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Animating display motion
Assignee: Meta Platforms Inc
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Filing: 2002-12-02
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2022-12-02
Abstract
Abstract Navigating on a display includes providing a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view. In response to operation of the navigation control, the display is animated to create an appearance of motion as the viewable portion of the page of information changes from the first view to the second view in response to operation of the navigation control.
Inventors
- 👤 Luigi Lira
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:31
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/04817; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/957; G06F16/9577; G06F3/03; G06F3/041; G06F3/0412; G06F3/0484; G06F3/0485; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0488; G06F3/04883; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/103; G09; G09G; G09G1/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 51
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
1 . A method of navigating on a display, the method comprising: providing a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view; and in response to operation of the navigation control, animating the display to create an appearance of motion as the viewable portion of the page of information changes from the first view to the second view in response to operation of the navigation control.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
1 . A method of navigating on a display, the method comprising: providing a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view; and in response to operation of the navigation control, animating the display to create an appearance of motion as the viewable portion of the page of information changes from the first view to the second view in response to operation of the navigation control.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the navigation control includes a screen icon and operation of the navigation control includes actuation of the screen icon to change the display from the first view to the second view.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein: the screen icon includes a first screen icon corresponding to the first view and a second screen icon corresponding to the second view; and actuation of the first screen icon positions the viewable portion of the page of information at the first view and actuation of the second screen icon positions the viewable portion of the page of information at the second view.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the first view includes a first discrete area of the page of information and the second view includes a second discrete area of the page of information such that actuation of the first screen icon positions the viewable portion of the page of information to view the first discrete area and actuation of the second screen icon positions the viewable portion of the page of information to view the second discrete area.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
5 . The method of claim 2 wherein: the page of information includes more than one column of information; the screen icon includes a column icon corresponding to each column of information; and actuating a column icon positions the corresponding column of information on the display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein animating the display includes shifting the viewable portion of the page of information on the display in a horizontal direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
7 . The method of claim 6 further comprising reformatting the page of information into more than one logical column with each logical column having a corresponding screen icon such that operation of the navigation control includes actuating the screen icon to view the corresponding logical column.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein operation of the navigation control includes clicking a mouse.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein operation of the navigation control includes touching a stylus to a touchscreen.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein animating the display includes slowly scrolling the display to give the display an appearance of slow motion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein animating the display includes illustrating a visible portion of the page of information moving continuously on the display from the first view to the second view.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
12 . The method of claim 1 wherein animating the display includes drawing a line from the first view to the second view.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
13 . The method of claim 1 further comprising opening a window on the display that shows a reference marker moving from the first view to the second view.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
14 . The method of claim 1 further comprising operating the navigation control in response to enunciation of a voice command.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
15 . The method of claim 1 wherein the page of information includes a Web page coded in HTML such that operating the navigation control changes the viewable portion of the Web page on the display from the first view to the second view.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
16 . The method of claim 1 wherein animating the display includes gradually shifting content on the page of information from the first view to the second view.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
17 . The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a user defined control such that animating the display further includes controlling the animation with the user defined control.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
37 words
18 . The method of claim 17 wherein controlling animation with the user-defined control includes selecting a time interval to change the viewable portion of the page of information from the first view to the second view.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
19 . The method of claim 17 wherein controlling animation with the user-defined control includes selecting a velocity to change the viewable portion of the page of information from the first view to the second view.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
34 words
20 . The method of claim 19 wherein selecting the velocity includes selecting a constant velocity during the change in the viewable portion of the page from the first view to the second view.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
34 words
21 . The method of claim 19 wherein selecting the velocity includes selecting a variable velocity during the change in the viewable portion of the page from the first view to the second view.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
36 words
22 . The method of claim 17 wherein controlling animation with the user-defined control includes selecting an acceleration to change the viewable portion of the page of information from the first view to the second view.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
34 words
23 . The method of claim 22 wherein selecting the acceleration includes selecting a constant acceleration during the change in the viewable portion of the page from the first view to the second view.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
34 words
24 . The method of claim 22 wherein selecting the acceleration includes selecting a variable acceleration during the change in the viewable portion of the page from the first view to the second view.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
77 words
25 . A computer-readable medium on which are stored executable instructions for causing a computer system to: provide a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view; and animate the display when the navigation control is operated to create an appearance of motion as the viewable portion of the page of information changes from the first view to the second view.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
77 words
25 . A computer-readable medium on which are stored executable instructions for causing a computer system to: provide a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view; and animate the display when the navigation control is operated to create an appearance of motion as the viewable portion of the page of information changes from the first view to the second view.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
32 words
26 . The medium of claim 25 wherein the navigation control includes a screen icon and further comprising instructions for operating the navigation control in response to actuation of the screen icon.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
72 words
27 . The medium of claim 26 wherein the screen icon includes a first screen icon corresponding to the first view and a second screen icon corresponding to the second view and further comprising instructions for positioning the viewable portion of the page of information at the first view in response to actuation of the first screen icon and at the second view in response to actuation of the second screen icon.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
80 words
28 . The medium of claim 27 wherein the first view includes a first discrete area on the page of information and the second view includes a second discrete area on the page of information and further comprising instructions for positioning the viewable portion of the page of information to view the first discrete area in response to actuation of the first screen icon and to view the second discrete area in response to actuation of the second screen icon.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
53 words
29 . The medium of claim 26 wherein the page of information includes more than one column of information and the screen icon includes a column icon corresponding to each column of information and further comprising instructions for positioning the column of information on the display when the corresponding column icon is actuated.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
41 words
30 . The article of claim 26 further comprising instructions to shift the viewable portion of the page of information on the display in a horizontal direction from the first view to the second view when the navigation control is operated.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
47 words
31 . The medium of claim 26 further comprising instructions for reformatting the page of information into more than one logical column, with each column having a corresponding screen icon, and instructions for positioning the logical column on the display when the corresponding screen icon is actuated.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
29 words
32 . The medium of claim 25 further comprising instructions for operating the navigation control in response to clicking of a mouse on a defined area of the display.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
29 words
33 . The medium of claim 25 further comprising instructions for operating the navigation control in response to touching of a stylus to a reference icon on a touchscreen.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
39 words
34 . The medium of claim 25 wherein the instructions to animate the display include instructions to illustrate a visible portion of the page of information moving continuously on the display from the first view to the second view.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
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35 . The medium of claim 25 further comprising instruction for opening on the display a window that shows a reference marker moving from the first view to the second view.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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36 . The medium of claim 25 wherein the page of information includes a Web page coded in hyper text markup link language such that operating the navigation control changes the viewable portion of the Web page on the display from the first view to the second view.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
32 words
37 . The medium of claim 25 wherein instructions for animating the display include instructions for gradually shifting content on the page of information from the first view to the second view.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
31 words
38 . The medium of claim 25 further comprising instructions for providing a user defined control such that animating the display further includes controlling the animation with the user defined control.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
42 words
39 . The medium of claim 38 wherein instructions for controlling animation with the user-defined control include instructions for selecting a velocity at which to change the viewable portion of the page of information from the first view to the second view.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
76 words
40 . A system for navigating on a display, the system comprising: a display surface; a navigation control on the display; and a processor operable to: change the viewable portion of a page of information on the display from a first view to a second view when the navigation control is operated; and animate the display to create an appearance of motion as the page of information changes from the first view to the second view.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
76 words
40 . A system for navigating on a display, the system comprising: a display surface; a navigation control on the display; and a processor operable to: change the viewable portion of a page of information on the display from a first view to a second view when the navigation control is operated; and animate the display to create an appearance of motion as the page of information changes from the first view to the second view.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
33 words
41 . The system of claim 40 wherein: the navigation control includes a screen icon; and the processor is operable to change the viewable portion of the display by actuating the screen icon.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
72 words
42 . The system of claim 41 wherein: the screen icon includes a first screen icon corresponding to the first view and a second screen icon corresponding to the second view; and the processor is operable to position the visible portion of the page of information on the display at the first view when the first screen icon is actuated and at the second view when the second screen icon is actuated.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
54 words
43 . The system of claim 40 wherein: the page of information includes more than one column of information, and the screen icon includes a column icon corresponding to each column of information; and the processor is operable to position the column of information on the display when the corresponding column icon is actuated.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
45 words
44 . The system of claim 40 wherein the processor is operable to move the visible portion of the page of information in a horizontal direction on the display to change from the first view to the second view when the navigation control is operated.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
64 words
45 . The system of claim 40 wherein the processor is operable to: reformat the page of information into more than one logical column each having a corresponding screen icon, the logical column having a width not exceeding a width of the display; and position the logical column for viewing on the display when the screen icon corresponding to the logical column is actuated.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
39 words
46 . The system of claim 40 wherein the processor is operable to animate the display by illustrating the visible portion of the page of information moving continuously on the display from the first view to the second view
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
22 words
47 . The system of claim 40 wherein the system further includes a personal digital assistant including the processor and the display.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
21 words
48 . The system of claim 40 wherein the system further includes a hand-held computer including the processor and the display.
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