiple layers of content, such as text, graphics and image rendering information.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for content to be presented in a specified content slot of a specified content page; calculating an active view scroll distance of the specified content slot with respect to the specified content page, the active view scroll distance corresponding to a measurement of a distance that the specified content page would have to be scrolled to change visibility of content displayed in the specified content slot by a specified amount; performing an auction of content items utilizing in part the active view scroll distance; and providing one or more content items in response to the request and as a result of the auction.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile terminal and a method operating the mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving a user input; performing a first operation corresponding to the user input; successively receiving the user input for a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined time period; and performing a second operation based on a number of the successively received user input, wherein the second operation is set in advance in relation to the first operation.

Abstract: An electronic device having a touch screen and displaying a page in response to a scroll by a user is provided. A method of displaying a page includes displaying a part of the page and interfaces indicating remaining parts of the page above and below the part on the screen, recognizing a scroll input for the part of the page through the touch panel, and displaying another part of the page in response to the scroll and changing one of the interfaces to be thicker and the other to be thinner based on a direction of the scroll input.

Abstract: An image display device connected to an image archive device that stores multiple image data, the image display device comprising: a memory that stores address information of said multiple image data; a display part that is capable of scroll-displaying said image data in a predefined order; a manipulation part for inputting an instruction regarding the scroll display of the image data displayed on said display part; and an image display controller that determines image data to be read from said image archive device depending on the image data and scrolling speed of a display object designated with an instruction that has been input by said manipulation part, reads the image data from said image archive device based on said address information, and also causes said display part to display the image data of a new display object from among the image data that have been read.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracking a topic involved in a message in an interactive messaging environment containing a plurality of messages by combining with context messages associated with the message. The method includes the steps of: selecting a message from the plurality of messages contained in the interactive messaging environment; identifying context messages associated with the selected message from the plurality of messages contained in the interactive messaging environment; and grouping the selected message into one or more topic groups based on the identified context messages. The topic tracking method and apparatus of the invention can accurately determine similarities between messages in an interactive messaging environment such as microblog to perform topic tracking.

Abstract: A method for display-independent recognition of a graphical user interface (GUI) control, the method comprising capturing a screenshot of a GUI of a computerized application, determining a cursor position in the screenshot, analyzing an area surrounding the cursor position, to identify a GUI control, and storing an image of the GUI control.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is capable of obtaining operation data according to a tilt of a predetermined object that can be moved by a user. The information processing apparatus calculates tilt information corresponding to the tilt of the object based on the operation data. The information processing apparatus calculates a specified position on a screen of a display device based on the operation data so that the specified position changes according to at least one of a position and the tilt of the object. Selection items are displayed on the screen of the display device. The information processing apparatus switches between sets of the selection items displayed on the screen according to an amount of tilt represented by the tilt information. Moreover, the information processing apparatus selects an item displayed at the specified position from among the selection items to perform an information process according to the selected item.

Abstract: A method and an electronic apparatus for scrolling frame content and a recording medium using the same, adapted to an electronic apparatus having a touch screen, are provided. In the method, a page including at least one content scrollable frame is displayed on the touch screen. Next, a scrolling operation performed on a content scrollable frame of the at least one content scrollable frame on the touch screen is detected. Then, whether the content scrollable frame is entirely shown or partially shown on the touch screen is determined. Finally, the content in the content scrollable frame or the page and the content scrollable frame are scrolled according to the scrolling operation based on the determination.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for displaying content, e.g., images, in a mobile terminal A plurality of content may be displayed in a plurality of display areas separately. If one of the plurality of content is selected, some areas of the selected content may be sequentially displayed in a display area corresponding to the selected content among the plurality of display areas.

Abstract: A user interface is displayed that has one or more workspace display sectors, based on a user role. Each workspace display selector corresponds to a given workspace display. A workspace display includes a plurality of different groups, each group including a plurality of different components. Each group corresponds to a task, set of tasks or topic of information related to a user's role. The particular components included in each group are user interface display elements that are each related to an item of content within the corresponding group.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display device and a processor. The display device includes a touch panel. The processor (i) generates a graph image to be displayed on the display device, (ii) when the generated graph image is displayed on the display device, acquires an object specified by a user, the object being contained in the graph image, and (iii) when the user performs a touch operation on the displayed graph image, changes a display style of the graph image according to a type of the acquired object and displays the graph image in the changed display style.

Abstract: An electronic device with a display concurrently displays a device status region, and an application user interface that includes a content region and an application input field. While concurrently displaying the device status region and the application user interface, the device receives first input in the application input field. In response, the device concurrently displays respective content in the content region in accordance with the first input, and first text that corresponds to the first input in the application input field. While concurrently displaying the respective content and the first text, the device detects a second input that corresponds to a request to scroll the respective content in a first direction. In response, the device scrolls the respective content in the first direction, ceases to display the application input field, and displays, adjacent to the device status region, the first text.

Abstract: A method for an assisted display for command line interfaces is described. In an embodiment, an input region and an output region of a command line interface are displayed. Commands are displayed within the input region as they are received. A history is maintained that stores the output of previous executions. At least a portion of the output maintained by the history is displayed within the output region. The output region is scrolled by adding one or more outputs from the history to the display of the output region and/or removing one or more outputs from the display of the output region. Wherein, scrolling the output region does not cause the display of the input region to become obscured. In another embodiment, an input assistance region is displayed that walks a user through selecting commands supported by the command line interface as well as options and arguments for those commands.

Abstract: A visual indicator distinguishes between newly displayed content and previously displayed content during and/or after a scrolling operation. The newly displayed content is displayed in a different format, or with a different background, or with some other visual indication, as compared with content that was previously displayed and is still displayed after the scrolling operation. In this manner, the user is given a visual context for scrolling operations that provides an intuitive reference point when scrolling through a document. A user can easily determine where the newly displayed content picks up from where the previously displayed content left off. The visual indicator can be transitory if desired, so that it gradually fades after some period of time.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method for performing an auto scroll. The system for performing the auto scroll may include an auto scroll determination unit to determine whether to perform the auto scroll on a page, an auto scroll performing unit to perform the auto scroll on the page so that a main text of the page may be obtained with focus, and a page providing unit to output the auto scrolled page. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, even though a user does not manually scroll to data of the page to be viewed, the data of the page may automatically be scrolled so that the data may be obtained with focus.

Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for allowing a user to scroll through a list of items on a display, such as contacts, pictures, or other files, at variable speeds, which provides for fast, yet accurate scrolling. The user provides an indication to scroll through the list of items, such as pressing and dragging or flicking through the list. This indication may include a starting point and ending point at a certain location on the display. Depending on where the user provides this indication on the display, a scroll speed is determined at which to scroll through the list of items. As the indication of a scroll action progresses from one side of a display to the other, the scrolling speed increases such that the exact same scroll action corresponds to differing scrolling speeds, depending on the position of the user's indication of a scroll action on the display.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatically hiding controls. In one aspect, a method includes displaying at least a portion of a content region of a user interface and at least a portion of a control region of the user interface, wherein the control region is peripheral to the content region; and determining that the portion of the control region of the user interface has been displayed for a predetermined period of time, then automatically removing the portion of the control region from display.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for processing a plurality of event data generated by a processing apparatus for processing a member, includes a determination unit which determines at least two event data existing at a preset interval in a time-series sequence of the plurality of event data, a specification unit which acquires a scroll request containing designation information for designating a position in the sequence from a scroll function incorporated in the information processing apparatus, and specify, as jump destination event data, event data at a position close to the position designated by the designation information in the sequence, among the at least two event data determined by the determination unit, and a control unit which causes the scroll function to start scrolling from or near the jump destination event data.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiment provides methods and systems for providing content navigation having a selection function and visual indicator thereof.

Abstract: A data view may be into multiple data panes. Splits between data panes may be horizontal or vertical, allowing data panes to be arranged horizontally and vertically. Scroll boundaries are set for each pair of adjacent data panes, such that each data pane may only scroll through a portion of the data on its side of the scroll boundary. Data panes may be scrolled independently in the direction of a split. Data panes may be scrolled together perpendicular to the direction of a split.

Abstract: A method for providing a user interface (UI) for each user and a device applying the same are provided. The method displays an icon indicating that a user has approached, if the user approaches an approach recognition area, and displays a personalized area allocated to the user, if a manipulation to select the icon is input. Accordingly, the user uses the device simply by approaching the device without going through an extra log-in process, so that the user can use the device more easily.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of providing a user interface screen on a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display configured to display a polyhedral graphic user interface (GUI) on a screen; a user interface unit configured to receive a user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI; and a controller configured to control the display to display at least one of detailed information and associated information of content information on at least one surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI according to the received user interaction.

Abstract: Electronic devices, interfaces for electronic devices, and techniques for interacting with such interfaces and electronic devices are described. For instance, this disclosure describes an example electronic device that includes sensors, such as multiple front-facing cameras to detect orientation and/or location of the electronic device relative to an object and one or more inertial sensors. Users of the device may perform gestures on the device by moving the device in-air and/or by moving their head, face, or eyes relative to the device. In response to these gestures, the device may perform operations.

Abstract: An unlock system for a computer such as a tablet. The screen of the tablet can be automatically locked after time were based on an action. Once locked, the contents of this screen are blocked by the locking screen which can be a blank screen or screen which shows status parts. Areas on the locking screen are defined, within which the user can touch the locking screen and drag it to the opposite side. During the time of dragging, the items underneath, showing the actual content of the screen, are revealed. In one embodiment, the unlock action may automatically continue after a certain point on the screen has been reached.

Abstract: A scroll-free user interface comprises a display area; an interface panel included within the display area; and a data panel. The data panel includes a portion of a set of data items. The size and number of data items in the portion of the set of items is based on the size of the data panel. A user interface comprises a display area; an interface panel included within the display area; a first user interface control; and a layered user interface element. Web pages are analyzed to identify associated electronic documents. A retrieved web page is analyzed to identify at least one dynamic element. The dynamic element is analyzed to determine a network location of at least one associated electronic document. The dynamic element may be analyzed by applying a pattern matching or by executing the dynamic element to identify the network location of at least one associated electronic document.

Abstract: An item selection method and an item selection apparatus of a portable terminal are provided. The item selection method in the portable terminal includes displaying one or more items in an arrangement according to a prescribed rule; receiving a start item setting input that sets a first item as a start item; receiving an end item setting input that sets a second item as an end item; and setting items included between the first item and the second item as selected items.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for scroll pattern recognition is provided. First content is provided to an application with a scrolling interface and a display window. The application is configured to display a portion of the first content to a user based on a current display position, where the scrolling interface is configured to change the current display position based on input from the user. User interaction data that includes scroll data is obtained. The occurrence of an actionable event based on the user interaction data is determined. Second content is provided to the application based on the actionable event.

Abstract: An electronic device associated with a remote wand controlling the operations of the electronic device is provided. The wand may include a motion detection component operative to provide an output reflecting the motion of the wand to the electronic device, such that the movements of a cursor displayed by the electronic device may be related to the output of the motion detection component. The wand may also include an input mechanism operative to receive user inputs. Using the input mechanism, the wand may detect a user's inputs and direct the electronic device to zoom or scroll displayed objects. The electronic device may display a screen saver by which the user may select particular media items for playback while remaining in the screen saver mode. In some embodiments, the electronic device may display video with a scroll bar that includes a preview window of the video.

Abstract: A scrolling method and apparatus devices having display screens such as a mobile terminal. When a first image on a screen cannot be moved in a direction by a touch input, a region of the first image is modified in response to the touch input and the modified image is subsequently restored to the first image after the touch is released or a preset amount of time passes. The modification of the region of the image provides an indication that is fed back to the user so that the end or last part of the image is displayed and cannot be moved further, so that undesired repetitive touch input can be prevented.

Abstract: A computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating media presentations is described. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI has (1) a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of the composite presentation, (2) a navigation tool including several selectable navigation markers associated with several navigable locations in the composite presentation, and (3) a version management feature for (a) indicating whether each location has been modified, (b) providing an option to create a new version of each location, and (c) providing access to previously-saved versions of each location.

Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, information associated with a first application and information associated with a second application, detecting on the touch-sensitive display, a touch at a first location associated with the first application, reporting the touch as a first touch type to the first application, and when the first touch type is not utilized by the first application within a threshold period of time and when movement of the touch on the touch-sensitive display is detected, reporting the touch to the second application.

Abstract: Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold.

Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed including a parallax Graphical User Interface (GUI) software component configured to allow automatic, parallax-type, smooth movement of multiple information panels out of user's view when focus is placed on one of the multiple information panels and the focus information panel is scrolled. When the user scrolls in the opposite direction, the non-focus panels reappear smoothly and automatically and the original user view before scrolling is restored. In various embodiments, search results may be categorized and organized into separate windows, each independently scrollable, which may be viewed using the parallax GUI. In various embodiments, a number of documents and/or software applications used to open such documents, may be registered in a parallax list to allow navigation using the parallax GUI.

Abstract: Screen magnification software on a touchscreen device detects when a low-vision user reaches the boundary of a magnified viewport. If additional canvas or menus lay on the other side of the boundary the present invention enables the low-vision user to maintain the same exploration gesture on the touchscreen while causing the underlying canvas to scroll into view in the direction of the gesture. This invention enables the low-vision user to navigate about the entire underlying canvas of a touchscreen graphic user interface with a single, intuitive touchscreen gesture even under magnification.

Abstract: An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.

Abstract: An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.

Abstract: There is provided a bar form factor mobile display device comprising front and back major faces, the front major face arranged to present a normal power first display screen and the back major face arranged to present a low power second display screen, wherein the device includes a computer.

Abstract: A system and method displays a compass control with a map or other image. The compass control displays locations that may be displayed on the map, as well as locations that are outside of the map area being displayed, to allow the user to view such locations and interact with them.

Abstract: A display application rotates content to provide a perspective view along the z-axis during a scroll action as a feedback to a user indicating a scroll action has reached a beginning or an end of available content. Determined direction and speed and/or acceleration of the scroll action is applied to move content and rotate it based on: a tilt angle proportional to the speed and/or acceleration and a rotation axis perpendicular to the direction. Additional content is displayed in the perspective view based on the tilt angle. And, the tilt angle is adjusted to rotate the content in response to reaching an end of the content during the scroll action or upon detecting a subsequent scroll action.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal and method for processing received notification information. A mobile terminal to process notification information includes a receiver to receive first notification data associated with a first application installed in a mobile terminal, a processor to extract identification information for identifying a target of the first notification data, and to generate a first notification list item by grouping the first notification data with second notification data based on the identification information, and a display screen to display notification list items including the first notification list item on a notification panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an example method and device for page returning. A page scrolling processing is conducted in response to a pull-down operation of a user. When it is detected that a pull-down distance of a page content of a current page is longer than a threshold, a page returning operation is implemented. The present techniques not only cause the process of page returning interactive, playable, and terminable but also add a new universal scroll-down sliding operation to increase the usability of the returning operation.

Abstract: Various embodiments enable notifications to be generated in both touch and non-touch environments. In at least some embodiments, a notification window is presented and a drag operation can reveal one or more secondary actions that can be performed. In at least some embodiments, selection of one or more of the secondary actions can occur independent of, and without utilizing additional special affordances, such as buttons.

Abstract: An electronic text viewing apparatus includes a viewing application unit that outputs viewing data for displaying a text in a viewable manner, a display unit that displays the viewing data and a fast reading button for receiving a fast reading request for the viewing data, a viewing data requesting unit that issues a request for acquirement of the viewing data to the viewing application unit, and acquires the viewing data to be viewed, a setting data storage unit that stores setting data for the acquired viewing data, and a fast reading viewer control unit that, when the fast reading button is pressed, converts the viewing data into fast reading viewer data by performing display format conversion, display speed control and scroll control of the viewing data, and displays the fast reading viewer data and a return button for converting the fast reading viewer data to the viewing data.

Abstract: A display device and a method of controlling therefor according to one embodiment relate, if a display area of the display device does not have an enough space to display a whole content, to the display device providing only a content area which a user wants to see and providing an easy-to-use scrolling environment to the user by folding a part of the whole content and the method of controlling therefor.