US5418549A
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Resolution compensating scroll bar valuator
Assignee: INFO ENTERPRISES Inc
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Filing: 1993-06-14
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Granted: 1995-05-23
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Expires: 2013-06-14
Abstract
Abstract A method is provided for using a scroll bar to select and view exact pages of a document without downloading unwanted pages of the document. Instead of displaying all the pages before a particular page is selected via scroll bar, the method does not display any of the incremental or unwanted pages before the actual selected page is selected, retrieved and displayed.
Inventors
- 👤 Howard C. Anderson
- 👤 Dennis Wodarz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 15:21
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/451; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S715/00; Y10S715/973; Y10S715/974
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
213 words
A method performed by a computer as part of computer program, the computer having a monitor capable of displaying one or more pages from a document stored by the computer, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a scroll bar on the monitor; (b) obtaining user selection of a pixel position along the scroll bar representing a relative location of one of the pages within the document; (c) determining whether a number of pages in the document is greater than a number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (d) displaying a page corresponding to the user selection when it is not determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (e) performing, when it is determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar, the steps of (e1) activating a page display button, (e2) displaying a page number of the page corresponding to the user selection, (e3) obtaining additional user input to adjust the user selection until the desired page number is displayed, and (e4) displaying the desired page only upon user selection of the page display button.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
213 words
A method performed by a computer as part of computer program, the computer having a monitor capable of displaying one or more pages from a document stored by the computer, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a scroll bar on the monitor; (b) obtaining user selection of a pixel position along the scroll bar representing a relative location of one of the pages within the document; (c) determining whether a number of pages in the document is greater than a number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (d) displaying a page corresponding to the user selection when it is not determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (e) performing, when it is determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar, the steps of (e1) activating a page display button, (e2) displaying a page number of the page corresponding to the user selection, (e3) obtaining additional user input to adjust the user selection until the desired page number is displayed, and (e4) displaying the desired page only upon user selection of the page display button.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 1 wherein step (a) comprises displaying the scroll bar with a slider button moveable therealong and with a page decrementing button at one end and a page incrementing button at the other end, and step (e3) comprises obtaining user selection of the page decrementing button to decrement the page number or the page incrementing button to increment the page number until the desired page number is displayed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein step (b) comprises displaying the page number of the selected page continually while obtaining the user selection of the pixel position along the scroll bar.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 3 wherein step (b) comprises displaying the page number obtained as the result of dividing the number of pages by the number of pixels and rounding to the nearest integer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 3 wherein step (b) comprises displaying a total number of pages in the document alongside the page number of the selected page.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
229 words
A method performed by a computer as part of computer program, the computer being connected to a database and having a monitor capable of displaying one or more pages from a document stored by the database, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a scroll bar on the monitor; (b) obtaining user selection of a pixel position along the scroll bar representing a relative location of one of the pages within the document; (c) determining whether a number of pages in the document is greater than a number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (d) retrieving from the database and displaying a page corresponding to the user selection when it is not determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (e) performing, when it is determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar, the steps of (e1) activating a page display button, (e2) displaying a page number of the page corresponding to the user selection, (e3) obtaining additional user input to adjust the user selection until the desired page number is displayed, and (e4) retrieving from the database and displaying the desired page only upon user selection of the page display button.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
229 words
A method performed by a computer as part of computer program, the computer being connected to a database and having a monitor capable of displaying one or more pages from a document stored by the database, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a scroll bar on the monitor; (b) obtaining user selection of a pixel position along the scroll bar representing a relative location of one of the pages within the document; (c) determining whether a number of pages in the document is greater than a number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (d) retrieving from the database and displaying a page corresponding to the user selection when it is not determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (e) performing, when it is determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar, the steps of (e1) activating a page display button, (e2) displaying a page number of the page corresponding to the user selection, (e3) obtaining additional user input to adjust the user selection until the desired page number is displayed, and (e4) retrieving from the database and displaying the desired page only upon user selection of the page display button.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 6 wherein step (a) comprises displaying the scroll bar with a slider button moveable therealong and with a page decrementing button at one end and a page incrementing button at the other end, and step (e3) comprises obtaining user selection of the page decrementing button to decrement the page number or the page incrementing button to increment the page number until the desired page number is displayed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 6 wherein step (b) comprises displaying the page number of the selected page continually while obtaining the user selection of the pixel position along the scroll bar.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 8 wherein step (b) comprises displaying the page number obtained as the result of dividing the number of pages by the number of pixels and rounding to the nearest integer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 8 wherein step (b) comprises displaying a total number of pages in the document alongside the page number of the selected page.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
235 words
A method performed by a computer as part of computer program, the computer being connected to a server over a network and having a monitor capable of displaying one or more pages from a document stored by the server, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a scroll bar on the monitor; (b) obtaining user selection of a pixel position along the scroll bar representing a relative location of one of the pages within the document; (c) determining whether a number of pages in the document is greater than a number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (d) retrieving from the server over the network and displaying a page corresponding to the user selection when it is not determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (e) performing, when it is determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar, the steps of (e1) activating a page display button, (e2) displaying a page number of the page corresponding to the user selection, (e3) obtaining additional user input to adjust the user selection until the desired page number is displayed, and (e4) retrieving from the database and displaying the desired page only upon user selection of the page display button.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
235 words
A method performed by a computer as part of computer program, the computer being connected to a server over a network and having a monitor capable of displaying one or more pages from a document stored by the server, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a scroll bar on the monitor; (b) obtaining user selection of a pixel position along the scroll bar representing a relative location of one of the pages within the document; (c) determining whether a number of pages in the document is greater than a number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (d) retrieving from the server over the network and displaying a page corresponding to the user selection when it is not determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar; (e) performing, when it is determined in step (c) that the number of pages in the document is greater than the number of selectable pixel positions along the scroll bar, the steps of (e1) activating a page display button, (e2) displaying a page number of the page corresponding to the user selection, (e3) obtaining additional user input to adjust the user selection until the desired page number is displayed, and (e4) retrieving from the database and displaying the desired page only upon user selection of the page display button.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 11 wherein step (a) comprises displaying the scroll bar with a slider button moveable therealong and with a page decrementing button at one end and a page incrementing button at the other end, and step (e3) comprises obtaining user selection of the page decrementing button to decrement the page number or the page incrementing button to increment the page number until the desired page number is displayed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 11 wherein step (b) comprises displaying the page number of the selected page continually while obtaining the user selection of the pixel position along the scroll bar.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 13 wherein step (b) comprises displaying the page number obtained as the result of dividing the number of pages by the number of pixels and rounding to the nearest integer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 13 wherein step (b) comprises displaying a total number of pages in the document alongside the page number of the selected page.
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