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US 7,065,387 B2Granted
Mobile digital communication/computing device having variable and soft landing scrolling
AssigneeWildseed Ltd.
InventorG. Eric Engstrom
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Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, a mobile communication device is provided with scrolling logic to scroll information displayed on a display at variable scroll rate. In accordance with another embodiment, a mobile communication device is provided with scrolling logic to stop scrolling gradually.
Claims14
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a transceiver to facilitate transmission and receipt of audio communication;
- a display to display information;
- a scroll button;
- and
- scrolling logic coupled to the scroll button and the display, to scroll information displayed on the display at a variable scroll rate responsive to at least a selected one of an amount of time the scroll button has been pressed, and an amount of pressure applied to the scroll button, and to stop scrolling information displayed on the display in response to ceasing of said pressing of the scroll button, the scrolling logic adapted to intentionally cause the scrolling of information displayed on the display to gradually slow down prior to coming to a complete stop.
2 more elements
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a transceiver to facilitate transmission and receipt of audio communication;
- a display to display information;
- a scroll button;
- and
- scrolling logic coupled to the scroll button and the display, to scroll the information displayed on the display in response to a selection of the scroll button, and to stop said scrolling of information displayed on the display in response to a de-selection of the scroll button, the scrolling logic adapted to intentionally cause the scrolling of information displayed on the display to gradually slow down prior to coming to a complete stop.
2 more elements
In a mobile communication device, a method of operation comprising:
- receiving an indication of a scroll button of the mobile communication device being pressed;
- scrolling information displayed on a display of the mobile communication device at a variable scroll rate, responsive to a selected one of an amount of time the scroll button has been pressed and an amount of pressure applied to the scroll button;
- and
- stopping scrolling of information displayed on the display in response to ceasing of said pressing of the scroll button, including intentionally causing a gradual slow down of the scrolling of information displayed on the display prior to a complete stop.
1 more element
In a mobile communication device, a method of operation comprising:
- receiving an indication of ceasing of pressing of a scroll button of the mobile communication device;
- and
- in response, stopping scrolling of information displayed on a display of the mobile communication device, including intentionally causing a gradual slow down of the scrolling of information displayed on the display prior to a complete stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.