Visual screen indicator
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorJames Carlton Bedingfield, Sr.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and method for viewing electronic documents. Briefly described, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes an electronic viewer application to display contents of an electronic document; and a visual indicator logic configured to display at least one visual indicator on the electronic display, each visual indicator indicating a portion of the contents that are to be subsequently displayed on the electronic display in response to a navigation command. Other systems and methods are also provided.
Claims12
A system for viewing electronic documents on an electronic display, comprising:
- a computer;
- an electronic viewer application to display contents of an electronic document;
- and
- a visual indicator logic for displaying at least one visual indicator on the electronic display, the at least one visual indicator indicating a portion of the contents that are to be subsequently displayed on the electronic display in response to a selection of a navigation command, the navigation command comprising at least a next screen command, selection of the next screen command causing non-displayed content which follows currently displayed content to be shown,
- wherein the navigation command comprises a previous screen command, selection of the previous screen command causing non-displayed content which precedes currently displayed content to be shown, and
- wherein the navigation command is distinct for the at least one visual indicator, the at least one visual indicator comprising a first indicator for a next screen command and a second indicator for a previous screen command.
A method for viewing electronic documents on an electronic display, comprising:
- displaying a portion of an electronic document for viewing;
- and
- displaying at least one visual indicator, the at least one visual indicator indicating the portion of the document that is to be subsequently shown on the electronic display in response to a particular screen command, the screen command comprising at least a next screen command, selection of the next screen command causing non-displayed content which follows currently displayed content to be shown in a subsequent screen of the display,
- wherein the particular screen command comprises a previous screen command, selection of the previous screen command causing non-displayed content which precedes currently displayed content to be shown, and
- wherein the particular screen command is distinct for the at least one visual indicator, the at least one visual indicator comprising a first indicator for a next screen command and a second indicator for a previous screen command.
A computer readable storage medium having a computer program for viewing electronic documents on an electronic display, the program having instructions for performing:
- displaying a portion of an electronic document for viewing;
- and
- displaying at least one visual indicator, the at least one visual indicator indicating the portion of the document that is to be subsequently shown on the electronic display in response to a particular screen command, the screen command comprising at least a next screen command, selection of the next screen command causing non-displayed content which follows currently displayed content to be shown in a subsequent screen of the display,
- wherein the particular screen command is distinct for each visual indicator, the at least one visual indicator comprising a first indicator for a next screen command and a second indicator for a previous screen command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.