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US 2010/0169825 A1Published application
User Interface for Dynamic Presentation Text
AssigneeResource Consortium Limited
InventorPhilip R. Krause
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and article of manufacture of the present invention provide improved rate of text presentation to a reader. The invention provides a method for defining a region of the display at which text is preferably read, and further provides a user interface for adjusting the speed of text display according to a screen location corresponding to that at which text is being read at any time.
Claims6
A method of using a computer to set a rate of text presentation on a display, the method comprising:
- (a) determining, by the computer, a location of a cursor;
- (b) defining, by the computer, a first region of the display as a neutral zone based at least in part on the location of the cursor;
- (c) defining, by the computer, a second region of the display as an acceleration zone, wherein the rate of the text presentation increases when the cursor is located in the acceleration zone;
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- (d) defining, by the computer, a third region of the display as a deceleration zone, wherein the rate of the text presentation decreases when the cursor is located in the deceleration zone.
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A method of using a computer to set a rate of text presentation on a display, the method comprising:
- (a) determining, by the computer, a location of a cursor;
- (b) designating, by the computer, based in part on the location of the cursor, a first region of the display, a second region of the display, and a third region of the display;
- (c) increasing, by the computer, the rate of the text presentation when the cursor is located in the first region of the display;
- (d) decreasing, by the computer, the rate of the text presentation when the cursor is located in the second region of the display;
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- (e) maintaining, by the computer, the rate of the text presentation, when the cursor is located in the third region of the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.