Fragmented scrolling of a page
AssigneeOrange
InventorHyacinthe Briand
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Abstract
A method is provided for displaying an electronic document having a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel. The method includes receiving a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion, retrieving from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and scrolling the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.
Claims12
A method for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel, the method comprising:
- receiving a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion,
- retrieving from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and
- scrolling the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.
An electronic device for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of the electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on the touch panel, the electronic device comprising a control circuit arranged to:
- receive a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion,
- retrieve from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and
- scroll the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a program product stored thereon and executable by a processor in the form of a software agent including at least one software module comprising instructions to implement a method for displaying an electronic document comprising a first portion visible on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touch panel of an electronic device, and a second hidden portion accessible through a scrolling input received on said touch panel, wherein the instructions comprise:
- instructions configured to receive a scrolling input on the touch panel from a user to access the second hidden portion,
- instructions configured to retrieve from the second hidden portion of the electronic document a subportion smaller than the touch panel in the scrolling direction, based on the received scrolling input, and
- instructions configured to scroll the electronic document to display the subportion in response to the scrolling input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.