Method and system for cueing panning
OwnerSherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Alen Mujkicinventors
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Abstract
Panning the display of content on a computing device, particularly a handheld device, can be awkward using incorporated track wheels or track balls especially when walking and operating the device. A graphical user interface displays panning cues for directions associated with the content to be panned to instruct a user how to pan using at least one input device of the computing device. During a panning operation, a respective panning cues is displayed to reinforce the selected operation.
Claims29
A method of viewing content displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display screen of a computing device, said method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of panning cues for panning directions associated with the content to instruct a user how to pan using at least one input device of the computing device;
- and
- panning the content in response to user input via the at least one input device indicating a direction to pan and, in association with the panning, displaying a respective panning cue associated with the direction to pan thereby to acknowledge the user input.
A handheld device having a display screen and a plurality of keys for receiving user input, said handheld device comprising:
- an application for viewing content, said application having a graphical user interface (GUI) configured for:
- displaying the content on the display screen;
- displaying a plurality of panning cues for panning directions associated with the content to instruct a user how to pan using at least some of the keys of the computing device;
- and
- panning the content in response to user input via one of the keys indicating a direction to pan and, in association with the panning, displaying a respective panning cue associated with the direction to pan thereby to acknowledge the user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.